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Moral Emblems
By Robert Louis Stevenson.
African American Writers and Journalists (Major Black Contributions from Emancipat)
By Mary Hertz Scarbrough. 2013
African-American Writers and Journalists spans nearly three centuries of literary and journalistic history, from a long-unpublished ballad composed in the…
1740s by a slave named Lucy Terry to the works of the Nobel Prize-winning novelist Toni Morrison. It tells the stories of figures such as Frederick Douglass, whose towering intellect and powerful prose helped animate the movement to abolish slavery; Ida B. Wells and Charlotta Bass, journalists who risked their lives to report on racial violence and injustice; and Ralph Ellison and Richard Wright, who challenged society with hard questions about race and equality.Vernacular Translation in Dante's Italy: Illiterate Literature
By Alison Cornish. 2011
Translation and commentary are often associated with institutions and patronage; but in Italy around the time of Dante, widespread vernacular…
translation was mostly on the spontaneous initiative of individuals. While Dante is usually the starting point for histories of vernacular translation in Europe, this book demonstrates that The Divine Comedy places itself in opposition to a vast vernacular literature already in circulation among its readers. Alison Cornish explores the anxiety of vernacularization as expressed by translators and contemporary authors, the prevalence of translation in religious experience, the role of scribal mediation, the influence of the Italian reception of French literature on that literature, and how translating into the vernacular became a project of nation-building only after its virtual demise during the Humanist period. Vernacular translation was a phenomenon with which all authors in thirteenth- and fourteenth-century Europe - from Brunetto Latini to Giovanni Boccaccio - had to contend.Ferragus
By Honore De Balzac, Katharine Prescott Wormeley.
The Friendly Road
By David Grayson.
Life of Bunyan
By James Hamilton.
After the pleasant sketches of pens so graceful as Southey's and Montgomery's; after the elaborate biography of Mr Philip, whose…
researches have left few desiderata for any subsequent devotee; indeed, after Bunyan's own graphic and characteristic narrative, the task on which we are now entering is one which, as we would have courted it the less, so we feel that we have peculiar facilities for performing it. Our main object is to give a simple and coherent account ofThe Begotten (Gifted #1)
By Lisa Tawn Bergren. 2006
At the height of the Inquisition, a secret half a millennium old is about to be exposed-a lost letter said…
to have been written by Paul and part of what was to become the foundation of the Christian canon. It speaks of men and women-the Gifted-with mysterious spiritual gifts that struck fear in the heart of the Church. Now the letter has surfaced. The Gifted ones are coming together. Their prophecy is coming true.Women in the Life of Balzac
By Juanita H. Floyd.
CliffsNotes on Tartt's The Goldfinch
By Abigail Wheetley. 2016
CliffsNotes on Donna Tartt's The Goldfinch, winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, includes everything you've come to expect…
from the trusted experts at CliffsNotes, including summaries and analyses of Tartt's sprawling novel. Features of this Lit Note includeFocused summaries of the plot and analysis of important themes, symbols, and character developmentCharacter analyses of major characters, focusing on what motivates each characterBrief synopsis of the novelShort quizThe Elizabethan Country House Entertainment
By Elizabeth Zeman Kolkovich. 2016
This is the first full-length critical study of country house entertainment, a genre central to late Elizabethan politics. It shows…
how the short plays staged for the Queen at country estates like Kenilworth Castle and Elvetham shaped literary trends and intervened in political debates, including whether women made good politicians and what roles the church and local culture should play in definitions of England. In performance and print, country house entertainments facilitated political negotiations, rethought gender roles, and crafted regional and national identities. In its investigation of how the hosts used performances to negotiate local and national politics, the book also sheds light on how and why such entertainments enabled female performance and authorship at a time when English women did not write or perform commercial plays. Written in a lively and accessible style, this is fascinating reading for scholars and students of early modern literature, theatre, and women's history.Verdi's Shakespeare
By Garry Wills. 2011
A dazzling study of the operas Verdi adapted from Shakespeare- and a spellbinding account of their creation. In Verdi's Shakespeare,…
Pulitzer Prize winner and lifelong opera devotee Garry Wills explores the writing and staging of Verdi's three triumphant Shakespearian operas: Macbeth, Othello, and Falstaff. An Italian composer who couldn't read a word of English but adored Shakespeare, Verdi devoted himself to operatic productions that authentically incorporated the playwright's texts. Wills delves into the fast-paced worlds of these men of the theater, focusing on the intense working relationships both Shakespeare and Verdi had with the performers and producers of their works. We see Verdi study the Shakespearean dramaturgy as he obsessively corresponds with his chosen librettists, handpicks the singers he feels are best- suited to the roles, and coaches them intensely. With fascinating portraits of these artistic giants and their entourages, sharp insights into music and theater, and telling historical details, Verdi's Shakespeare re-creates the conditions that allowed Verdi to complete his masterworks and illuminates the very nature of artistic creation. .Reminiscences of Tolstoy
By Ilya Tolstoy, George Calderon.
Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White, Volume 2
By Andrew Dickson White.
Criticism and Fiction
By William Dean Howells.
George Sand, Some Aspects of Her Life and Writings
By Rene Doumic, Alys Hallard.
Dragonwriter: A Tribute to Anne McCaffrey and Pern
By David Brin, Lois Mcmaster Bujold, Elizabeth Moon, Mercedes Lackey, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Todd Mccaffrey, Michael Whelan. 2013
When Anne McCaffrey passed in November 2011, it was not only those closest to her who mourned her death; legions…
of readers also felt the loss deeply. The pioneering science fiction author behind the Dragonriders of Pern® series crafted intricate stories, enthralling worlds, and strong heroines that profoundly impacted the science fiction community and genre.In Dragonwriter, Anne's son and Pern writer Todd McCaffrey collects memories and stories about the beloved author, along with insights into her writing and legacy, from those who knew her best. Nebula Award-winner Elizabeth Moon relates the lessons she learned from Pern's Lessa (and from Lessa's creator); Hugo Award-winner David Brin recalls Anne's steadfast belief that the world to come will be better than the one before; legendary SFF artist Michael Whelan shares (and tells stories about) never-before-published Pern sketches from his archives; and more.Join Anne's co-writers, fellow science fiction authors, family, and friends in remembering her life, and exploring how her mind and pen shaped not only the Weyrs of Pern, but also the literary landscape as we know it.Contributors include: Angelina Adams David Brin David Gerrold John Goodwin Janis Ian Alec Johnson Georgeanne Kennedy Mercedes Lackey Sharon Lee and Steve Miller Lois McMaster Bujold Elizabeth Moon Charlotte Moore Robert Neilson Jody Lynn Nye and Bill Fawcett Robin Roberts Elizabeth Ann Scarborough Wen Spencer Michael Whelan Richard J. Woods Chelsea Quinn YarbroCliffsNotes on Lipsyte's The Contender
By Stanley P Baldwin. 2000
The original CliffsNotes study guides offer a look into critical elements and ideas within classic works of literature.In CliffsNotes on…
The Contender, you look into a moral tale that emphasizes the importance of the fight over the prize, the quality of the struggle over the outcome.Following the development of the novel's protagonist, this study guide's in-depth character analysis covers the coming-of-age of a high school dropout who literally fights young boxers and figuratively braves the inner battles of peer pressure. Other features that help you figure out this important work includeLife and background of the author, Robert LipsyteIntroduction to the book with a synopsis, character list, and character mapSummaries, critical commentaries, and glossaries for each chapterCritical essays focusing on setting, major themes, and the author's writing styleA review section that tests your knowledge and suggests essay topicsA Resource Center full of books, publications, films, and Internet resourcesClassic literature or modern-day treasure -- you'll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides.Le Rouge et le noir
By Stendhal.
Publié quelques mois après les Trois Glorieuses de 1830, Le Rouge et le Noir est l'un des deux ou trois…
plus grands romans du siècle et l'un des chefs-d'œuvre de la littérature universelle. Inspiré d'un fait divers célèbre de l'époque - Antoine Berthet avait été condamné à mort en 1828 par les assises de l'Isère pour tentative de meurtre sur la personne de Mme Michoud chez qui il était précepteur -, Le Rouge et le Noir est l'histoire d'un jeune homme ambitieux qui se sert des femmes pour réussir et qui rachète ses erreurs par une inflexible énergie. Manuel de l'ambition et de la rébellion, Le Rouge et le Noir est aussi et d'abord un roman d'amour. Julien Sorel annonce peut-être, en un sens, la lutte des classes. Marchant dans les pas de Valmont et de Don Juan, il annonce aussi tous les thèmes de la liberté sexuelle d'aujourd'hui. Julien Sorel passe et les femmes tombent dans ses bras. Ce qui frappe, chez Stendhal, c'est le contraste entre l'échec en son temps et son prodigieux succès dans le nôtre. Il a échoué dans la vie et dans sa chasse au bonheur ; il a réussi au-delà de toute espérance dans sa quête de futur." Je mets, disait-il, un billet à la loterie dont le gros lot se réduit à ceci : être lu en 1935 ". Soixante-quinze ans après la date fixée, Stendhal, méprisé et moqué par ses contemporains, est adulé par les nôtres. Valéry et Gide saluent en lui le romancier le plus intelligent de notre littérature et un classique de la modernité.Join the Revolution, Comrade
By Charles Foran. 2008
In this collection of essays, Foran visits places in Vietnam that have been 'colonized' by western war films, talks to…
Shanghai residents about their colossal city, and commiserates with the people of Bali about the effects of terrorist bombs on their island. He also 'encounters' Miguel de Cervantes, the Buddha of Compassion, and the pumped-up American Tom Wolfe.The Boys' Life of Mark Twain
By Albert Bigelow Paine.