Author: Gerhart HauptmannPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : God (Christianity)
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
The Fool in Christ, Emanuel Quint
Author: Gerhart HauptmannThe Fool in Christ
Author: Gerhart HauptmannUnderstanding Gerhart Hauptmann
Author: Warren R. MaurerPublisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN: 9780872498235
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
The Fool in Christ
Author: Gerhart HauptmannThe Fool in Christ Emanuel Quint
Author: Gerhart HauptmannPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780331728064
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Excerpt from The Fool in Christ Emanuel Quint: A Novel ON a Sunday morning in the month of May, Emanuel Quint arose from his bed' on the floor of his father's lit tle hut. He washed himself outside at the stone trough in clear water from a mountain spring, holding his hol lowed hands under the crystal jet that flowed from a de cayed, moss-grown wooden spout. During the night he had scarcely slept, and now, without waking the fam ily or taking anything to eat, he started off in the di rection of Reichenbach. An old woman coming toward him on a path through the fields stopped short when she caught sight of him from afar. For the swinging stride with which Emanuel walked and his remarkably dignified bearing contrasted strangely with his bare feet, bare head, and the poverty of his garments. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Human Spirit
Author: Rudolf SteinerPublisher: Rudolf Steiner Press
ISBN: 1855844826
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
'To live in truth, to wish to be true in one's whole being, will be the watchword of the future.' – Rudolf Steiner. In the midst of the lies and propaganda of the Great War, Rudolf Steiner struggled to convey the truths of the human spirit. The 'truth' asserted by partisan interests, he suggested, was invariably tinged with dishonesty – whether the outright mendacities of politicians and rulers (Steiner refers here to the machinations of the British Empire), or the manipulative techniques of secret societies, intent on securing and shoring up their own power. In relation to the latter, Rudolf Steiner highlights how, whilst we tend to reject overt authority nowadays, we succumb more easily to its covert forms in the 'received wisdoms' we often unthinkingly adopt. In seeking to help his audiences discern the spiritual struggle unfolding behind outer events, Steiner describes how the intrigues that led to the war were based on intentional deceit, which served hidden aims of which the public was mostly kept in the dark. In contrast to the divisiveness of untruth, truth is based on a realization of the interconnectedness of all things – of interdependence between the realms 'below' and 'above' us. The 'I', upon which all evolution on earth is predicated, signifies an overcoming of egotism and narrow interests, together with the imaginative embrace of all beings. Its spiritual reality – that descends to us from non-material worlds and towards which we evolve through earthly lives – is the epitome of truth. Amidst many other topics covered here, Rudolf Steiner speaks about The Qur'an and the Mystery of Golgotha; Henry VIII, Thomas More and the Church of England; the Jesuits and their State in Paraguay; Freemasons, esoteric symbols, and handshakes; Madame Blavatsky's occult imprisonment by Anglo-Saxon brotherhoods; Dostoyevsky's The Brothers Karamazov; and the occult literature of Papus and Lévi.
The Fool in Christ
Author: Gerhart HauptmannPublisher: Livingtime Media International
ISBN: 9781905820603
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
This is the complete unabridged text of the novel by Nobel Prize-winning novelist Gerhart Hauptmann. It is a comedy of religious proportions that is at once satirical and farcical. Included are supplementary materials for students.
Historical Dictionary of German Literature to 1945
Author: William GrangePublisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810875195
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 389
Book Description
The history of this period in German literature is told through a detailed chronology, an introductory essay, a comprehensive bibliography, and over 200 cross-referenced dictionary entries on poetry, novels, historical narrative, philosophical musings, drama, and the exceptional writers who emerged and shaped German literature over the centuries.
The Sociology of Religion
Author: Werner StarkPublisher: Taylor & Francis US
ISBN: 9780415175906
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Kracauer
Author: Jörg SpäterPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1509533036
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 579
Book Description
Siegfried Kracauer was one of the most important German thinkers of the twentieth century. His writings on Weimar culture, mass society, photography and film were groundbreaking and they anticipated many of the themes later developed members of the Frankfurt School and other cultural theorists. No less remarkable were the circumstances under which he made these contributions. After his early years as a journalist in Germany, the rise of the Nazis forced Kracauer into exile – first in Paris and then, after a protracted flight via Marseilles and Lisbon, to the United States. The existential challenges, personal losses and unrelenting hardship Kracauer faced during these years of exile formed the backdrop against which he offered his acute observations of modern life. Jörg Später provides the first comprehensive biography of this extraordinary man. Based on extensive archival research, Später’s biography expertly traces the key influences on Kracauer’s intellectual development and presents his most important works and ideas with great clarity. At the same time, Später ably documents the intensity of Kracauer’s personal relationships, the trauma of his flight and exile, and his embrace of his new homeland, where, finally, the ‘groundlessness’ of refugee existence gave way to a more stable life and, with it, some of the intellectually most fruitful years of Kracauer’s career. The result is a vivid portrait of a man driven both by an urge to capture reality – to attend to the things that are ‘overlooked or misjudged’, that still ‘lack a name’, as he put it – and by a need to find his place in a hostile, threatening world.