Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
A symposium of history, literature and the arts.
English miscellany
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
A symposium of history, literature and the arts.
An English Miscellany
Author: William Paton KerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
An Old English Miscellany
Author: Morris“An” Old English Miscellany
Author: Richard MorrisAn Anglo-Norman Reader
Author: Jane BlissPublisher: Open Book Publishers
ISBN: 1783743166
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 1044
Book Description
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.
An old English miscellany: containing a Bestiary, Kentish sermons, proverbs of Alfred, religious poems of the thirteenth century ...
Author: Early English Text SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Delinquent Chacha
Author: Ved MehtaEnglish miscellany
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : de
Pages : 284
Book Description
A symposium of history, literature and the arts.
Literary Miscellany
Author: Alex PalmerPublisher: Skyhorse
ISBN: 9781510772595
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Packed with fascinating facts, Literary Miscellany is sure to please both professor and pleasure reader alike. Wouldn’t it be great to be a fly on the wall as the great writers took pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard)? While reading this work, you’ll be just that. Here are behind-the-book stories and facts about authors, publishing and everything literary that will entertain both casual and serious readers. Among the questions asked and answered: • When Did Literature Finally Get Sexy? • Is Coffee or Opium Better for Literary Creativity? • Why Are the Best Autobiographies so Embarrassing? • Why Do Some Detectives Use Their Minds and Others Their Fists? Who knew that bestseller lists and children’s books could be the source of intense controversy? Or that even the biggest writers had to scrape by, with odd jobs and inventions like the Mark Twain Self-Pasting Scrapbook? In Literary Miscellany, examine the trend of “fake memoirs,” with a list of who lied about what, and a rogues’ gallery of hoaxers dating back centuries. From epic poetry and Homer to pulp fiction and Harry Potter, Literary Miscellany, now available for the first time in paperback, is a breezy tour through the literature of today and yesterday, packed with enough interesting facts to entertain both the erudite professor and pleasure reader.
The Careful Writer
Author: Theodore M. BernsteinPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0684826321
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
A handbook of alphabetized entries which provide answers to questions of use, meaning, grammar, punctuation, precision, logical structure, and color.