Author: Thomas PercyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ballads, English
Languages : en
Pages : 406
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Reliques of Ancient English Poetry
Author: Thomas PercyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ballads, English
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs, and Other Pieces of Our Earlier Poets
Author: Thomas PercyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ballads, English
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Reliques of Ancient English Poetry:
Author: Thomas PercyReliques of Ancient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs, and Other Pieces of Our Earlier Poets, (chiefly of the Lyric Kind.) Together with Some Few of Later Date..
Author: Thomas PercyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ballads, English
Languages : en
Pages : 388
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The Complete King Arthur
Author: John MatthewsPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1620556006
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 367
Book Description
A comprehensive examination of the historical and mythological evidence for every major theory about King Arthur • Explores the history of every Arthur candidate and the geographical arguments that have placed him in different locations • Examines 1,800 years of evidence for Arthur’s life and the famous series of 12 battles fought against the Saxons in the 6th century • Reconstructs the history of the 6th century in Britain, when the first references to Arthur and the core events of his reign appear Few legends have had the enduring influence of those surrounding King Arthur. Many believe the stories are based on historical truth. For others Arthur represents the archetype of the brilliant monarch reigning over a fairy-tale kingdom, offering his knights the opportunity to prove their mettle in battle and find gnostic illumination through initiation into sacred mysteries like that of the Grail. Presenting the culmination of more than 40 years’ research, John and Caitlín Matthews examine the historical and mythological evidence for every major theory about the existence of King Arthur. Drawing on modern techniques in archaeology and scholarship, they reconstruct the history of the 6th century in Britain, the period when the first unambiguous references to Arthur appear. They explore the history of every Arthur candidate, the geographical arguments that have placed him in different locations, and the evidence for his life and famous battles fought against the Saxons. Was the greatest British hero of all time not a king but a 2nd-century Roman officer active around Hadrian’s Wall in Cumbria? A 5th-century soldier who operated in areas as far apart as Cornwall, Wales, Scotland, or Brittany? Or an entirely mythical fiction that provided a figure of light during a dark period of British history? Examining other literary figures from the 5th century such as Vortigern and Ambrosius, the authors also break down the plots of all the major Arthurian romances, including those by Chretien de Troyes, Sir Thomas Malory, and Robert de Boron, to reveal the historical events they are based on. Piecing together the many fragments that constitute the image of Arthur, both the man and the myth, the authors show how each face of Arthur has something to offer and how his modern popularity proves the enduring power of the hero-myth, truly earning Arthur the title he first received in the 15th century: The Once and Future King.
Chemistry, Meteorology, and the Function of Digestion, Considered with Reference to Natural Theology
Author: William ProutPublisher:
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Category : Chemistry
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
The Politics of Songs in Eighteenth-Century Britain, 1723–1795
Author: Kate HorganPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317318013
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Horgan analyses the importance of songs in British eighteenth-century culture with specific reference to their political meaning. Using an interdisciplinary methodology, combining the perspectives of literary studies and cultural history, the utilitarian power of songs emerges across four major case studies.
A History of Eighteenth-Century British Literature
Author: John RichettiPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1405135026
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
A History of Eighteenth-Century British Literature is a lively exploration of one of the most diverse and innovative periods in literary history. Capturing the richness and excitement of the era, this book provides extensive coverage of major authors, poets, dramatists, and journalists of the period, such as Dryden, Pope and Swift, while also exploring the works of important writers who have received less attention by modern scholars, such as Matthew Prior and Charles Churchill. Uniquely, the book also discusses noncanonical, working-class writers and demotic works of the era. During the eighteenth-century, Britain experienced vast social, political, economic, and existential changes, greatly influencing the literary world. The major forms of verse, poetry, fiction and non-fiction, experimental works, drama, and political prose from writers such as Montagu, Finch, Johnson, Goldsmith and Cowper, are discussed here in relation to their historical context. A History of Eighteenth-Century British Literature is essential reading for advanced undergraduates and graduate students of English literature. Topics covered include: Verse in the early 18th century, from Pope, Gay, and Swift to Addison, Defoe, Montagu, and Finch Poetry from the mid- to late-century, highlighting the works of Johnson, Gray, Collins, Smart, Goldsmith, and Cowper among others, as well as women and working-class poets Prose Fiction in the early and 18th century, including Behn, Haywood, Defoe, Swift, Richardson, Fielding, and Smollett The novel past mid-century, including experimental works by Johnson, Sterne, Mackenzie, Walpole, Goldsmith, and Burney Non-fiction prose, including political and polemical prose 18th century drama
British Manly Exercises
Author: Donald Walker (Author of Walker's Manly Exercises.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Cosmos : a Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe
Author: Alexander von HumboldtPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description