Author: Larry Warkentin
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1477131078
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 609
Book Description
Bloodline spans a thousand years of murder, sex, suicide and insanity,balanced by faith, family loyalty, pacifism and pilgrimage. It follows a family from the Middle Ages in Holland to the Twentieth Century in Oklahoma. The family chooses a unique faith--Anabaptist-Mennonite--and for that reason they are hounded across Europe by the political and religious establishment. The historical details have been carefully researched, however most of the characters are fictionalized. Each character is a storyteller speaking in the first person. Dialogue is written without quotation marks and identification of the persons speaking must be determined from the words spoken.
Bloodline
Author: Larry Warkentin
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1477131078
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 609
Book Description
Bloodline spans a thousand years of murder, sex, suicide and insanity,balanced by faith, family loyalty, pacifism and pilgrimage. It follows a family from the Middle Ages in Holland to the Twentieth Century in Oklahoma. The family chooses a unique faith--Anabaptist-Mennonite--and for that reason they are hounded across Europe by the political and religious establishment. The historical details have been carefully researched, however most of the characters are fictionalized. Each character is a storyteller speaking in the first person. Dialogue is written without quotation marks and identification of the persons speaking must be determined from the words spoken.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1477131078
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 609
Book Description
Bloodline spans a thousand years of murder, sex, suicide and insanity,balanced by faith, family loyalty, pacifism and pilgrimage. It follows a family from the Middle Ages in Holland to the Twentieth Century in Oklahoma. The family chooses a unique faith--Anabaptist-Mennonite--and for that reason they are hounded across Europe by the political and religious establishment. The historical details have been carefully researched, however most of the characters are fictionalized. Each character is a storyteller speaking in the first person. Dialogue is written without quotation marks and identification of the persons speaking must be determined from the words spoken.
The Pilgrim; Or, Truth and Beauty in Catholic Lands. [A Poem.]
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Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Other Worlds
Author: Teffi
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 1681375397
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Stories about the occult, folk religions, superstition, and spiritual customs in Russia by one of the most essential twentieth-century writers of short fiction and essays. Though best known for her comic and satirical sketches of pre-Revolutionary Russia, Teffi was a writer of great range and human sympathy. The stories on otherworldly themes in this collection are some of her finest and most profound, displaying the acute psychological sensitivity beneath her characteristic wit and surface brilliance. Other Worlds presents stories from across the whole of Teffi’s long career, from her early days as a literary celebrity in Moscow to her post-Revolutionary years as an émigré in Paris. In the early story “A Quiet Backwater,” a laundress gives a long disquisition on the name days of the flora and fauna and on the Feast of the Holy Ghost, a day on which “no one dairnst disturb the earth.” The story “Wild Evening” is about the fear of the unknown; “The Kind That Walk,” a penetrating study of antisemitism and of xenophobia; and “Baba Yaga,” about the archetypal Russian witch and her longing for wildness and freedom. Teffi traces the persistent influence of the ancient Slavic gods in superstitions and customs, and the deep connection of the supernatural to everyday life in the provinces. In “Volya,” the autobiographical final story, the power and pain of Baba Yaga is Teffi’s own.
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 1681375397
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Stories about the occult, folk religions, superstition, and spiritual customs in Russia by one of the most essential twentieth-century writers of short fiction and essays. Though best known for her comic and satirical sketches of pre-Revolutionary Russia, Teffi was a writer of great range and human sympathy. The stories on otherworldly themes in this collection are some of her finest and most profound, displaying the acute psychological sensitivity beneath her characteristic wit and surface brilliance. Other Worlds presents stories from across the whole of Teffi’s long career, from her early days as a literary celebrity in Moscow to her post-Revolutionary years as an émigré in Paris. In the early story “A Quiet Backwater,” a laundress gives a long disquisition on the name days of the flora and fauna and on the Feast of the Holy Ghost, a day on which “no one dairnst disturb the earth.” The story “Wild Evening” is about the fear of the unknown; “The Kind That Walk,” a penetrating study of antisemitism and of xenophobia; and “Baba Yaga,” about the archetypal Russian witch and her longing for wildness and freedom. Teffi traces the persistent influence of the ancient Slavic gods in superstitions and customs, and the deep connection of the supernatural to everyday life in the provinces. In “Volya,” the autobiographical final story, the power and pain of Baba Yaga is Teffi’s own.
The Life You Save May Be Your Own
Author: Paul Elie
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780374529215
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
Elie tells the story of four modern American Catholics who made literature out of their search for God: Thomas Merton; Dorothy Day; Walker Percy; and Flannery OConnor.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780374529215
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
Elie tells the story of four modern American Catholics who made literature out of their search for God: Thomas Merton; Dorothy Day; Walker Percy; and Flannery OConnor.
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Author: Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office
Publisher:
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Category : Subject headings, Library of Congress
Languages : en
Pages : 1456
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Subject headings, Library of Congress
Languages : en
Pages : 1456
Book Description
Centennial History, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1897-1997
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Languages : en
Pages : 1040
Book Description
The General Society of Mayflower Descendants is the national organization representing 52 State Societies (all fifty states, the District of Columbia and Canada) whose membership is composed of individuals who have proven their lineages as descendants of the passengers on the Mayflower, which landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1620.
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Languages : en
Pages : 1040
Book Description
The General Society of Mayflower Descendants is the national organization representing 52 State Societies (all fifty states, the District of Columbia and Canada) whose membership is composed of individuals who have proven their lineages as descendants of the passengers on the Mayflower, which landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1620.
Pilgrimage [2 volumes]
Author: Linda Kay Davidson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1576075435
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 802
Book Description
Nationalistic meccas, shrines to popular culture, and sacred traditions for the world's religions from Animism to Zoroastrianism are all examined in two accessible and comprehensive volumes. Pilgrimage is a comprehensive compendium of the basic facts on Pilgrimage from ancient times to the 21st century. Illustrated with maps and photographs that enrich the reader's journey, this authoritative volume explores sites, people, activities, rites, terminology, and other matters related to pilgrimage such as economics, tourism, and disease. Encompassing all major and minor world religions, from ancient cults to modern faiths, this work covers both religious and secular pilgrimage sites. Compiled by experts who have authored numerous books on pilgrimage and are pilgrims in their own right, the entries will appeal to students, scholars, and general readers.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1576075435
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 802
Book Description
Nationalistic meccas, shrines to popular culture, and sacred traditions for the world's religions from Animism to Zoroastrianism are all examined in two accessible and comprehensive volumes. Pilgrimage is a comprehensive compendium of the basic facts on Pilgrimage from ancient times to the 21st century. Illustrated with maps and photographs that enrich the reader's journey, this authoritative volume explores sites, people, activities, rites, terminology, and other matters related to pilgrimage such as economics, tourism, and disease. Encompassing all major and minor world religions, from ancient cults to modern faiths, this work covers both religious and secular pilgrimage sites. Compiled by experts who have authored numerous books on pilgrimage and are pilgrims in their own right, the entries will appeal to students, scholars, and general readers.
The Wanderer. A Colloquial Poem. [The Preface Signed: R. W. E., I.e. Ralph Waldo Emerson.]
Author: William Ellery CHANNING (Poet.)
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
The Writings of Henry David Thoreau V: Excursions and Poems
Author: Henry David Thoreau
Publisher: anboco
ISBN: 3736413041
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 395
Book Description
I. Concord to montreal Ii. Quebec and montmorenci Iii. St. Anne Iv. The walls of quebec V. The scenery of quebec; and the river st. Lawrence Natural history of massachusetts A walk to wachusett The landlord A winter walk The succession of forest trees Walking Autumnal tints Wild apples Night and moonlight The prometheus bound of æschylus Translations from pindar Nature Inspiration The aurora of guido To the maiden in the east To my brother Greece The funeral bell The moon The fall of the leaf The thaw A winter scene To a stray fowl Poverty Pilgrims The departure Independence Ding dong Omnipresence Inspiration (quatrain) Mission Delay Prayer ...
Publisher: anboco
ISBN: 3736413041
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 395
Book Description
I. Concord to montreal Ii. Quebec and montmorenci Iii. St. Anne Iv. The walls of quebec V. The scenery of quebec; and the river st. Lawrence Natural history of massachusetts A walk to wachusett The landlord A winter walk The succession of forest trees Walking Autumnal tints Wild apples Night and moonlight The prometheus bound of æschylus Translations from pindar Nature Inspiration The aurora of guido To the maiden in the east To my brother Greece The funeral bell The moon The fall of the leaf The thaw A winter scene To a stray fowl Poverty Pilgrims The departure Independence Ding dong Omnipresence Inspiration (quatrain) Mission Delay Prayer ...
James Hogg and the Literary Marketplace
Author: Sharon-Ruth Alker
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN: 9780754665694
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Responding to the resurgence of interest in the Scottish working-class writer James Hogg, Alker and Nelson offer the first edited collection devoted to a critical examination of his writings. The essays explore the varied and experimental works of Hogg to establish that they deserve a central place in Romantic studies and to demonstrate that they anticipate and address many recent concerns voiced in contemporary discussions of literature.
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN: 9780754665694
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Responding to the resurgence of interest in the Scottish working-class writer James Hogg, Alker and Nelson offer the first edited collection devoted to a critical examination of his writings. The essays explore the varied and experimental works of Hogg to establish that they deserve a central place in Romantic studies and to demonstrate that they anticipate and address many recent concerns voiced in contemporary discussions of literature.