Author: Claude Seignolle
Publisher: FeniXX
ISBN: 2402494557
Category : Fiction
Languages : fr
Pages : 256
Book Description
Album de contes traditionnels illustré de reproductions et de photos. « Copyright Electre »
Histoires et légendes de la Gascogne et de la Guyenne mystérieuses
Author: Claude Seignolle
Publisher: FeniXX
ISBN: 2402494557
Category : Fiction
Languages : fr
Pages : 256
Book Description
Album de contes traditionnels illustré de reproductions et de photos. « Copyright Electre »
Publisher: FeniXX
ISBN: 2402494557
Category : Fiction
Languages : fr
Pages : 256
Book Description
Album de contes traditionnels illustré de reproductions et de photos. « Copyright Electre »
The Nightcharmer and Other Tales of Claude Seignolle
Author: Claude Seignolle
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
These eight tales of mystery and the supernatural feature sorcerers, the Grim Reaper in a horse-drawn coach, a beguiling bird of death, a long-dead saint turned devil, and a whole retinue of creatures of the night. Claude Seignolle, distinguished French ethnographer and folklorist and author of more than twenty-three volumes of short stories and novels, is a master of the “rustic” tale, which depicts folklore and popular traditions of the French countryside. He incarnates Satan as an entity sharing human traits, an evil spirit who identifies himself with human suffering. Seignolle’s Gothic stories are not meant merely to terrorize, however; they are intended to revive an oral tradition in danger of becoming extinct. These vignettes, selected and translated into English by Eric H. Deudon, are charged with poetry and mystery; as Lawrence Durrell notes in his foreword, they are strong, truthful, and intense. Seignolle brings to life the wealth of popular legend; by intertwining the boundaries of the real and the supernatural, he reveals that the least conspicuous or most ordinary objects of everyday life can possess unexpected and formidable dimensions. Claude Seignolle’s fiction works have been translated into eight languages and adapted for both theater and cinema. These stories will delight anyone who enjoys Gothic tales and the enchanted territory of the fantastic.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
These eight tales of mystery and the supernatural feature sorcerers, the Grim Reaper in a horse-drawn coach, a beguiling bird of death, a long-dead saint turned devil, and a whole retinue of creatures of the night. Claude Seignolle, distinguished French ethnographer and folklorist and author of more than twenty-three volumes of short stories and novels, is a master of the “rustic” tale, which depicts folklore and popular traditions of the French countryside. He incarnates Satan as an entity sharing human traits, an evil spirit who identifies himself with human suffering. Seignolle’s Gothic stories are not meant merely to terrorize, however; they are intended to revive an oral tradition in danger of becoming extinct. These vignettes, selected and translated into English by Eric H. Deudon, are charged with poetry and mystery; as Lawrence Durrell notes in his foreword, they are strong, truthful, and intense. Seignolle brings to life the wealth of popular legend; by intertwining the boundaries of the real and the supernatural, he reveals that the least conspicuous or most ordinary objects of everyday life can possess unexpected and formidable dimensions. Claude Seignolle’s fiction works have been translated into eight languages and adapted for both theater and cinema. These stories will delight anyone who enjoys Gothic tales and the enchanted territory of the fantastic.
Contes populaires et légendes de Guyenne et de Gascogne
Author: Claude Seignolle
Publisher:
ISBN: 9782724281781
Category :
Languages : fr
Pages : 362
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9782724281781
Category :
Languages : fr
Pages : 362
Book Description
La Gascogne mystérieuse
Author: Benjamin Caule
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : fr
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : fr
Pages : 0
Book Description
Histoire de la Guyenne et de la Gascogne
Author: Jean Castarède
Publisher: FeniXX
ISBN: 240258260X
Category : History
Languages : fr
Pages : 458
Book Description
Cet ouvrage est une réédition numérique d’un livre paru au XXe siècle, désormais indisponible dans son format d’origine.
Publisher: FeniXX
ISBN: 240258260X
Category : History
Languages : fr
Pages : 458
Book Description
Cet ouvrage est une réédition numérique d’un livre paru au XXe siècle, désormais indisponible dans son format d’origine.
Contes, récits et légendes des pays de France
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Category : Legends
Languages : fr
Pages : 0
Book Description
Des contes merveilleux, facétieux, des histoires d'animaux, de voleurs, de sots, de sorcières, de fées, de diables. Des légendes par centaines enracinées au plus profond de nos terroirs et de notre inconscient.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Legends
Languages : fr
Pages : 0
Book Description
Des contes merveilleux, facétieux, des histoires d'animaux, de voleurs, de sots, de sorcières, de fées, de diables. Des légendes par centaines enracinées au plus profond de nos terroirs et de notre inconscient.
Contes, récits et légendes des pays de France
Author: Claude Seignolle
Publisher: Omnibus
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : fr
Pages : 1208
Book Description
Des contes merveilleux, facétieux, des histoires d'animaux, de voleurs, de sots, de sorcières, de fées, de diables. Des légendes par centaines enracinées au plus profond de nos terroirs et de notre inconscient.
Publisher: Omnibus
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : fr
Pages : 1208
Book Description
Des contes merveilleux, facétieux, des histoires d'animaux, de voleurs, de sots, de sorcières, de fées, de diables. Des légendes par centaines enracinées au plus profond de nos terroirs et de notre inconscient.
National Union Catalog
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
French books in print, anglais
Author: Electre
Publisher:
ISBN: 9782765407881
Category :
Languages : fr
Pages : 1846
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9782765407881
Category :
Languages : fr
Pages : 1846
Book Description
The Baronage of England
Author: William Dugdale
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Category : Baronetage
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Baronetage
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description