Author:
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Category : Psychology
Languages : it
Pages : 800
Book Description
Giornale italiano di psicologia
Collected Stories of Roald Dahl
Author: Roald Dahl
Publisher: Everyman's Library
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 896
Book Description
This Everyman's Library edition is the only hardcover edition of Roald Dahl'sstories for adults.
Publisher: Everyman's Library
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 896
Book Description
This Everyman's Library edition is the only hardcover edition of Roald Dahl'sstories for adults.
The Irish Fairy Tale
Author: Vito Carrassi
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1611493803
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
Beginning with a critical reappraisal of the notion of "fairy tale" and extending it to include categories and genres which are in common usage in folklore and in literary studies, this book throws light on the general processes involved in storytelling. It illuminates the fundamental ways in which a culture is formed, while highlighting important features of the Irish narrative tradition, in all its wealth and variety and in its connections with the mythical and historical events of Ireland. The Irish Fairy Tale argues that the fairy tale is a kind of "neutral zone," a place of transition as well as a meeting place for popular beliefs and individual creativity, oral tradition and literary works, historical sources and imaginary reconstructions, and for contrasting and converging views of the world, which altogether allow for a deeper and more sophisticated understanding of reality. The book focuses on stories by Yeats and Stephens, whose approach to the subject marks the culmination of a long tradition of attempts at linking past and present and of bridging the gap between what appear to be contradictory facets of a single culture. This leads to a comparative study of Joyce's Dubliners, which illustrates the universal and exemplary nature of the notion of fairy tale put forward in the work.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1611493803
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
Beginning with a critical reappraisal of the notion of "fairy tale" and extending it to include categories and genres which are in common usage in folklore and in literary studies, this book throws light on the general processes involved in storytelling. It illuminates the fundamental ways in which a culture is formed, while highlighting important features of the Irish narrative tradition, in all its wealth and variety and in its connections with the mythical and historical events of Ireland. The Irish Fairy Tale argues that the fairy tale is a kind of "neutral zone," a place of transition as well as a meeting place for popular beliefs and individual creativity, oral tradition and literary works, historical sources and imaginary reconstructions, and for contrasting and converging views of the world, which altogether allow for a deeper and more sophisticated understanding of reality. The book focuses on stories by Yeats and Stephens, whose approach to the subject marks the culmination of a long tradition of attempts at linking past and present and of bridging the gap between what appear to be contradictory facets of a single culture. This leads to a comparative study of Joyce's Dubliners, which illustrates the universal and exemplary nature of the notion of fairy tale put forward in the work.
Reeds in the Wind
Author: Grazia Deledda
Publisher: Italica Pr
ISBN: 9780934977630
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
The rugged landscape of Baronia on Sardinia sets the scene for this novel of crime, guilt and retribution. This novel presents the story of the Pintor sisters - from a family of noble landowners now in decline - their nephew Giacinto, and their servant Efix, who is trying to make up for a mysterious sin committed many years before. Around, below, and inside them the raging Mediterranean storms, the jagged mountains, the murmuring forests, and the gushing springs form a Greek chorus of witness to the tragic drama of this unforgiving land. Deledda tells her story with her characteristic love of the natural landscape and fascination with the folk culture of the island, with details about the famous religious festivals held in mountain encampments and the lore of the "dark beings who populate the Sardinian night, the fairies who live in rocks and caves, and the sprites with seven red caps who bother sleep." Introduction by the Sardinian ethnographer, Dolores Turchi.
Publisher: Italica Pr
ISBN: 9780934977630
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
The rugged landscape of Baronia on Sardinia sets the scene for this novel of crime, guilt and retribution. This novel presents the story of the Pintor sisters - from a family of noble landowners now in decline - their nephew Giacinto, and their servant Efix, who is trying to make up for a mysterious sin committed many years before. Around, below, and inside them the raging Mediterranean storms, the jagged mountains, the murmuring forests, and the gushing springs form a Greek chorus of witness to the tragic drama of this unforgiving land. Deledda tells her story with her characteristic love of the natural landscape and fascination with the folk culture of the island, with details about the famous religious festivals held in mountain encampments and the lore of the "dark beings who populate the Sardinian night, the fairies who live in rocks and caves, and the sprites with seven red caps who bother sleep." Introduction by the Sardinian ethnographer, Dolores Turchi.
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Author: Walter McVitty
Publisher: Lothian Children's Books
ISBN: 9780850919547
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Publisher: Lothian Children's Books
ISBN: 9780850919547
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Handbook of Arthurian Romance
Author: Leah Tether
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 311043248X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 521
Book Description
The renowned and illustrious tales of King Arthur, his knights and the Round Table pervade all European vernaculars, as well as the Latin tradition. Arthurian narrative material, which had originally been transmitted in oral culture, began to be inscribed regularly in the twelfth century, developing from (pseudo-)historical beginnings in the Latin chronicles of "historians" such as Geoffrey of Monmouth into masterful literary works like the romances of Chrétien de Troyes. Evidently a big hit, Arthur found himself being swiftly translated, adapted and integrated into the literary traditions of almost every European vernacular during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. This Handbook seeks to showcase the European character of Arthurian romance both past and present. By working across national philological boundaries, which in the past have tended to segregate the study of Arthurian romance according to language, as well as by exploring primary texts from different vernaculars and the Latin tradition in conjunction with recent theoretical concepts and approaches, this Handbook brings together a pioneering and more complete view of the specifically European context of Arthurian romance, and promotes the more connected study of Arthurian literature across the entirety of its European context.
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 311043248X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 521
Book Description
The renowned and illustrious tales of King Arthur, his knights and the Round Table pervade all European vernaculars, as well as the Latin tradition. Arthurian narrative material, which had originally been transmitted in oral culture, began to be inscribed regularly in the twelfth century, developing from (pseudo-)historical beginnings in the Latin chronicles of "historians" such as Geoffrey of Monmouth into masterful literary works like the romances of Chrétien de Troyes. Evidently a big hit, Arthur found himself being swiftly translated, adapted and integrated into the literary traditions of almost every European vernacular during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. This Handbook seeks to showcase the European character of Arthurian romance both past and present. By working across national philological boundaries, which in the past have tended to segregate the study of Arthurian romance according to language, as well as by exploring primary texts from different vernaculars and the Latin tradition in conjunction with recent theoretical concepts and approaches, this Handbook brings together a pioneering and more complete view of the specifically European context of Arthurian romance, and promotes the more connected study of Arthurian literature across the entirety of its European context.
The Forests of Norbio
Author: Giuseppe Dessì
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
ISBN:
Category : Italian fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
ISBN:
Category : Italian fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
The Commedia Dell'arte in Naples: Edizione italiana
Author: Francesco Cotticelli
Publisher:
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Category : Commedia dell'arte
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Commedia dell'arte
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
Whispers from Eternity
Author: Yogananda (Paramahansa)
Publisher:
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Category : Yoga
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Yoga
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Twice Upon a Time
Author: Aya Ling
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781542377522
Category : Fairy tales
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
*The sequel to The Ugly Stepsister* Seven years have passed since Kat left Athelia. Through the intervention of the goblin king's baby daughter, the book is re-opened and Kat is transported back to Story World. Upon learning she is given a second chance, Edward is determined not to let her go this time. His chance of succeeding, however, seems like nil. Kat doesn't remember anything of their past, she loathes life at court, and she's anxious to return to the modern world. Not to mention that there's a price to pay for tampering with the book again...
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781542377522
Category : Fairy tales
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
*The sequel to The Ugly Stepsister* Seven years have passed since Kat left Athelia. Through the intervention of the goblin king's baby daughter, the book is re-opened and Kat is transported back to Story World. Upon learning she is given a second chance, Edward is determined not to let her go this time. His chance of succeeding, however, seems like nil. Kat doesn't remember anything of their past, she loathes life at court, and she's anxious to return to the modern world. Not to mention that there's a price to pay for tampering with the book again...