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Miraculum Monstrum is an epic hybrid narrative about Tristia Vogel, a female artist who experiences a radical physical transformation, beginning with the excrescence of apparent wings. Though she is possibly an anomalous mutation resulting from worldwide ecological upheaval, the bird/woman is co-opted by a religious cult that claims to have prophesied her experience; she is thus written as the central figure of their scriptural text. The fragmentary poem that is Miraculum Monstrum , which...
| Автор | Kathline Carr |
From the early years, when he morphed from celebrated poet to provocative singer-songwriter, to his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Leonard Cohen has endured as one of the most enigmatic and profound figures—with a uniquely compelling voice and unparalleled depth of artistic vision—in all of popular music. The aesthetic quality and intellectual merit of Cohen’s work are above dispute; here, for the first time, a team of philosophers takes an in-depth...
| Автор | Группа авторов |
Sir Thomas Browne was a 17th century author who wrote on a wide variety of subjects including medicine, religion, science, and the esoteric. He is best known for his work entitled “Religio Medici”, or “The Religion of a Doctor”, which is Browne’s own spiritual testament and an early example of a psychological self-portrait. Published in 1643, shortly after the author had qualified himself to practice medicine, “Religio Medici” became a best-seller throughout the European continent and because of...
| Автор | Sir Thomas Browne |
Cicero placed a high value on the importance of mastering the skill of rhetoric, which is the art of using language as a means to persuade. Such a skill was important especially in the practice of law and politics, of which he did both. In the «Treatise of Rhetorical Invention» Cicero outlines his theories on rhetoric in this early composition. In «Topics» we find an exposition of the tools that an orator may avail himself of in crafting a convincing argument. Cicero is thought of as one of the...
| Автор | Марк Цицерон |
This collection gathers together the works by Bram Stoker in a single, convenient, high quality, and extremely low priced Kindle volume! The Complete Novels : The Primrose Path The Snake's Pass The Watter's Mou' The Shoulder of Shasta Dracula Miss Betty The Mystery of the Sea The Jewel of Seven Stars The Man Lady Athlyne The Lady of the Shroud The Lair of the White Worm
| Автор | A to Z Classics |
Sir Thomas Browne was a 17th century author who wrote on a wide variety of subjects including medicine, religion, science and the esoteric. He is best known for his work entitled «Religio Medici», or «The Religion of a Doctor», which is Browne's own spiritual testament and an early example of a psychological self-portrait. Published in 1643, shortly after the author had qualified himself to practice medicine, «Religio Medici» became a best-seller throughout the European continent and...
| Автор | Sir Thomas Browne |
The first ever collection of contemporary Scottish writing on nature and landscape, Antlers of Water showcases the diversity and radicalism of new Scottish nature writing today. Edited, curated and introduced by the award-winning Kathleen Jamie, and featuring prose, poetry and photography, this inspiring collection takes us from walking to wild swimming, from red deer to pigeons and wasps, from remote islands to back gardens. With contributions from Amy Liptrot, Malachy Tallack, Chitra...
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"No one who has ever read this remarkable novel and looked at human life through Barbusse's peephole can ever forget the experience."—Robert Baldick"It is Barbusse, not Gide, not Proust and not Malroux whose work marks the great turning point in French twentieth-century literature."—Jean Favrille Hell is the most highly focused study of voyeurism ever written. A young man staying in a Paris boarding house finds a hole in the wall above his bed. Through this he obsessively studies the...
| Автор | Henri Barbusse |
Autism was not a recognised disorder in Jane Austen's lifetime, nor for well over a century after her death. However there were certainly people who had autism, and Phyllis Ferguson Bottomer proposes that Austen wrote about them, without knowing what it was that she was describing. So Odd a Mixture looks at eight seemingly diverse characters in Austen's classic novel, Pride and Prejudice, who display autistic traits. These characters – five in the Bennet family and three in the...
| Автор | Phyllis Ferguson-Bottomer |
Los extraviados consejos de Octavio Cortés nos ofrecen una crítica social de impagable lucidez, un punto de vista original y provocador sobre la conducta humana, desde un gusto por lo elegante y una libertad creadora sin riendas.
| Автор | Octavio Cortés |
Regardant les questions de témoignage, de confession, de traumatisme, de sexualité et de violence dans les œuvres (semi-)autobiographiques, ce livre explore la co-construction d’identités personnelles et collectives par des femmes écrivains à l’ère des médias et de l’autoreprésentation. À une époque où la littérature française est souvent accusée d'être égocentrique et trop narcissique, Mercédès Baillargeon avance que l’autofiction des femmes a été reçue avec controverse depuis le tournant...
| Автор | Mercédès Baillargeon |
En la cuarta entrega de la serie Cienfuegos, Mariana Montenegro, vizcondesa de Teguise, se adentra en la inexplorada y salvaje «Tierra Firme» del continente americano del año 1500 en busca de su amado Cienfuegos en una aventura increíble que les llevará hasta una Venezuela virgen por tierras y pueblos desconocidos.
| Автор | Alberto Vazquez-Figueroa |
Huvipakkuv raamat neile, kes usuvad, et keeles on veel palju avastamata asju. Kiri ja kirjasüsteemid on leiutised, mis on muutnud ajaloos kõige rohkem inimese mõtlemist. Kuidas muutub kiri lähitulevikus? Milliseid muutusi võib see kaasa tuua kultuuris ja mõtlemises? Kuidas on keel seotud teiste märgisüsteemidega?
| Автор | Valdur Mikita |
Lingvistiline mets on sülem inspireerivaid ja ebaharilikke mõtteid eesti keelest, loodusest ja kultuurist. See on kosutav lugemine kõigile, kes otsivad vastust küsimusele, miks on Eesti maagiline paik. Raamatus on juttu seentest, putukatest, soome-ugrist, suitsusaunast, metsast, kultuuriteooriast, jalgrattasõidust ning päratust kosmiliste mõõtmetega kartulikonksust, mida veel ükski eestlane pole suutnud Munamäe küljest lahti kiskuda.
| Автор | Valdur Mikita |
This is the first monograph to consider the significance of madness and irrationality in both Spanish and Spanish American literature. It considers various definitions of ‘madness’ and explores the often contrasting responses, both positive (figural madness as stimulus for literary creativity) and negative (clinical madness representing spiritual confinement and sterility). The concept of national madness is explored with particular reference to Argentina: while, on the one hand, the country’s...
| Автор | Lloyd Hughes Davies |
<p>The running theme through the collection <em>Wave as If You Can See Me</em> is the progression of illnesses resulting in the death of the poet’s husband, fiction writer Scott Ely, from the effects of Agent Orange in Vietnam. Interspersed with these poems are her own...
| Автор | Susan Ludvigson |