Author : Louise d'. Aulnay
Publisher :
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 31,57 MB
Release : 1873
Category :
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Author : Chretien de Troyes
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 35,97 MB
Release : 1987-09-10
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0300187580
The twelfth-century French poet Chrétien de Troyes is a major figure in European literature. His courtly romances fathered the Arthurian tradition and influenced countless other poets in England as well as on the continent. Yet because of the difficulty of capturing his swift-moving style in translation, English-speaking audiences are largely unfamiliar with the pleasures of reading his poems. Now, for the first time, an experienced translator of medieval verse who is himself a poet provides a translation of Chrétien’s major poem, Yvain, in verse that fully and satisfyingly captures the movement, the sense, and the spirit of the Old French original. Yvain is a courtly romance with a moral tenor; it is ironic and sometimes bawdy; the poetry is crisp and vivid. In addition, the psychological and the socio-historical perceptions of the poem are of profound literary and historical importance, for it evokes the emotions and the values of a flourishing, vibrant medieval past.
Author : Aristophanes
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 39,73 MB
Release : 2012-11-01
Category : Drama
ISBN : 1625580681
Writing at the time of political and social crisis in Athens, Aristophanes was an eloquent yet bawdy challenger to the demagogue and the sophist. The Achanians is a plea for peace set against the background of the long war with Sparta.
Author : Simon Guerrier
Publisher : Big Finish Productions
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 27,86 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781844351497
Studio Melizo presents the history of Christmas as part of the Holidays on the Net resource. The history of Christmas traditions can be traced back centuries before the birth of the Christ child. Access to holiday music, books, and videos is available.
Author : Caroline Dale Snedeker
Publisher :
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 48,43 MB
Release : 1923
Category : Delphian oracle
ISBN :
Author : W. C. Tuttle
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 32,9 MB
Release : 2024-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9361151088
"The Dead-Line" by the use of W. C. Tuttle is a gripping Western novel that immerses readers within the rugged landscapes and ethical dilemmas of the American frontier. Tuttle work stands as a masterpiece in the genre, reflecting his intimate knowledge of cowboy existence and the demanding situations faced with the useful resource of those forging a living within the Wild West. The narrative unfolds closer to the backdrop of a lawless frontier town, in which justice often takes its very own form. The protagonist, a robust-willed cowboy, becomes entangled in a web of deceit, violence, and ethical ambiguity. As he grapples with non-public picks and the effects of frontier justice, Tuttle weaves a story that explores subject matters of morality, loyalty, and the harsh realities of survival within the unforgiving West. Tuttle's writing is marked via authenticity, drawn from his firsthand reviews as a cowboy and rancher. His shiny descriptions of the landscape and nuanced characterizations make contributions to the immersive extremely good of the radical.
Author : Thomas Whiteside
Publisher : New York, Simon and Schuster
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 14,54 MB
Release : 1962
Category : Channel Tunnel (Coquelles, France, and Folkestone, England)
ISBN :
Author : Shirley Barker
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,63 MB
Release : 2023-11-15
Category :
ISBN : 9789357979788
The Road to Bunker Hill, a classical and rare book that has been considered essential throughout human history, so that this work is never forgotten, we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.
