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The Adventurous Simplicissimus

by Hans von Grimmelshausen ...

Translated by Alfred Thomas Scrope Goodrick ...

The Adventurous Simplicissimus is a historical novel written in 1668 by the German author Hans von Grimmelshausen. The book was inspired by the Thirty Years’ War from 1618 to 1648. This edition includes a table of contents. ... Read more

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The Adventurous Simplicissimus is a historical novel written in 1668 by the German author Hans von Grimmelshausen. The book was inspired by the Thirty Years’ War from 1618 to 1648. This edition includes a table of contents.
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Wounded Knights

Violence, Masculinity, and Medieval Courtly Love

by Alfred Thomas ...

Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
This broad-ranging book draws on Freudian and post-Freudian theory to offer a new and original perspective on courtly love from its origins in eleventh-century Occitania to its transformation into conflicting chivalric and courtly discourses in the later Middle Ages. Comparative and transnational in scope, it explores the role of masculinity and violence in the romance, love lyric and saints’ ... Read more

$116.99 USD

This broad-ranging book draws on Freudian and post-Freudian theory to offer a new and original perspective on courtly love from its origins in eleventh-century Occitania to its transformation into conflicting chivalric and courtly discourses in the later Middle Ages. Comparative and transnational in scope, it explores the role of masculinity and violence in the romance, love lyric and saints’
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50+ Masterpieces you have to read before you die. Christmas Stories and Poems

A Christmas Carol, A Merry Christmas, A Letter from Santa Claus, Christmas Bells, The Gift of the Magi and others

by Charles Dickens, L.M. Montgomery, L. Frank Baum, Mark Twain, Louisa May Alcott, Leo Tolstoy, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Nikolai Gogol, William Dean Howells, Joseph Rudyard Kipling, Elizabeth Harrison, John Milton, Hans Christian Andersen, Selma Lagerlof, Clement Moore, Henry van Dyke, Beatrix Potter, Anton Chekhov, O. Henry, Hesba Stretton, Kenneth Grahame, Robert Louis Stevenson, Walter Scott, Alfred Tennyson, Thomas Hardy, William Butler Yeats, William Makepeace Thackeray, Charles Kingsley, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, C. W. Stubbs, Eugene Field, Paul Laurence Dunbar, William Topaz McGonagall, Emily Dickinson, G.K. Chesterton ...

Narrated by Peter Coates, Chris Dabbs, Jim Girard, Trevor O'Hare ...

Unabridged

21 hours 56 min

Anthology of Christmas Stories is a unique collection of Christmas tales, reflections, and poems from beloved authors across the centuries and makes the perfect gift for the reader in your life. This beautiful treasury will take you back to firesides, simple gifts, and warm family moments of Christmases past as you cherish the timeless truths and joys of the season.Contents:Charles DickensA ... Read more

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Anthology of Christmas Stories is a unique collection of Christmas tales, reflections, and poems from beloved authors across the centuries and makes the perfect gift for the reader in your life. This beautiful treasury will take you back to firesides, simple gifts, and warm family moments of Christmases past as you cherish the timeless truths and joys of the season.Contents:Charles DickensA
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Cultures of Forgery

Making Nations, Making Selves

Edited by Judith Ryan, Alfred Thomas ...

Series series CultureWork: A Book Series from the Center for Literacy and Cultural Studies at Harvard
In Cultures of Forgery, leading literary studies and cultural studies scholars examine the double meaning of the word "forge"-to create or to form, on the one hand, and to make falsely, on the other. ... Read more

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In Cultures of Forgery, leading literary studies and cultural studies scholars examine the double meaning of the word "forge"-to create or to form, on the one hand, and to make falsely, on the other.
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The Truth and Legend of King Arthur

10 Books of Myths, Tales & The History Behind The Legendary King

by Howard Pyle, Richard Morris, James Knowles, T. W. Rolleston, Thomas Malory, Alfred Tennyson, Maude L. Radford ...

Translated by Charlotte Guest ...

The anthology 'The Truth and Legend of King Arthur' offers a profound exploration of the mythic and historical dimensions of the legendary King Arthur and his court. Through a diverse array of literary styles, from epic poetry to narrative prose, this collection captures the enduring charm of Arthurian lore. It merges historical authenticity with the enchanting myth-making that has captivated ... Read more

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The anthology 'The Truth and Legend of King Arthur' offers a profound exploration of the mythic and historical dimensions of the legendary King Arthur and his court. Through a diverse array of literary styles, from epic poetry to narrative prose, this collection captures the enduring charm of Arthurian lore. It merges historical authenticity with the enchanting myth-making that has captivated
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King Arthur: 10 Books of Tales & Myths about the Legendary King of Camelot

Stories & Legends of The Excalibur, Merlin, Holy Grale Quest & The Brave Knights of the Round Table

by Howard Pyle, Richard Morris, James Knowles, T. W. Rolleston, Thomas Malory, Alfred Tennyson, Maude L. Radford ...

Translated by Charlotte Guest ...

This ebook collection has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. The edition contains ten books of incredible & unforgettable tales of King Arthur, The Holy Grail, Sir Lancelot, Sorcerer Merlin, the Excalibur, the Legendary Camelot, Adventures of the Noble Knights of the Round Table, as well as other British Celtic Legends and ... Read more

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This ebook collection has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. The edition contains ten books of incredible & unforgettable tales of King Arthur, The Holy Grail, Sir Lancelot, Sorcerer Merlin, the Excalibur, the Legendary Camelot, Adventures of the Noble Knights of the Round Table, as well as other British Celtic Legends and
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Elizabethan Demonology

Enriched edition. Exploring Supernatural Beliefs in Elizabethan Society

by Thomas Alfred Spalding, Ariana Howard ...

In "Elizabethan Demonology," Thomas Alfred Spalding intricately explores the rich tapestry of belief, superstition, and the complex cultural dynamics surrounding demonology during the Elizabethan era. Spalding employs a meticulous scholarly style that blends historical analysis with literary critique, examining texts from canonical authors such as Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare, while ... Read more

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In "Elizabethan Demonology," Thomas Alfred Spalding intricately explores the rich tapestry of belief, superstition, and the complex cultural dynamics surrounding demonology during the Elizabethan era. Spalding employs a meticulous scholarly style that blends historical analysis with literary critique, examining texts from canonical authors such as Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare, while
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Elizabethan Demonology

by Thomas Alfred Spalding ...

Narrated by Katrina Joyner ...

Unabridged

4 hours 54 min

This Essay is an expansion, in accordance with a preconceived scheme, of two papers, one on "The Witches in Macbeth," and the other on "The Demonology of Shakspere," which were read before the New Shakspere Society in the years 1877 and 1878. The Shakspere references in the text are made to the Globe Edition.An Essay in Illustration of the Belief in the Existence of Devils, and the Powers ... Read more

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This Essay is an expansion, in accordance with a preconceived scheme, of two papers, one on "The Witches in Macbeth," and the other on "The Demonology of Shakspere," which were read before the New Shakspere Society in the years 1877 and 1878. The Shakspere references in the text are made to the Globe Edition.An Essay in Illustration of the Belief in the Existence of Devils, and the Powers
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Political Science. Classics Collection:

Sun Tzu-The Art of War, Plato-The Republic, Niccolo Machiavelli-The Prince, Lao Tzu-Tao Te Ching, Thomas More-Utopia, Thomas Paine-Common Sense, Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels-The Communist Manifesto

by Marcus Aurelius, Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Thomas Paine, Niccolo Machiavelli, Lao Tzu, Sun Tzu, Plato, John Stuart Mill, Vladimir lenin, Thomas More ...

Narrated by Kenneth Elliot, Alfred Costa, Peter Coates, John Brown, Douglass Scott, Jowanna Lewis, Richard Williams, Jamey Lewis, Andrew Roberts ...

Unabridged

36 hours 24 min

Why Political Science Classics Collection is so important? In today's world, providing quality training for the younger generation at colleges and universities is of primary importance. But higher education is not enough. Any graduate is first and foremost a citizen of his nation. He has the right to be an actor in the political life of his society. The political changes taking place today in the ... Read more

$10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Why Political Science Classics Collection is so important? In today's world, providing quality training for the younger generation at colleges and universities is of primary importance. But higher education is not enough. Any graduate is first and foremost a citizen of his nation. He has the right to be an actor in the political life of his society. The political changes taking place today in the
... Read more
Shakespeare, Catholicism, and the Middle Ages

Maimed Rights

by Alfred Thomas ...

Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Whereas traditional scholarship assumed that William Shakespeare used the medieval past as a negative foil to legitimate the present, Shakespeare, Catholicism, and the Middle Ages offers a revisionist perspective, arguing that the playwright valorizes the Middle Ages in order to critique the oppressive nature of the Tudor-Stuart state. In examining Shakespeare’s Richard II, The Merchant of Venice, ... Read more

$80.99 USD

Whereas traditional scholarship assumed that William Shakespeare used the medieval past as a negative foil to legitimate the present, Shakespeare, Catholicism, and the Middle Ages offers a revisionist perspective, arguing that the playwright valorizes the Middle Ages in order to critique the oppressive nature of the Tudor-Stuart state. In examining Shakespeare’s Richard II, The Merchant of Venice,
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Shakespeare, Dissent and the Cold War

by Alfred Thomas ...

Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Shakespeare, Dissent and the Cold War is the first book to read Shakespeare's drama through the lens of Cold War politics. The book uses the Cold War experience of dissenting artists in theatre and film to highlight the coded religio-political subtexts in Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth and The Winter's Tale. ... Read more

$49.99 USD

Shakespeare, Dissent and the Cold War is the first book to read Shakespeare's drama through the lens of Cold War politics. The book uses the Cold War experience of dissenting artists in theatre and film to highlight the coded religio-political subtexts in Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth and The Winter's Tale.
... Read more
Writing Plague

Language and Violence from the Black Death to COVID-19

by Alfred Thomas ...

Series Book 19 - Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Writing Plague: Language and Violence from the Black Death to COVID-19 brings a holistic and comparative perspective to “plague writing” from the later Middle Ages to the twenty-first century. It argues that while the human “hardware” has changed enormously between the medieval past and the present (urbanization, technology, mass warfare, and advances in medical science), the human “software” ... Read more

$98.99 USD

Writing Plague: Language and Violence from the Black Death to COVID-19 brings a holistic and comparative perspective to “plague writing” from the later Middle Ages to the twenty-first century. It argues that while the human “hardware” has changed enormously between the medieval past and the present (urbanization, technology, mass warfare, and advances in medical science), the human “software”
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