Author: Kenneth Varty
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 9781571814227
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
There are many stories featuring the villainous hero Reynard the Fox in many languages told over many centuries, goingback as far as the early 12th century. All these stories are comic and much of the humour depends on parody and satire resulting in mockery, sometimes the subversion of certain kinds of serious literature, of political and religious institutions and practices, of scholarly argument and moralizing, and of popular beliefs and customs. The contributors to this volume, all of them experts in one or more of the Reynard stories and their backgrounds, focus on the transformation of these tales through various media and to what extent they reflect differences in the cultural, class, and generational background of their tellers.
Reynard the Fox
Author: Kenneth Varty
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 9781571814227
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
There are many stories featuring the villainous hero Reynard the Fox in many languages told over many centuries, goingback as far as the early 12th century. All these stories are comic and much of the humour depends on parody and satire resulting in mockery, sometimes the subversion of certain kinds of serious literature, of political and religious institutions and practices, of scholarly argument and moralizing, and of popular beliefs and customs. The contributors to this volume, all of them experts in one or more of the Reynard stories and their backgrounds, focus on the transformation of these tales through various media and to what extent they reflect differences in the cultural, class, and generational background of their tellers.
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 9781571814227
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
There are many stories featuring the villainous hero Reynard the Fox in many languages told over many centuries, goingback as far as the early 12th century. All these stories are comic and much of the humour depends on parody and satire resulting in mockery, sometimes the subversion of certain kinds of serious literature, of political and religious institutions and practices, of scholarly argument and moralizing, and of popular beliefs and customs. The contributors to this volume, all of them experts in one or more of the Reynard stories and their backgrounds, focus on the transformation of these tales through various media and to what extent they reflect differences in the cultural, class, and generational background of their tellers.
The Pleasant and Entertaining History of Reynard the Fox; - Represented in a Moral Light; Fabulously Shewing the Various Devices Which Cunning Men Pursue, ... Embellished with 17 Copperplates Elegantly Engraved
Author: MULTIPLE CONTRIBUTORS.
Publisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions
ISBN: 9781385186039
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Rich in titles on English life and social history, this collection spans the world as it was known to eighteenth-century historians and explorers. Titles include a wealth of travel accounts and diaries, histories of nations from throughout the world, and maps and charts of a world that was still being discovered. Students of the War of American Independence will find fascinating accounts from the British side of conflict. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library T118645 The titlepage is engraved. With an initial leaf of illustration. London: printed & sold by Edwd. Ryland, [1775?]. 128p.: ill.; 16°
Publisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions
ISBN: 9781385186039
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Rich in titles on English life and social history, this collection spans the world as it was known to eighteenth-century historians and explorers. Titles include a wealth of travel accounts and diaries, histories of nations from throughout the world, and maps and charts of a world that was still being discovered. Students of the War of American Independence will find fascinating accounts from the British side of conflict. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library T118645 The titlepage is engraved. With an initial leaf of illustration. London: printed & sold by Edwd. Ryland, [1775?]. 128p.: ill.; 16°
Tile & Till
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pharmacy
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pharmacy
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
Philostratus
Author: Philostratus (the Athenian)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Type & Typo
Author:
Publisher: Omair Nazir
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 18
Book Description
Publisher: Omair Nazir
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 18
Book Description
Trichier
Author: Alessandra Ceretto
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 136509796X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 136509796X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Yvain
Author: Chretien de Troyes
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300187580
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
The twelfth-century French poet Chrétien de Troyes is a major figure in European literature. His courtly romances fathered the Arthurian tradition and influenced countless other poets in England as well as on the continent. Yet because of the difficulty of capturing his swift-moving style in translation, English-speaking audiences are largely unfamiliar with the pleasures of reading his poems. Now, for the first time, an experienced translator of medieval verse who is himself a poet provides a translation of Chrétien’s major poem, Yvain, in verse that fully and satisfyingly captures the movement, the sense, and the spirit of the Old French original. Yvain is a courtly romance with a moral tenor; it is ironic and sometimes bawdy; the poetry is crisp and vivid. In addition, the psychological and the socio-historical perceptions of the poem are of profound literary and historical importance, for it evokes the emotions and the values of a flourishing, vibrant medieval past.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300187580
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
The twelfth-century French poet Chrétien de Troyes is a major figure in European literature. His courtly romances fathered the Arthurian tradition and influenced countless other poets in England as well as on the continent. Yet because of the difficulty of capturing his swift-moving style in translation, English-speaking audiences are largely unfamiliar with the pleasures of reading his poems. Now, for the first time, an experienced translator of medieval verse who is himself a poet provides a translation of Chrétien’s major poem, Yvain, in verse that fully and satisfyingly captures the movement, the sense, and the spirit of the Old French original. Yvain is a courtly romance with a moral tenor; it is ironic and sometimes bawdy; the poetry is crisp and vivid. In addition, the psychological and the socio-historical perceptions of the poem are of profound literary and historical importance, for it evokes the emotions and the values of a flourishing, vibrant medieval past.
Analecta: Or, Materials For a History of Remarkable Providences; Mostly Relating to Scotch Ministers and Christians
Author: Robert Wodrow
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385129664
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1842.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385129664
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1842.
The Cambridge Economic History of Latin America
Author: Victor Bulmer-Thomas
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780521857161
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780521857161
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
I Have a Dog
Author: Charlotte Lance
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 1743317816
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
I have a dog. An inconvenient dog. When I wake up, my dog is inconvenient. When I'm getting dressed, my dog is inconvenient. And when I'm making tunnels, my dog is SUPER inconvenient. But sometimes, an inconvenient dog can be big and warm and cuddly. Sometimes, an inconvenient dog can be the most comforting friend in the whole wide world.
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 1743317816
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
I have a dog. An inconvenient dog. When I wake up, my dog is inconvenient. When I'm getting dressed, my dog is inconvenient. And when I'm making tunnels, my dog is SUPER inconvenient. But sometimes, an inconvenient dog can be big and warm and cuddly. Sometimes, an inconvenient dog can be the most comforting friend in the whole wide world.