Author: Jane Bliss
Publisher: Open Book Publishers
ISBN: 1783743166
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 1044
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This book is an anthology with a difference. It presents a distinctive variety of Anglo-Norman works, beginning in the twelfth century and ending in the nineteenth, covering a broad range of genres and writers, introduced in a lively and thought-provoking way. Facing-page translations, into accessible and engaging modern English, are provided throughout, bringing these texts to life for a contemporary audience. The collection offers a selection of fascinating passages, and whole texts, many of which are not anthologised or translated anywhere else. It explores little-known byways of Arthurian legend and stories of real-life crime and punishment; women’s voices tell history, write letters, berate pagans; advice is offered on how to win friends and influence people, how to cure people’s ailments and how to keep clear of the law; and stories from the Bible are retold with commentary, together with guidance on prayer and confession. Each text is introduced and elucidated with notes and full references, and the material is divided into three main sections: Story (a variety of narrative forms), Miscellany (including letters, law and medicine, and other non-fiction), and Religious (saints' lives, sermons, Bible commentary, and prayers). Passages in one genre have been chosen so as to reflect themes or stories that appear in another, so that the book can be enjoyed as a collection or used as a resource to dip into for selected texts. This anthology is essential reading for students and scholars of Anglo-Norman and medieval literature and culture. Wide-ranging and fully referenced, it can be used as a springboard for further study or relished in its own right by readers interested to discover Anglo-Norman literature that was written to amuse, instruct, entertain, or admonish medieval audiences.
Author: Frederic Bastiat
Publisher: Simon Publications
ISBN: 9781931541022
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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This book, written by the celebrated nineteenth century French economist propagating free trade, reads as it was written yesterday.
Author: Govind Raghunath Dabholkar
Publisher: Sterling Publishers Pvt., Limited
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 918
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Author: Russell Williams
Publisher: Brill
ISBN: 9789004416895
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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In Pathos, Poetry and Politics, Russell Williams examines the literary style in the work of Michel Houellebecq. This book underlines the extent to which the author's notorious provocations are key to the texture of his novels.
Author: Ernest Renan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 126
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Author: Florian
Publisher: Sagwan Press
ISBN: 9781297800993
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 230
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: James Parton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : French poetry
Languages : fr
Pages : 548
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Author: Joseph Rykwert
Publisher: New York : Rizzoli
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 154
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Author: Pierre Loti
Publisher:
ISBN: 9782820606709
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Author: Hélène Manon Léon Herrmann
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1326176749
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : fr
Pages : 298
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"Voici deux jeunes gens qui se sont écrit pendant sept ans avant de réussir à se marier en dépit de la guerre et de la différence de religion qui existait entre leurs deux familles. C'est par leur correspondance qu'ils entrent dans l'amour sans s'en apercevoir. Léon Herrmann, sera de toutes les batailles. Blessé, gazé, décoré, il écrit du fond des tranchées sur de minuscules carrés de papier tandis qu'Hélène, aux environs de Troyes, cachète ses enveloppes à la cire, ce qui a pour effet d'intriguer la censure qui ouvre ses missives bleu ciel, insolites dans ces sombres années. Qu'à cela ne tienne ! les amoureux s'écriront en anglais... Un anglais pas toujours parfait certes... Peu à peu, les lettres deviennent plus personnelles, mais c'est seulement en 1917, au moment de l'offensive Nivelle, que le capitaine comprendra qu'il est aimé, quand il recevra les missives précipitées d'Hélène qui s'inquiète de son silence. Il est gazé au Chemin des Dames, mais il est le plus heureux des hommes : il est aimé..."--Page 4 of cover.
