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This article discusses the application of Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophy to literature, specifically the works of John Banville. It explores the concept of "virtuous egoism" in Nietzsche's philosophy and suggests that characters in Banville's novels embody this idea. The article also examines the theme of death in Banville's works and its connection to ethics and optimism. The document accompanying the article is a list of references and sources related to Nietzsche's philosophy, including translations of his work and books analyzing his ideas. These resources would be valuable for library patrons researching Nietzsche and his philosophy. [Extracted from the article]

The article focuses on English playwright Aphra Behn and her dramatic canon. Topics include importance of text selection in non-traditional authorship-attribution studies, sub-genres are of almost equal importance in reducing experimental noise, Behn constrains the selection of dramatic texts to only comedies, and editorial interpolation that must be removed by deferring to the earliest edition for stylistic studies.

Focuses on Spenser's creation of a unique literary icon of greed's destructiveness by pairing the personified sin of avarice with a camel. Connections of Spenser's idea on Redcrosse's degradation; What Spenser wants to signify by including camel as the emblem in the procession of the `Seven Deadly Sins.'