Author: Felix Salten
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442487488
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
When Lucas is magically transformed into the canine companion of a Viennese archduke, he learns that the privileged life he dreamed of is not all it is cracked up to be.
The Hound of Florence
Author: Felix Salten
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442487488
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
When Lucas is magically transformed into the canine companion of a Viennese archduke, he learns that the privileged life he dreamed of is not all it is cracked up to be.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442487488
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
When Lucas is magically transformed into the canine companion of a Viennese archduke, he learns that the privileged life he dreamed of is not all it is cracked up to be.
The Hound of Florence
Buried Treasures
Author: Jack Zipes
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 069124474X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Fascinating profiles of modern writers and artists who tapped the political potential of fairy tales Jack Zipes has spent decades as a “scholarly scavenger,” discovering forgotten fairy tales in libraries, flea markets, used bookstores, and internet searches, and he has introduced countless readers to these remarkable works and their authors. In Buried Treasures, Zipes describes his special passion for uncovering political fairy tales of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, offers fascinating profiles of more than a dozen of their writers and illustrators, and shows why they deserve greater attention and appreciation. These writers and artists used their remarkable talents to confront political oppression and economic exploitation by creating alternative, imaginative worlds that test the ethics and morals of the real world and expose hidden truths. Among the figures we meet here are Édouard Laboulaye, a jurist who wrote acute fairy tales about justice; Charles Godfrey Leland, a folklorist who found other worlds in tales of Native Americans, witches, and Roma; Kurt Schwitters, an artist who wrote satirical, antiauthoritarian stories; Mariette Lydis, a painter who depicted lost-and-found souls; Lisa Tetzner, who dramatized exploitation by elites; Felix Salten, who unveiled the real meaning of Bambi’s dangerous life in the forest; and Gianni Rodari, whose work showed just how political and insightful fantasy stories can be. Demonstrating the uncanny power of political fairy tales, Buried Treasures also shows how their fictional realities not only enrich our understanding of the world but even give us tools to help us survive.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 069124474X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Fascinating profiles of modern writers and artists who tapped the political potential of fairy tales Jack Zipes has spent decades as a “scholarly scavenger,” discovering forgotten fairy tales in libraries, flea markets, used bookstores, and internet searches, and he has introduced countless readers to these remarkable works and their authors. In Buried Treasures, Zipes describes his special passion for uncovering political fairy tales of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, offers fascinating profiles of more than a dozen of their writers and illustrators, and shows why they deserve greater attention and appreciation. These writers and artists used their remarkable talents to confront political oppression and economic exploitation by creating alternative, imaginative worlds that test the ethics and morals of the real world and expose hidden truths. Among the figures we meet here are Édouard Laboulaye, a jurist who wrote acute fairy tales about justice; Charles Godfrey Leland, a folklorist who found other worlds in tales of Native Americans, witches, and Roma; Kurt Schwitters, an artist who wrote satirical, antiauthoritarian stories; Mariette Lydis, a painter who depicted lost-and-found souls; Lisa Tetzner, who dramatized exploitation by elites; Felix Salten, who unveiled the real meaning of Bambi’s dangerous life in the forest; and Gianni Rodari, whose work showed just how political and insightful fantasy stories can be. Demonstrating the uncanny power of political fairy tales, Buried Treasures also shows how their fictional realities not only enrich our understanding of the world but even give us tools to help us survive.
Saluki
Author: Brian Patrick Duggan
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786484624
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
One of the oldest known breeds of domesticated dogs, the Saluki traveled throughout the Middle East with desert tribes, who valued the dogs for their ability to hunt gazelles. Famously painted on the walls of the Pharaohs' tombs, the Salukis' history intrigued English dog enthusiasts who were instrumental in popularizing the breed and importing it to Europe and the United States in the early 20th century. This book tells the story of those who brought the Saluki to the West, most notably Florence Amherst, who discovered the dogs while in Egypt and went on to breed 50 litters. Other world travelers who fell under the Salukis' spell included Lady Anne Blunt, Austen Layard and Gertrude Bell. Also covered are lesser-known Saluki aficionados, mainly military officers who hunted with their hounds in Iraq, Syria, Palestine, and Egypt and sought to replicate that experience at home.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786484624
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
One of the oldest known breeds of domesticated dogs, the Saluki traveled throughout the Middle East with desert tribes, who valued the dogs for their ability to hunt gazelles. Famously painted on the walls of the Pharaohs' tombs, the Salukis' history intrigued English dog enthusiasts who were instrumental in popularizing the breed and importing it to Europe and the United States in the early 20th century. This book tells the story of those who brought the Saluki to the West, most notably Florence Amherst, who discovered the dogs while in Egypt and went on to breed 50 litters. Other world travelers who fell under the Salukis' spell included Lady Anne Blunt, Austen Layard and Gertrude Bell. Also covered are lesser-known Saluki aficionados, mainly military officers who hunted with their hounds in Iraq, Syria, Palestine, and Egypt and sought to replicate that experience at home.
The Florence King Reader
Author: Florence King
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312143370
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
GIFT LOCAL 11-15-2002 $13.95.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312143370
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
GIFT LOCAL 11-15-2002 $13.95.
Hound and Horn in Jedforest - Being Some Experiences of a Scottish M.F.H.
Author: Thomas Scott Anderson
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1473341981
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
First published in 1909 this is a wonderful historical account of life in Victorian Britain, through the eyes of a Master of Fox Hounds. A glimpse of life on a rural Scottish estate. Full of the fascinating day to day excitement of a packed country house. A must read for any rural sport enthusiast. This text has been republished here for its historical and cultural significance. Including a specially commissioned introduction on the Foxhound.
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1473341981
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
First published in 1909 this is a wonderful historical account of life in Victorian Britain, through the eyes of a Master of Fox Hounds. A glimpse of life on a rural Scottish estate. Full of the fascinating day to day excitement of a packed country house. A must read for any rural sport enthusiast. This text has been republished here for its historical and cultural significance. Including a specially commissioned introduction on the Foxhound.
Young Vienna and Psychoanalysis
Author: Lieselotte Pouh
Publisher: Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
An overview of Freud's perceptions of and experiences with literature provides the foundation upon which a closer examination of the lives and works of Doermann, David, and Salten is built. As part of this examination, a significant work by each writer is studied from a psychoanalytic perspective."--BOOK JACKET.
Publisher: Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
An overview of Freud's perceptions of and experiences with literature provides the foundation upon which a closer examination of the lives and works of Doermann, David, and Salten is built. As part of this examination, a significant work by each writer is studied from a psychoanalytic perspective."--BOOK JACKET.
The Open Shelf
Italy's Hope: a Tale of Florence. [In Verse. Followed by “The Lady and the Hound.”]
Author: John ASHFORD
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Mystery of the Wax Museum
Author: Richard Koszarski
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 9780299076740
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Screenplay of the motion picture
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 9780299076740
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Screenplay of the motion picture