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Showing 1 to 20 of 288 for “"Canterbury"”.
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Musicality, Subjectivity, and the Canterbury Tales
… is enhanced by their musical settings. Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, written at the end of the fourteenth century, uses music in a narrative framework to critique the operation of this subjectivity. Because the lyric poetry of the period was nearly always set to music, the status of the texts as …
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Musicality, Subjectivity, and the Canterbury Tales
… is enhanced by their musical settings. Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, written at the end of the fourteenth century, uses music in a narrative framework to critique the operation of this subjectivity. Because the lyric poetry of the period was nearly always set to music, the status of the texts as …
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Appraisal of a Canterbury rural landscape
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The Anti-Crusade Voice of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
… chapter reads Chaucer's poems written before the Canterbury Tales as a critique of crusading. The fourth chapter argues that one of the central themes of the Canterbury Tales is to indirectly denounce crusading and mock crusaders. The fifth chapter revisits Chaucer's bibliography and uses it to …
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The place of "Melibee" in The Canterbury Tales
… the tale may prove to be the keystone of The Canterbury Tales, this thesis purposes to explicate "Melibee" in its medieval context and to show its vital tie with the thematics of the other tales. The first chapter summarizes relevant Chaucer criticism on ''Melibee" and introduces the …
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Homebirth outcomes and postnatal experiences in Canterbury (HOPE) study
… from survey data of 90 homebirths in the Canterbury/West Coast region. This research was underpinned by a critical realist framework that enabled exploration of the complex social and cultural factors that shape midwifery practice and maternal and neonatal health outcomes. Findings: Women …
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Chaucer's use of folk material in the Canterbury Tales
A literary writer, even if he is concerned with the most topical subjects, cannot remain incubated within his own period and zeitgeist. He assimilates the whole cultural background of the past as it survives in the present. Just as, in the individual, the adult is the product of his youth and …
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Completeness and incompleteness in Geoffrey Chaucer's The canterbury tales
… aspects of completeness are given.</p><p>The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey Chaucer, is examined with reference to the proposed aspects of completeness. The various ways in which the work can be and has been considered incomplete are discussed. The four fragmentary Tales in The Canterbury …
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A study of some soil fertility problems in Canterbury
Most of the early work associated with improvement of soil fertility was confined to the relatively productive plains and other readily accessible regions. That these areas have been highly developed agriculturally may be seen by the capability of some of them to give maximum pasture productions in …
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Quake destruction / arts creation: arts therapy & the Canterbury earthquakes
… as beginning arts therapist during the Canterbury, New Zealand, earthquakes from 2010 to 2014. At the heart of these experiences lies my challenging dual-role as both quake-survivor and therapist – I was betwixt-and-between quake-destruction and arts-creation. I aimed to make sens/e of …
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A Canterbury tale : study and analysis of the Eadwine leaves.
… Theory of the Redemption as set out by Anselm of Canterbury, and that the Christological cycle clearly illustrates this while at the same time acknowledging the importance of Christ's ministry in providing humankind with a moral framework within which to live their lives.
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The development of twentieth century criticisms of The Canterbury tales
… twentieth-century criticisms of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Because the topic is so broad, it is necessary to find methods of limiting the subject so that it· may be adequately covered herein. This paper will be limited primarily to books published on the topic under consideration. To cover …
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Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales: Rhetoric and Gender in Marriage
… the marriage group of Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales attempts to reconcile the ongoing battle for sovereignty between husband and wife. Existing hierarchies restricted women; therefore, marriage fittingly presented more obstacles for women. Chaucer creates the dynamic personalities of …
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The effectiveness of rabbit control on selected North Canterbury farms
This project discusses some aspects of the effectiveness of present rabbit control practices and organization. The text reviews the introduction and establishment of the rabbit in New Zealand and describes the rabbit's status as an agricultural pest. The history of rabbit control policy and methods …
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Effects of catchment use on some high-country lakes in Canterbury
… and Sarah in the Upper Waimakariri Basin, Canterbury, are small high-country lakes with catchments with different degrees of agricultural modification. This report examines the three lakes to find out if, and if so, how, the lakes have changed as a result of the modification of their …
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Innovation adoption and farm management practices in the Canterbury dairy industry
… examined technology adoption behaviours of Canterbury (New Zealand) dairy farmers and the socio-demographic, farm and information seeking characteristics (ISCs) associated with adoption. Ten farm management practices (FMPs) were selected based on their adoption and promotion by the Lincoln …
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Factors influencing agro-environmental regulatory compliance behaviour on Canterbury dairy farms
The Canterbury dairy industry has grown significantly in the past several decades in both the number of cows being milked and effective farming area. The industry has seen substantial growth in farm size, productivity and intensity. These increases have the potential to significantly impact the …
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