Author: Thomas BernhardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : de
Pages : 44
Book Description
In hora mortis
Author: Thomas BernhardIn Hora Mortis / Under the Iron of the Moon
Author: Thomas BernhardPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691268304
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
Haunting and darkly humorous poems by the internationally acclaimed Austrian novelist, playwright, and memoirist Thomas Bernhard (1931–1989) has been compared to Kafka and Beckett, and critics have ranked his novels among the masterpieces of the twentieth century. But in fact he began his career in the 1950s as a poet, publishing three books of well-received verse before turning to fiction. In Hora Mortis / Under the Iron of the Moon is the first book of his expressionist-like poetry to be published in English. Bringing together Bernhard's second and third books of poetry, the collection's short, untitled lyrics reveal his early explorations of themes that would continue to preoccupy him in his novels, plays, and other writings—especially his intense ambivalence toward the land and people of Austria and their then-recent Nazi past. As the translator James Reidel writes in his preface, "Bernhard found Austrian soil . . . to be like a hair shirt and a blanket. It is a killing ground but with a postcard setting." In poems that both subvert and pay homage to such influences as Georg Trakl, Bernhard begins to develop his characteristic dark humor while exploring themes of nature, death, meaninglessness, and faith.
In Hora Mortis
Author: Thomas BernhardPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691126429
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
'In Hora Mortis', and 'Under the Iron of the Moon' are Thomas Bernhard's second and third collections of published verse.
In hora mortis nostrae
Author: Rita GarzettiPublisher:
ISBN: 9788869346231
Category : Fiction
Languages : it
Pages : 278
Book Description
The Making of Christian Communities in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages
Author: Mark F. WilliamsPublisher: Anthem Press
ISBN: 1898855773
Category : Christian communities
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
The Making of Christian Communities sheds light on one of the most crucial periods in the development of the Christian faith. It considers the development and spread of Christianity between Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, and includes analysis of the formation and development of Christian communities in a variety of arenas, ranging from Late Roman Cappadocia and Constantinople to the court of Charlemagne and the twelfth-century province of Rheims, France during the twelfth century. The rise and development of Christianity in the Roman and Post-Roman world has been exhaustively studied on many different levels, political, legal, social, literary and religious. However, the basic question of how Christians of Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages formed themselves into communities of believers has sometimes been lost from sight. This volume explores the idea that survival of the Christian faith depended upon the making of these communities, something that the Christians of this period were themselves acutely - and sometimes acrimoniously - aware.
Book of Catholic Prayers - Prayers for Every Day -
Author: Romain KitoPublisher: LunaBulle
ISBN: 2369860022
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
Book of Catholic Prayers - Prayers for Every Day - is a book with a collection of great Catholic prayers. This book has over 130 prayers. the author breaks the prayers down into 6 categories : - General Prayers - Prayers to The Lord, to God - Prayers to Jesus Christ - Prayers to Mary, the Holy Mother - Prayers to the Holy Spirit - Miscellaneous Prayers The book offers a wide range of different prayers, from traditional prayers like the "Our Father" and "The Confiteor" to more specialized ones that where written and prayed by Saints. And even a selection of Latin prayers. Moreover, the Book of Catholic Prayers - Prayers for Every Day - is illustrated with several pictures of Michelangelo, Vinci, El Greco and more. You can take it anywhere, and use it daily. Easy to use. The table of contents leads you to the prayer of choice.
Prayers to the Virgin Mary
Author: Publisher: LunaBulle
ISBN: 2369860030
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
Prayers to the Virgin Mary is a collection of prayers dedicated to the Holy Virgin Mary The book ' Prayers to the Virgin Mary ' has over 40 prayers including traditional prayers such as Hail Mary, Ave Maria, Queen of Heaven, Canticle of Mary but also less known prayers like Aspiration to Mary, Mother of Grace, O Holy Mary My Mother...
Death in Jewish Life
Author: Stefan C. ReifPublisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110377489
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Jewish customs and traditions about death, burial and mourning are numerous, diverse and intriguing. They are considered by many to have a respectable pedigree that goes back to the earliest rabbinic period. In order to examine the accurate historical origins of many of them, an international conference was held at Tel Aviv University in 2010 and experts dealt with many aspects of the topic. This volume includes most of the papers given then, as well as a few added later. What emerges are a wealth of fresh material and perspectives, as well as the realization that the high Middle Ages saw a set of exceptional innovations, some of which later became central to traditional Judaism while others were gradually abandoned. Were these innovations influenced by Christian practice? Which prayers and poems reflect these innovations? What do the sources tell us about changing attitudes to death and life-after death? Are tombstones an important guide to historical developments? Answers to these questions are to be found in this unusual, illuminating and readable collection of essays that have been well documented, carefully edited and well indexed.
The Christmas Encyclopedia, 4th ed.
Author: William D. CrumpPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476687900
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
From the manger of Jesus Christ to the 21st century, this encyclopedia explores more than 2,000 years of Christmas past and present through 966 entries packed with a wide variety of historical and pop-culture subjects. Entries detail customs and traditions from around the world as well as classic Christmas movies, TV series/specials and animated cartoons. Arranged alphabetically by entry name, the book includes the historical background of popular sacred and secular songs as well as accounts of beloved literary works with Christmas themes from such noted authors as Charles Dickens, Louisa May Alcott, Hans Christian Andersen, Pearl Buck, Henry Van Dyke and others. All things Christmas are available here in one comprehensive volume.
Irish Above All
Author: Mary Pat KellyPublisher: Forge Books
ISBN: 0765380889
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 509
Book Description
Mary Pat Kelly draws upon family heritage to continue the story of Nora Kelly--begun in Of Irish Blood--with a striking novel of historical fiction in Irish Above All. After ten years in Paris, where she learned photography and became part of the movement that invented modern art, Chicago-born, Irish-American Nora Kelly is at last returning home. Her skill as a photographer will help her cousin Ed Kelly in his rise to Mayor of Chicago. But when she captures the moment an assassin’s bullet narrowly misses President-elect Franklin Roosevelt and strikes Anton Cermak in February 1933, she enters a world of international intrigue and danger. Now, she must balance family obligations against her encounters with larger-than-life historical characters, such as Joseph Kennedy, Big Bill Thompson, Al Capone, Mussolini, and the circle of women who surround F.D.R. Nora moves through the Roaring Twenties, the Great Depression, and World War II, but it’s her unexpected trip to Ireland that transforms her life.