Author: Stefano Della BellaPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
A Collection of Etchings, by that Inimitable Artist Stefanino Della Bella, Comprsing in Number One Hundred and Eighty Pieces, and Consisting of Landscapes, Marie Views, Animals, Friezes, Ornaments, &c. &c. to which is Prefixed a Biographical Memoir of the Artist. By Thomas Dodd
Author: Stefano Della BellaCatalogue of the Library and Collection of Autograph Letters, Papers, and Documents
Author: Massachusetts Historical Society. LibraryPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
General Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed BooksPublisher:
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 742
Book Description
Nineteenth Century Short-title Catalogue: phase 1. 1816-1870
Author: The British Library General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1975
Author: British LibraryPublisher:
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1955
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed BooksPublisher:
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 1288
Book Description
Environment, Health, and Safety
Author: Lari A. BishopPublisher:
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Category : Corporations
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
The Sea and Medieval English Literature
Author: Sebastian I. SobeckiPublisher: DS Brewer
ISBN: 9781843841371
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
A fresh and invigorating survey of the sea as it appears in medieval English literature, from romance to chronicle, hagiography to autobiography. As the first cultural history of the sea in medieval English literature, this book traces premodern myths of insularity from their Old English beginnings to Shakespeare's Tempest. Beginning with a discussion of biblical, classical and pre-Conquest treatments of the sea, it investigates how such works as the Anglo-Norman Voyage of St Brendan, the Tristan romances, the chronicles of Matthew Paris, King Horn, Patience, The Book of Margery Kempe and The Libelle of Englyshe Polycye shape insular ideologies of Englishness. Whether it is Britain's privileged place in the geography of salvation or the political fiction of the idyllic island fortress, medieval English writers' myths of the sea betray their anxieties about their own insular identity; their texts call on maritime motifs to define England geographically and culturally against the presence of the sea. New insights from a range of fields, including jurisprudence, theology, the history of cartography and anthropology, are used to provide fresh readings of a wide range of both insular and continental writings.
Five Revenge Tragedies
Author: Thomas KydPublisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141960469
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 826
Book Description
As the Elizabethan era gave way to the reign of James I, England grappled with corruption within the royal court and widespread religious anxiety. Dramatists responded with morally complex plays of dark wit and violent spectacle, exploring the nature of death, the abuse of power and vigilante justice. In Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy a father failed by the Spanish court seeks his own bloody retribution for his son's murder. Shakespeare's 1603 version of Hamlet creates an avenging Prince of unique psychological depth, while Chettle's The Tragedy of Hoffman is a fascinating reworking of Hamlet's themes, probably for a rival theatre company. In Marston's Antonio's Revenge, thwarted love leads inexorably to gory reprisals and in Middleton's The Revenger's Tragedy, malcontent Vindice unleashes an escalating orgy of mayhem on a debauched Duke for his bride's murder, in a ferocious satire reflecting the mounting disillusionment of the age. Emma Smith's introduction considers the political and religious climate behind the plays and the dramatic conventions within them. This edition includes a chronology, playwrights' biographies and suggestions for further reading.
Author: Henry Chettle