Author: James LeePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
Bible Illustrations, Consisting of Apophthegms, Maxims, Proverbs, Sententious Thoughts, Etc. Selected from Above 1500 Sources
Author: James LeeBible Illustrations, Consisting of Apophthegms, Maxims, Proverbs, Sententious Thoughts, Etc. Selected from Above 1500 Sources
Author: James LeeWhy Do We Quote?
Author: Ruth FinneganPublisher: Open Book Publishers
ISBN: 1906924333
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Quoting is all around us. But do we really know what it means? How do people actually quote today, and how did our present systems come about? This book brings together a down-to-earth account of contemporary quoting with an examination of the comparative and historical background that lies behind it and the characteristic way that quoting links past and present, the far and the near.Drawing from anthropology, cultural history, folklore, cultural studies, sociolinguistics, literary studies and the ethnography of speaking, Ruth Finnegan 's fascinating study sets our present conventions into crosscultural and historical perspective. She traces the curious history of quotation marks, examines the long tradition of quotation collections with their remarkable recycling across the centuries, and explores the uses of quotation in literary, visual and oral traditions. The book tracks the changing defi nitions and control of quoting over the millennia and in doing so throws new light on ideas such as imitation, allusion, authorship, originality and plagiarism .
The Horses of the Sahara and the Manners of the Desert
Author: Eugène DaumasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arabian horse
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Maxims in Old English Poetry
Author: Paul CavillPublisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 9780859915410
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
A study of maxims - what they are, why and when they are used - based on detailed investigation of issues, texts and formulas.
Camoens
Author: Sir Richard Francis BurtonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Lectures to My Students
Author: Charles Haddon SpurgeonPublisher:
ISBN: 9781561861002
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
This complete and unabridged edition of Spurgeon's great work will make it possible for today's generation to appreciate Spurgeon's combination of discerning wit and refreshingly practical advice.
The Life, Times and Scientific Labours of the Second Marquis of Worcester (etc.)
Author: Henry DircksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Industrial arts
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
The Education of a Christian Woman
Author: Juan Luis VivesPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226858162
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
"From meetings and conversation with men, love affairs arise. In the midst of pleasures, banquets, dances, laughter, and self-indulgence, Venus and her son Cupid reign supreme. . . . Poor young girl, if you emerge from these encounters a captive prey! How much better it would have been to remain at home or to have broken a leg of the body rather than of the mind!" So wrote the sixteenth-century Spanish humanist Juan Luis Vives in a famous work dedicated to Henry VIII's daughter, Princess Mary, but intended for a wider audience interested in the education of women. Praised by Erasmus and Thomas More, Vives advocated education for all women, regardless of social class and ability. From childhood through adolescence to marriage and widowhood, this manual offers practical advice as well as philosophical meditation and was recognized soon after publication in 1524 as the most authoritative pronouncement on the universal education of women. Arguing that women were intellectually equal if not superior to men, Vives stressed intellectual companionship in marriage over procreation, and moved beyond the private sphere to show how women's progress was essential for the good of society and state.
Pearls of Persia
Author: Alice C. HunsbergerPublisher: I.B. Tauris
ISBN: 9781780761305
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
I.B.Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies Nasir-i Khusraw is a major literary figure in medieval Persian culture. He was a Muslim philosopher, poet, travel writer, and Ismaili da'i who lived a thousand years ago in the lands known today as Afghanistan, Iran, and Tajikistan. Although known in the West mainly for his Safarnama, or travelogue, which describes his seven-year journey from Khurasan, in the eastern Islamic lands, to Cairo, the city of the Fatimid imam-caliphs, his poetry and ideas are less familiar. Yet, over the centuries, Persian-speaking lands have consistently ranked him as one of the finest poets of all time. But today, even among those who know Nasir-i Khusraw's poetry, few understand the philosophical and Ismaili concepts the poet expounds. And while mystical and epic genres of Persian poetry are memorized and studied, the genre of philosophical poetry in Persian remains basically unexplored. This collection of studies seeks to redress the balance. Originally presented at a conference at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London in 2005 to commemorate the millenary of Nasir-i Khusraw's birth, the papers published here examine his poetry both for philosophical meaning and poetic method. They address a variety of topics, ranging from metaphysics, cosmology, and ontology to prophecy, as well as rhythm and structure, and analysis of individual poems and authorship.