Author: Luigi Pulci
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253214072
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1018
Book Description
A classic picaresque epic detailing the thrilling exploits of Orlando, Morgante is a tale of war and of the calamities that befall the romantic hero, his fellow knights, and their sovereign, Charlemagne. After encountering the fierce Morgante, Orlando converts the giant, who then becomes his squire and trusted companion. This annotated English translation will lead to a new appreciation of Luigi Pulci's singular epic masterpiece and contribute to a reassessment of the author's influence on modern English literature.
Morgante
Author: Luigi Pulci
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253214072
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1018
Book Description
A classic picaresque epic detailing the thrilling exploits of Orlando, Morgante is a tale of war and of the calamities that befall the romantic hero, his fellow knights, and their sovereign, Charlemagne. After encountering the fierce Morgante, Orlando converts the giant, who then becomes his squire and trusted companion. This annotated English translation will lead to a new appreciation of Luigi Pulci's singular epic masterpiece and contribute to a reassessment of the author's influence on modern English literature.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253214072
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1018
Book Description
A classic picaresque epic detailing the thrilling exploits of Orlando, Morgante is a tale of war and of the calamities that befall the romantic hero, his fellow knights, and their sovereign, Charlemagne. After encountering the fierce Morgante, Orlando converts the giant, who then becomes his squire and trusted companion. This annotated English translation will lead to a new appreciation of Luigi Pulci's singular epic masterpiece and contribute to a reassessment of the author's influence on modern English literature.
Philostratus
Author: Philostratus (the Athenian)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
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.
A Metapoetics of the Passage
Author: Mary Ann Caws
Publisher: Hanover : University Press of New England
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
In this book the author looks the metaphor of passage, one that occurs in the poetic act; she also includes the progression of poetry from the "surrealist baroque" to surrealism itself (breton, Aragon, Eluard, Desnos) and on to contemporary poetry. The author explains her use of the word "architexture" as situating the text in the world of other texts the architecture situates the building in its world. "The architexture of a particular work would refer to the structure of the connecting passage, bridge, or corridor between elements as it relates to the material of the text, or of that stretching between two texts". [From flyleaf of book].
Publisher: Hanover : University Press of New England
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
In this book the author looks the metaphor of passage, one that occurs in the poetic act; she also includes the progression of poetry from the "surrealist baroque" to surrealism itself (breton, Aragon, Eluard, Desnos) and on to contemporary poetry. The author explains her use of the word "architexture" as situating the text in the world of other texts the architecture situates the building in its world. "The architexture of a particular work would refer to the structure of the connecting passage, bridge, or corridor between elements as it relates to the material of the text, or of that stretching between two texts". [From flyleaf of book].
Athalie
Outside
Author: Marguerite Duras
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780006542384
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780006542384
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
With Stendhal (Large Print 16pt)
Author: Simon Leys
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1459602528
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
With Stendhal is a delightful portrait of the nineteenth century French novelist Henri Beyle' better known to us as Stendhal. Two linked texts' introduced' annotated and translated into English for the first time by multi - award - winning author Simon Leys' illuminate the life and mind of the great writer. The first piece is a set of impression...
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1459602528
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
With Stendhal is a delightful portrait of the nineteenth century French novelist Henri Beyle' better known to us as Stendhal. Two linked texts' introduced' annotated and translated into English for the first time by multi - award - winning author Simon Leys' illuminate the life and mind of the great writer. The first piece is a set of impression...
The Last Days of Napoleon
Author: François Antonmarchi
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
The Musical Magazine
Report of Surveyor-General
Author: South Australia. Survey Department
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Public lands
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Public lands
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description