Pastourel: Or, The Sorcerer of the Mountain
Author : Frédéric Soulié
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Page : 232 pages
File Size : 28,50 MB
Release : 1847
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Author : Frédéric Soulié
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Page : 232 pages
File Size : 28,50 MB
Release : 1847
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Author : Frédéric Soulié
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 49,70 MB
Release : 2017-02-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780243405473
Excerpt from Pastourel, or the Sorcerer of the Mountain At these last words the clerk began to tremble in the saddle, and drew up his legs still higher than before. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Jane Bliss
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
Page : 1044 pages
File Size : 14,94 MB
Release : 2018-02-08
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1783743166
This book is an anthology with a difference. It presents a distinctive variety of Anglo-Norman works, beginning in the twelfth century and ending in the nineteenth, covering a broad range of genres and writers, introduced in a lively and thought-provoking way. Facing-page translations, into accessible and engaging modern English, are provided throughout, bringing these texts to life for a contemporary audience. The collection offers a selection of fascinating passages, and whole texts, many of which are not anthologised or translated anywhere else. It explores little-known byways of Arthurian legend and stories of real-life crime and punishment; women’s voices tell history, write letters, berate pagans; advice is offered on how to win friends and influence people, how to cure people’s ailments and how to keep clear of the law; and stories from the Bible are retold with commentary, together with guidance on prayer and confession. Each text is introduced and elucidated with notes and full references, and the material is divided into three main sections: Story (a variety of narrative forms), Miscellany (including letters, law and medicine, and other non-fiction), and Religious (saints' lives, sermons, Bible commentary, and prayers). Passages in one genre have been chosen so as to reflect themes or stories that appear in another, so that the book can be enjoyed as a collection or used as a resource to dip into for selected texts. This anthology is essential reading for students and scholars of Anglo-Norman and medieval literature and culture. Wide-ranging and fully referenced, it can be used as a springboard for further study or relished in its own right by readers interested to discover Anglo-Norman literature that was written to amuse, instruct, entertain, or admonish medieval audiences.
Author : Frederick Soulie
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 50,98 MB
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780259379645
Excerpt from Pastourel, or the Sorcerer of the Mountain: Translated From the French One of the three travellers was mounted upon a goodly and well caparisoned mule; the two others rode upon wretched nags which had no other recommendation than that of being ab e to advance with a step almost as sure as that of the mule, along a road marked out by the feet of men or animals alone. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Jetta Sophia Wolff
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Page : 396 pages
File Size : 35,87 MB
Release : 1921
Category : Paris (France)
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Author : Umberto Eco
Publisher : Rizzoli International Publications
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 14,44 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Art
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Explores the nature, the meaning, and the very history of the idea of beauty in Western culture; illustrated with abundant examples of painting and sculpture and lengthy quotations from writers and philosophers. Demonstrates how every historical era has had its own ideas about eye-appeal.
Author : Guy Haley
Publisher : Games Workshop
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 35,56 MB
Release : 2015-07-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781849708531
Gripping sci-fi action in this premium Warhammer 40,000 novel Long ago defiled by the Imperium of Man, the eldar maiden world of Dûriel was once a glittering jewel in the crown of the Valedor System. As the tyranids of Hive Fleet Leviathan sweep through the sector consuming everything in their path, wayward Prince Yriel of Iyanden discovers that the farseers have inadvertently brought a greater threat to bear – a fragment of Hive Fleet Kraken, hurled into the warp in order to save the craftworld, has returned. The tyranid fleets cannot be allowed to combine, or their genetic legacies will merge into something even more terrible. Alongside allied forces from Craftworld Biel-Tan and even the dark eldar of Commorragh, Yriel has no choice but to fight on to the bitter end...
Author : Deborah Nelson-Campbell
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 44,46 MB
Release : 2018-08-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783319869216
This fascinating volume examines the enduring influence of courtly tradition and courtly love, particularly in contemporary popular culture. The ten chapters explore topics including the impact of the medieval troubadour in modern love songs, the legacy of figures such as Tristan, Iseult, Lancelot, Guinevere, and Merlin in modern film and literature, and more generally, how courtly and chivalric conceptions of love have shaped the Western world’s conception of love, loyalty, honor, and adultery throughout history and to this day.
Author : Thomas Nugent
Publisher :
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 45,36 MB
Release : 1770
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Author : Jennifer Speake
Publisher :
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 15,30 MB
Release : 2000
Category : English language
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