“…An exegete, epistemologist of Jewish history and experience, and pioneer of Kabbalistic reasoning, Nahmanides was the spokesperson of embattled Spanish Jewry at the ominous Barcelona disputation before King James of Aragon in 1263. Novak surveys the canon of Nahmanides' writings-commentaries, discourses, sermons, even the record made by the Ramban of his Barcelona disputation-to elicit the structure of a systematic theology. …”

“…Des œuvres romanesques (James Joyce, Seamus Deane, Dermot Bolger, Bernard McLaverty) aussi bien que des textes dramatiques (Samuel Beckett, Denis Johnston) ou poétiques (Derek Mahon, Eavan Boland) sont ici sondés, ou mieux « écoutés », dans des perspéctives diverses (linguistique, sémiotique, historique...) qui toutes se mettent au service d’une réflexion commune sur cet indéscriptible du langage qu’est la voix dans son rapport à la langue et aux langues…”

“…Specifically, while Cahill avoids interpretative debates, he develops an approach to philosophical critique based on Cora Diamond’s and James Conant’s work on the early Wittgenstein. This makes possible the use of a concept of culture that avoids the dogmatism that not only typifies traditional metaphysics but also frequently mars arguments from ordinary language or phenomenology. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Paolini, Paul J. Laurienti, James Norris and W. Jack Rejeski -- Snack food intake in ad libitum fed rats is triggered by the combination of fat and carbohydrates Tobias Hoch, Monika Pischetsrieder and Andreas Hess -- Considerations about rodent models of binge eating episodes / Mario Perello, Spring Valdivia, Guadalupe García Romero and Jesica Raingo -- Eating behavior and stress: a pathway to obesity / Luba Sominsky and Sarah J. …”

“…Barton focuses on several canonical figures--James Fenimore Cooper, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Lydia Maria Child, Walt Whitman, Herman Melville, and Theodore Dreiser--and offers new readings of their work in light of the death penalty controversy. …”

“…Warner examine accounts of alcohol abuse in texts as disparate as Victorian novels, Alcoholics Anonymous literature, and James Fenimore Cooper's fiction. Helen Keane scrutinizes smoking, and Maurizio Viano turns to the silver screen to trace how the representation of drugs in films has changed over time. …”