Author: A. A. Attanasio
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Beastmarks
Author: A. A. Attanasio
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Mark of the Beast
Author: Alfredo Bonadeo
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813184835
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
The First World War is a watershed in the intellectual and spiritual history of the modern world. On the one hand, it brought an end to a sense of optimism and decency bred by the prosperity of nineteenth-century Europe. On the other, it brought forth a sense of futility and alienation that has since pervaded European thought. That cataclysmic experience is richly reflected in the work of writers and artists from both sides of the conflict, and this study provides a detailed analysis of two basic themes—death and degradation—that mark the literature about the war. From their accounts most men entered the war lightheartedly, filled with ideals of patriotism and glory, but these generous feelings were soon quelled as the war settled into a stalemate, its operations reduced to simply grinding away the opposing forces. In these operations, Alfredo Bonadeo shows, men became mere aggregations thrown against one another, wasted with no appreciable effects or gains, save carnage itself. This cheapening and disregard for human life and being Bonadeo finds rooted not only in the conditions of war but, significantly, in a contempt for the common man prevailing in European political and intellectual circles. This attitude is revealed most plainly in his analysis of the Italian literature, which hitherto has received little note. Italian leaders saw the war as an opportunity to expiate a sense of national guilt, and here the inconclusive campaigns made their futility all the greater. Out of the torn fields of the First World War grew the seeds of a second, greater conflict, but, Professor Bonadeo concludes, the flowering of the seeds was aided by the degradation of man's spirit on those fields. The grim focus of this book, the dead voices it evokes, leads to a new appreciation of the meaning of the Great War.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813184835
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
The First World War is a watershed in the intellectual and spiritual history of the modern world. On the one hand, it brought an end to a sense of optimism and decency bred by the prosperity of nineteenth-century Europe. On the other, it brought forth a sense of futility and alienation that has since pervaded European thought. That cataclysmic experience is richly reflected in the work of writers and artists from both sides of the conflict, and this study provides a detailed analysis of two basic themes—death and degradation—that mark the literature about the war. From their accounts most men entered the war lightheartedly, filled with ideals of patriotism and glory, but these generous feelings were soon quelled as the war settled into a stalemate, its operations reduced to simply grinding away the opposing forces. In these operations, Alfredo Bonadeo shows, men became mere aggregations thrown against one another, wasted with no appreciable effects or gains, save carnage itself. This cheapening and disregard for human life and being Bonadeo finds rooted not only in the conditions of war but, significantly, in a contempt for the common man prevailing in European political and intellectual circles. This attitude is revealed most plainly in his analysis of the Italian literature, which hitherto has received little note. Italian leaders saw the war as an opportunity to expiate a sense of national guilt, and here the inconclusive campaigns made their futility all the greater. Out of the torn fields of the First World War grew the seeds of a second, greater conflict, but, Professor Bonadeo concludes, the flowering of the seeds was aided by the degradation of man's spirit on those fields. The grim focus of this book, the dead voices it evokes, leads to a new appreciation of the meaning of the Great War.
Revelation
Author:
Publisher: Canongate Books
ISBN: 0857861018
Category : Bibles
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
The final book of the Bible, Revelation prophesies the ultimate judgement of mankind in a series of allegorical visions, grisly images and numerological predictions. According to these, empires will fall, the "Beast" will be destroyed and Christ will rule a new Jerusalem. With an introduction by Will Self.
Publisher: Canongate Books
ISBN: 0857861018
Category : Bibles
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
The final book of the Bible, Revelation prophesies the ultimate judgement of mankind in a series of allegorical visions, grisly images and numerological predictions. According to these, empires will fall, the "Beast" will be destroyed and Christ will rule a new Jerusalem. With an introduction by Will Self.
Mrs. Brown at the Crystal Palace
Author: Arthur Sketchley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crystal Palace (London, England)
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crystal Palace (London, England)
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Mrs. Brown and Disraeli
Author: Arthur Sketchley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Horæ Apocalypticæ
Author: Edward Bishop Elliott
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
Mrs. Brown at the Crystal palace, by Arthur Sketchley
Author: George Rose
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Mrs. Brown on Spelling Bees
Author: Arthur Sketchley (pseud. [i.e. George Rose.])
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
An Index to Blackwood's Magazine, 1901-1980
Author: David Finkelstein
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
This index to Blackwood's Magazine offers chronological material, alphabetic information and data on pseudonyms.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
This index to Blackwood's Magazine offers chronological material, alphabetic information and data on pseudonyms.
The Works of G. F.
Author: George Fox
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description