Europäische Literatur

This volume in the LACTOR Sourcebooks in Ancient History series offers a generous selection of primary texts on the Athenian Empire in new English translations, with accompanying maps, tables and figures, a glossary and short contextualising introductory notes. It provides for the needs of students at schools and universities who are studying ancient history in translation and has been written and reviewed by experienced teachers. The texts presented include extracts from the important literary sources but also numerous inscriptions and coin legends, some of which were previously difficult for students to access.

Das Standardwerk des noch lebenden Dichterfürsten zur Posthumen Neuschreibung der Literaturgeschichte - ein Muss für Germanisten und andere Nerds! "Poetropie" ist die fulminante Sammlung aller Essays, Interviews und Spitzenrezensionen von 1993-2020 zur Erläuterung der Metapoetologie seiner antimetaphorischen Neuropoesie und enthält darüber hinaus einen "Corona Spezial" Anhang mit Gastbeiträgen aus der Krisenzeit! De Toys zählt zu einer Mikroszene politischer Dichter, die vom Feuilleton nicht nur totgeschwiegen werden, sondern weit schlimmer: deren "engagierte" Literatur dank der Ignoranz der Medien angeblich gar nicht existiert. Der Ruf nach einer fehlenden Politisierung ist zwar wieder in Mode gekommen, aber die diesbezüglichen Dichter, die nie unpolitisch waren und seit Jahrzehnten gesellschaftskritische Lyrik publizieren, bleiben unbeachtet, weil der biedere Blick nicht über den Tellerrand von Gemüselyrik-Preisträgern und Parfümpoesie-Anthologien hinausreicht. Dabei liegt die Wahrheit manchmal nur einen Mausklick entfernt. Die hier vereinten poetropischen Pseudonyme von Tom de Toys sind: Ärwin Ängstirn, Bruno Brachland, Dr. Egon Denkmal, Freiherr von Freifahren, Herold Himmelfahrt, Tomithy Holeapple, Lord Lässig, Samuel Lépo, Siegfried Sühd und Sebastian Nutzlos. Zu ihnen finden sich weiterführende Hintergrundinformationen im G&GN-INSTITUTSARCHIV (www.G-GN.de) unter der Rubrik "Pseudonyme" sowie auf befreundeten Homepages verstreut. Zum Beispiel Lord Lässig: Vertreter einer Neuen Lässigkeit als "transrealistischer Journalismus", Pseudonym inspiriert durch Lessing (siehe Artikel in Voss Nr.1), Moderator der Literaturbühne beim 3.Erich-Mühsam-Festival 2003, Auktionator der Peter-Ustinov-Stiftung auf der 2.Berliner Buchmesse 2003. Alle im Buch erwähnten Personen & Ereignisse sind historisch real. MIT "CORONA SPEZIAL" GASTBEITRÄGEN VON: Tanja 'Lulu' Play Nerd, Oskar Kabel, Der Digitalpoet und Liga der Leeren. INHALTSANGABE & LESEPROBEN @ www.POETOLOGIE.de

First published in 1971, this work provides a helpful introduction to the French Symbolism movement. After an introduction to the defining ideas of the movement, it explores five key Symbolist writers: Baudelaire, Verlaine, Rimbaud, Mallarmé and Valéry. The book concludes with a discussion of the impact of Symbolism across Europe.This book will be of interest to those studying nineteenth-century French literature.

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Tolstoy's fame as one of the world's greatest novelists has never been in doubt, but the importance of his views on the social, moral and religious issues of his time is not so widely recognised. This study, first published in 1973, presents an introduction to the historical and cultural background of Tolstoy's lifetime, then going on to consider the major events of his developing personality as a writer and reformer. As well as considering the famous novels and literary criticism, Simmons treats his educational theories and practice, famine relief work, spiritual crises and religious, social and moral beliefs, as reflected in controversial writings such as What I Believe, What Then Must We Do? and The Kingdom of God Is Within You. He also investigates Tolstoy's involvement in government, war and revolution, and the relevance of his reformist views in the contemporary world.

This book shows that the novel of German women's emancipation in the late nineteenth century has been marginalized precisely because of its engagement with politics and protest, and its communication to a wide public of challenging ideas for social reform.

Presents 120 documents signed by some of the greatest names in history such as Louis, XIV, Dickens and Magritte.

This is the first edition of Messiaen's early journalism and provides both the original French text and an English translation. Many of the articles included in this collection are new to the Messiaen bibliography, and others are available here for the first time in English. This edition, therefore, represents a new source for understanding Messiaen and provides a fascinating glimpse of the composer in the early part of his career.

À la lumière d'une réflexion sur les motifs politiques à l'origine du sort réservé à l'oeuvre de Rétif de la Bretonne par ses contemporains, cet essai propose de replacer l'écriture rétivienne au sein des stratégies de pouvoir qui, de Fontenelle à Marmontel, sont à l'oeuvre dans le champ symbolique et culturel des Lumières. À partir d'une étude détaillée de la mise en scène de l'écriture qui ouvre Les Nuits de Paris, l'auteur démontre que Rétif convie son lecteur à une exploration esthétique de la pauvreté en s'inscrivant dans une tradition littéraire qui s'ouvre avec le Spectator d'Addison et Le Spectateur français de Marivaux. En dégageant l'horizon littéraire d'une oeuvre qui s'écrit et qui relate avec minutie les étapes de sa genèse et en étudiant le positionnement dans le champ littéraire de son narrateur fictif, le Spectateur nocturne, l'essai dégage ainsi une véritable ' posture littéraire ' qui amorce la transition entre la figure emblématique du philosophe des Lumières et une conception déjà ' moderne ' de l'écrivain.

This collection of 14 critical essays examines short comedic tales from the 13th and 14th centuries, commonly known as the medieval French fabliaux. Each essay focuses on a different aspect of common fabliaux humor, as illustrated by a scholarly analysis of one or several original texts. Topics covered include the use and misuse of metaphorical language, the trickster figure, humorous treatments of subjects ranging from seduction to physical violence, and numerous fabliau examples of scheming and deception, whether for purposes of revenge or sexual conquest or for the simple pleasure of successful deceit. Throughout the work, contributors provide a serious analysis of the fabliaux without losing sight of the tales' original comedic content and appeal.

Edited, Introduced and Annotated by Cedric Watts, M.A., Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of English, University of Sussex. The Wordsworth Classics' Shakespeare Series presents a newly-edited sequence of William Shakespeare's works. The Textual editing takes account of recent scholarship while giving the material a careful reappraisal. Hamlet is not only one of Shakespeare's greatest plays, but also the most fascinatingly problematical tragedy in world literature. First performed around 1600, this a gripping and exuberant drama of revenge, rich in contrasts and conflicts. Its violence alternates with introspection, its melancholy with humour, and its subtlety with spectacle. The Prince, Hamlet himself, is depicted as a complex, divided, introspective character. His reflections on death, morality and the very status of human beings make him 'the first modern man'. Countless stage productions and numerous adaptations for the cinema and television have demonstrated the continuing cultural relevance of this vivid, enigmatic, profound and engrossing drama.