Stello

Stello PDF Author: Alfred de Vigny
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773594027
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 210

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Stello

Stello PDF Author: Alfred de Vigny
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773594027
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 210

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The Role of the Poet in Early Societies

The Role of the Poet in Early Societies PDF Author: Morton W. Bloomfield
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 9780859913478
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 182

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This study draws on a wide range of texts — early Irish, pre-modern Scottish Gaelic, early Welsh, Early Norse, Old English —to illustrate the role of the poet as a tool of power, as seer, and as ceremonial figure.

The Poetic Enigma of Alfred de Vigny

The Poetic Enigma of Alfred de Vigny PDF Author: Denise Bonhomme
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 155395470X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 522

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This book is devoted to the veiled message transmitted in the works of famous authors over a period of centuries. Esoteric literature is the massive body of Western and other writings containing a philosophical "contraband"-ever the same under a deceptive variety of surfaces or veils. In the words of Marcel Proust, "the great writers have never done but one work." Alfred de Vigny- a nineteenth century poet, novelist and playwright- belongs to the literary brotherhood involved in the transmission of the concealed message. Rabelais, Voltiare, Anatole France, Ibsen and Proust are only a few of his fellow-smugglers. English and American literatures have their share of such writers. So does the literary heritage of other European nations and of Latin America. This book contains a glossary of major key-words of the verbal "algebra" used by esoteric writers. Sensitive readers are encouraged to read the biography and the glossary first and the poetry of Vigny next. This will enable some of them to discover by and for themselves the full beauty and depth of the texts. Extraordinary findings await the esoteric readers of the literary production of Vigny. There are hints of the greatness of Atlantis. There is a vast panorama of Time and Space. There are suggestions of a startling view of the inner structure of planet Earth, a view that is also reflected in the various utopias of classical authors. Last but not least, there is the generally unsuspected, radiant reality of the works and the life of Vigny. Please visit: www.degn.org/Bonhomme

Paradigm & Parody

Paradigm & Parody PDF Author: Henry F. Majewski
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 9780813911779
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 196

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Queen Bee of Tuscany

Queen Bee of Tuscany PDF Author: Ben Downing
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 1429942959
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 354

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"Quite simply one of the best books of the year." —Michael Dirda, The Washington Post Ben Downing's Queen Bee of Tuscany brings an extraordinary Victorian back to life. Born into a distinguished intellectual family and raised among luminaries such as Dickens and Thackeray, Janet Ross married at eighteen and went to live in Egypt. There, for the next six years, she wrote for the London Times, hobnobbed with the developer of the Suez Canal, and humiliated pashas in horse races. In 1867 she moved to Florence, Italy where she spent the remaining sixty years of her life writing a series of books and hosting a colorful miscellany of friends and neighbors, from Mark Twain to Bernard Berenson, at Poggio Gherardo, her house in the hills above the city. Eventually she became the acknowledged doyenne of the Anglo-Florentine colony, as it was known. Yet she was also immersed in the rural life of Tuscany: An avid agriculturalist, she closely supervised the farms on her estate and the sharecroppers who worked them, often pitching in on grape and olive harvests. Spirited, erudite, and supremely well-connected, Ross was one of the most dynamic women of her day. Her life offers a fascinating window on fascinating times, from the Risorgimento to the rise of fascism. Encompassing all this rich history, Queen Bee of Tuscany is a panoramic portrait of an age, a family, and our evolving love affair with Tuscany. A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of 2013

Learned Societies and Academies in Early Times

Learned Societies and Academies in Early Times PDF Author: Edward Conradi
Publisher:
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Category : Learned institutions and societies
Languages : en
Pages : 48

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Journal of the Royal Society of Arts

Journal of the Royal Society of Arts PDF Author: Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 820

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Forging Military Identity in Culturally Pluralistic Societies

Forging Military Identity in Culturally Pluralistic Societies PDF Author: Thomas Stubbs
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1498507441
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 156

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Ethno-politics has become a major force in the post-Cold War era. The fundamental challenge to military establishments in deeply plural societies is the formation of institutional unity from diverse ethnic groups. This edited volume examines seven case studies of countries that have attempted, with varying degrees of success, to develop, or to begin to develop, within their military establishments a single “quasi-ethnic” military identity to effect unity within their ranks and attenuate the deep and often violent ethnic divisions that otherwise would pertain. The volume compares contrasting outcomes in two African regions: West Africa with the contrasting cases of Guinea and Nigeria and East Africa with the cases of Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya. It also examines the very different cases of Algeria and Suriname. In most of these cases, the emergence of a single, unified, quasi-ethnic identity is in its earliest stages, although rapid global change points to the likelihood that this pattern will prevail.

Shylock, the Merchant of Venice

Shylock, the Merchant of Venice PDF Author: Alfred De Vigny
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434402002
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 122

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As with many of his French contemporaries, Alfred de Vigny (1797-1863) enjoyed the challenge of reworking William Shakespeare's classic plays for a modern audience. "Shylock" (1830) eliminates many of the comic elements of the master's original and focuses on the darker themes of racial prejudice and the relationship between Jew and gentile. The result is another stunning resurrection and reinterpretation of a dramatic masterwork. Translated for the very first time into English! Since retiring from the legal profession, FRANK J. MORLOCK has translated over a hundred plays from eighteenth- and nineteenth-century French originals, and has also penned a number of original dramas of his own. In 2006 he was honored with an award from the North American Jules Verne Society. He lives and works in Maryland.

The Athenaeum

The Athenaeum PDF Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 972

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