Author: Larry Edward JohnsonPublisher:
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Category : Farce
Languages : en
Pages : 188
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The Absent-minded Bridegroom
Author: Larry Edward JohnsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Farce
Languages : en
Pages : 188
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Drama
Author: East African Folktales
Author: J.K. JacksonPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1839649488
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
From the rift valley come stories of gods, tricksters, cattle and ogres from the many peoples of East Africa. Traditional stories bring a deeper understanding of the movement of peoples across East Africa. Common roots and differences between ancient peoples create a lively portrait with their fragile, powerful gods. The modern nations of Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and more inherit the folk and mythic tales of the rift valley region. Here you'll find stories of ogres and tricksters, riddles and poems, figures such as the first man (Gikuyu) and woman (Mumbi), and great heroes of history such as Liongo. This new collection is created for the modern reader. FLAME TREE 451: From myth to mystery, the supernatural to horror, fantasy and science fiction, Flame Tree 451 offers a healthy diet of werewolves and mechanical men, blood-lusty vampires, dastardly villains, mad scientists, secret worlds, lost civilizations and escapist fantasies. Discover a storehouse of tales gathered specifically for the reader of the fantastic.
Autobiography of William G. Schauffler
Author: William Gottlieb SchaufflerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Missionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 334
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The Drama
Author: Going Straight
Author: Harry Lacy HamiltonTheatre Arts Magazine
Author: Sheldon CheneyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 538
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Theocritus, Bion and Moschus
Author: Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107696739
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
Arthur Way (1847-1930) was a respected Classicist, and translated many ancient texts into English. This book, originally published in 1913, contains an English verse translation of several poems by the ancient Greek poets Theocritus, Bion and Moschus. These fluent translations will be of value to anyone with an interest in ancient Greek poetry, particularly of the more obscure poets.
Exemplum
Author: John D. LyonsPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400860814
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Examples, crucial links between discourse and society's view of reality, have until now been largely neglected in literary criticism. In the first book-length study of the rhetoric of example, John Lyons situates this figure by comparing it with more frequently studied tropes such as metaphor and synecdoche, discusses meanings of the terms example and exemplum, and proposes a set of descriptive concepts for the study of example in early modern literature. Tracing its paradoxical nature back to Aristotle's Rhetoric, Lyons shows how exemplary rhetoric is caught between often competing aims of persuasive general statement and accurate representation. In French and Italian texts of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries this dual task was rendered still more challenging by a transition to new sources of examples as the age of discovery brought increased emphasis on observation. The writers of this period were aware of a crisis in exemplary rhetoric, a situation in which serious questions were raised about how authors and audience would find a common ground in interpreting representative instances. Lyons's focus on the strategy of example leads to new readings of six major writers--Machiavelli, Marguerite de Navarre, Montaigne, Pascal, Descartes, and Marie de Lafayette. Originally published in 1990. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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