Explores the urban, cosmopolitan sensibilities of Urdu poetry written in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries in Lucknow. Ruth Vanita analyzes Rekhti, a type of Urdu poetry distinguished by a female speaker and a focus on women's lives, and shows how it becamea catalyst for the transformation of the ghazal.

The book belongs to my favorite genre, where the translations, excellent as they are, push the reader toward tasting the 'original.'' - Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, series editor (with Hosam Aboul-Ela) of Theory in the World JV

32FED2AF-2E80-415E-BA2C-E22B72BBC526 394226 Electronic Book Text 519597 9780230308657 0230308651 Politics, Religion and the Song of Songs in Seventeenth-Century England E.Book Rel, Pol, Song of Song 17 15/02/2011 02/15/2011 512 Literature - Academic E. Clarke 6917 By (Author) Author Record 1 Reader in English Warwick University, UK 1954-06-18 12:00:00 elizabeth.clarke@warwick.ac.uk British 512 Literature - Academic Scholarly Pal Scholarly E7c - Distributed Connect BYO Only UK1 - Title Pending DSBD - Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800; HBLH - Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700; HRCF1 - Old Testaments; HBJD1 - British & Irish history REL006000; HIS037040; LIT004120; REL000000 Philosophy and Religion - Theology and Biblical Studies; Literature - Cultural Theory; Literature - Renaissance and Early Modern Literature; Literature and Language - British & Irish Literature; Literature and Language - Literature & Religion Professional and Scholarly 50.00 100.00 10.1057/9780230308657 NOT FOR CONNECT Jacket image e-rights still pending P Kennedy 10.2.11 Ruth confirms Erights Green 793105436 Green PDF EBook 256 sa 2015-06-08 17:31:06.873 102617 All Formats 1997-01-12 00:00:00.000 Full Term Copyright Acknowledgements Introduction Royal Brides andNational Identity 1603-1625 The Mysticall Marriage , Martyrology and Arminianism 1625-1640 Emblematic Marriage at the 1630s Court From Annotations to Commentary: New Spectacles on the Song of Songs The Seventeenth-Century Woman Writer and the Bride Politics, Metaphor and the Song of Songs in the 1670s Epilogue: Benjamin Keach Rewriting the Bride Bibliography Index The Song of Songs , with its highly sexual imagery, was very popular in seventeenth-century England in commentary and paraphrase. This book charts the fascination with the mystical marriage, its implication in the various political conflicts of the seventeenth century, and its appeal to seventeenth-century writers, particularly women. First survey of a massive textual phenomenon in the seventeenth century Develops a useful, detailed historicist methodology Will have significant impact on research in the interpretation of early modern texts Author's profile in women's manuscript writing Covers broader topics such as Biblical commentary, popular Puritan literature and court writing '...this is a book of immense value for literary and religious historians alike, subtle in analysis and rigorous in research.' - Sarah Apetrei, Keble College Oxford, Journal of Ecclesiastical History JV

69D2591F-3FE7-4E3B-ADEF-E26708304FA8 515631 Electronic Book Text 515561 9780230311527 0230311520 Governance of Public Sector Organizations Proliferation, Autonomy and Performance E.Book GPM; Gov Public Sector Organ 27/10/2010 10/27/2010 563 IR and Development - Academic P. Lægreid; K. Verhoest 24382 Edited By Author Record 2 Research Professor Research Group on Public Administration and Management, Department of Political Science, University of Antwerp, Belgium 1970-08-21 12:00:00 koen.verhoest@soc.kuleuven.be Belgian 563 IR and Development - Academic Governance and Public Management GPM Scholarly Pal Scholarly E7 - Distributed to Vendors UK1 - Title Pending JPQ - Central government; JPP - Public administration; JPH - Political structure & processes; JP - Politics & government POL009000; POL017000; POL030000; POL028000 Politics - Public Administration, Management and Policy; Politics - Comparative Politics Professional and Scholarly 66.67 125.00 Green EPUB EBook 360 52 sa 2015-06-08 17:31:06.873 102617 All Formats 2009-04-28 00:00:00.000 Full Term Copyright Reforming Public sector organizations; P.Lægreid & K.Verhoest PART I: PROLIFERATION AND SPECIALIZATION The Structural Autonomy of the Norwegian State: Increased Specialization or a Pendulum Shift?; P.Lægreid, V.W.Rolland, P.G.Roness, & J-E.Ågotnes The Agency Landscape in Hungary 2002-2006; G.Hajnal Specialization and Fragmentation in Regulatory Regimes; J.Rommel, K.Verhoest & J.Matthys PART II: AUTONOMY AND CONTROL Policy and Management Autonomy of Federal Agencies in Germany; T.Bach Explaining Autonomy in Public Agencies: the Case of Hong Kong; M.Painter, J.P.Burns & W-H.Yee Determinants of Result-based Control in Italian Agencies; D.Barbieri,P.Fedele, D.Gall & E.Ongaro PART III: PERFORMANCE AND RESULTS The Long-run Performance of Decentralized Agencies in Québec; M-E.Quenneville, C.Laurin & N.Thibodeau Comparing Impacts of Modes of Governance; M.Van Genuchten Are Regulatory Agencies Delivering What they Promise?; M.Maggetti Performance of Public Sector Organizations: Do Managerial Tools Matter?; K.Verhoest, B.Verschuere, F.Meyers & A.Sulle PART IV: POST-NPM AND WHOLE -OF-GOVERNMENT: INCREASED COMPLEXITY Post-PNM Responses to Disaggregation through Coordinating Horizontally and Integrating Governance; J.Halligan Increased Complexity in Public Organizations the Challenges of Combining NPM and POST-NPM features; T.Christensen & P.Laegreid Organizing Public Sector Agencies: Challenges and Reflections; K.Verhoest & P.Laegreid Governance of Public Sector Organizations a nalyzes recent changes in government administration by focusing on organizational forms and their effects. Contributors to this edited volume demonstrate how generations of reform result in increased complexity of government organizations, and explain this layering process with multiple theories. Offers new insights into the performance and results of different organizational forms and structures Uses comparative surveys and comprehensive mapping in different countries and presents new research data Looks in detail at agencies in eleven countries, including Australia, the UK, the Netherlands and Hong Kong 'Global reform of governmental bureaucraciesduring the past 20 years or so has left academics and practitioners alike with a multitude of new questions, to which many old answers are no longer relevant. This book at once comprehensive yet sharply focused in its scope is an invaluable contribution to the search for new answers. It deserves to be widely read.' - Robert Gregory, Professor of Political Science, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand 'Governance of Public Sector Organizations presents intriguing results from an international data collection effort. The volume offers a comprehensive analysis of contemporary institutional developments in central government, particularly the role of executive agencies in governance. Drawing on an international network of senior scholars, this book is theoretically rich, conceptually clear, and methodologically innovative. It is a significant contribution to our knowledge of the executive agencies.' - Jon Pierre, Professor of Political Science, Department of Government, University of Gothenburg, Sweden TOBIAS BACH Research Fellow, University of Potsdam, Germany DARIO BARBIERI Assistant Professor, Bocconi University, Italy JOHN P. BURNS Professor, University of Hong Kong, China TOM CHRISTENSEN Professor, University of Oslo, Norway PAOLO FEDELE Assistant Professor, Udine University, Italy DAVIDE GALLI Consultant at Business Integration Partners, Italy MARIEKE VAN GENUGTEN Assistant Professor, University of Twente, the Netherlands GYÖRGY HAJNALSenior Researcher/Head of Department, ECOSTAT Government Research Institute, Department of Public Administration Research, Hungary JOHN HALLIGAN Professor, University of Canberra, Australia CLAUDE LA…