Author: J. LewinePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : fr
Pages : 722
Book Description
Bibliography of Eighteenth Century Art and Illustrated Books
Author: J. LewineOrestes
Author: VoltairePublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1627933212
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Orestes was produced in 1750, an experiment which intensely interested the literary world and the public. In his Dedicatory Letters to the Duchess of Maine, Voltaire has the following passage on the Greek drama: "We should not, I acknowledge, endeavor to imitate what is weak and defective in the ancients: it is most probable that their faults were well known to their contemporaries. I am satisfied, Madam, that the wits of Athens condemned, as well as you, some of those repetitions, and some declamations with which Sophocles has loaded his Electra: they must have observed that he had not dived deep enough into the human heart. I will moreover fairly confess, that there are beauties peculiar not only to the Greek language, but to the climate, to manners and times, which it would be ridiculous to transplant hither. Therefore I have not copied exactly the Electra of Sophocles-much more I knew would be necessary; but I have taken, as well as I could, all the spirit and substance of it."
A History of Turin
Author: Anthony L. CardozaPublisher:
ISBN: 9788806181246
Category : History
Languages : it
Pages : 281
Book Description
Queenship in Europe 1660-1815
Author: Clarissa Campbell OrrPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521814225
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
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Philostratus
Author: Philostratus (the Athenian)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
The Boke Named The Gouernour
Author: Sir Thomas ElyotPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education of princes
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
Giphantia
Author: Charles-François Tiphaigne de La RochePublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368900536
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Reproduction of the original.
The Marvels
Author: Brian SelznickPublisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545922127
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 673
Book Description
Don't miss Selznick's other novels in words and pictures, The Invention of Hugo Cabret and Wonderstruck, which together with The Marvels, form an extraordinary thematic trilogy! A breathtaking new voyage from Caldecott Medalist Brian Selznick.Two stand-alone stories--the first in nearly 400 pages of continuous pictures, the second in prose--create a beguiling narrative puzzle.The journey begins at sea in 1766, with a boy named Billy Marvel. After surviving a shipwreck, he finds work in a London theatre. There, his family flourishes for generations as brilliant actors until 1900, when young Leontes Marvel is banished from the stage.Nearly a century later, runaway Joseph Jervis seeks refuge with an uncle in London. Albert Nightingale's strange, beautiful house, with its mysterious portraits and ghostly presences, captivates Joseph and leads him on a search for clues about the house, his family, and the past.A gripping adventure and an intriguing invitation to decipher how the two stories connect, The Marvels is a loving tribute to the power of story from an artist at the vanguard of creative innovation.
Infernal Legends
Author: Jacques-Albin-Simon Collin de PlancyPublisher:
ISBN: 9780997074512
Category : Demonology
Languages : en
Pages : 765
Book Description
Author: Bea Friedland