Brigitta And Other Tales
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Brigitta And Other Tales
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Author : Adalbert Stifter
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Release Date : 1994
Brigitta And Other Tales written by Adalbert Stifter and has been published by Penguin Classics this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Fiction categories.
Each of these four stories is set in a recognisable world depicted with a measured realism. But once the reader has learned to look beneath the calm, apparently seamless surface of the narrative, and in Stifter's words, 'to see with an eye of the heart', strange tensions are revealed.
Brigitta And Other Tales
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Author : Adalbert Stifter
language : en
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The heroine of Brigitta makes a barren corner of the Hungarian plains bloom. Limestone concerns a priest whose one erotic encounter determines his future behaviour. Abdias is the story of a Jew raised in the North African desert and the hero of The Forest Path is a counterpart to Brigitta.
Stories Tales Folklore And Such As
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Author : Brigitta Gisella Geltrich-Ludgate
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2017-03-28
Stories Tales Folklore And Such As written by Brigitta Gisella Geltrich-Ludgate and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-28 with Literary Collections categories.
There are fifty-four stories in the edition Stories, Tales, Folklore & Such As. They were written over the years from the late 1950s to the present. Some of the stories or tales served as jumping boards from which longer stories or tales were written and are already published in the authors books of Tales and Bedtime Stories, The Muddy Little Bell, and Fathers Can Be Good Dads, and others that are self-contained. Most of the content was culled from the publications of The Creative with Words Publications (CWW), which was published by the author from 1975 to the present for children and adult poets and writers. Originally, not all of the stories and tales and folklore and such as were written under the authors name, Brigitta Gisella Geltrich Ludgate. They were offered under her pseudonymsBert Hower, Max Davis, and Creative Kate. All, however, are the sole creations of the author.
Middle Age
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Author : Christopher Hamilton
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-12-05
Middle Age written by Christopher Hamilton and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-05 with Philosophy categories.
Middle age, for many, marks a key period for a radical reappraisal of one's life and way of living. The sense of time running out, both from the perspective that one's life has ground to a halt, and from the point of view of the greater closeness of death, and the sense of loneliness engendered by the compromised and wasteful nature of life, become ever clearer in mid-life, and can lead to a period of dramatic self doubt.In this book, the philosopher Christopher Hamilton (early 40s) explores the moods, emotions and experiences of middle age in the contemporary world, seeking to describe and analyze that period of life philosophically. Hamilton draws on his own personal experiences of turning 40 as well as a wide range of sources - from the philosophical writings of Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Hegel, Heidegger to the literature of Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Conrad and the films of Woody Allen - to offer us a philosophy of middle age.Some of the many fascinating themes explored include the strong sense of nostalgia experienced in mid-life, of loss for one's youth, and of regret, the sense that life has become boring, the recognition that one can never fully escape feelings of guilt, and - central to the experience of middle age - the question of what is the point of going on at all. In the light of the 'melancholy wisdom' of mid-life Hamilton suggests that pleasure becomes much more important than at previous stages of life and he shows that the enjoyment of pleasure can be something noble.Insightful, entertaining, and thought-provoking, "Middle Age" is fascinating reading and for anyone heading for a 'mid-life crisis' it is much cheaper than buying a sports car.
The Muddy Little Bell
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Author : Brigitta Gisella Geltrich-Ludgate
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2013-05-09
The Muddy Little Bell written by Brigitta Gisella Geltrich-Ludgate and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-09 with Fiction categories.
About the book The Muddy Little Bell consists of stories, legends, dialogues and essays, based on the authors folkloristic writing style. Each story is self-contained and was inspired by an incident happening in the authors life or by a city or a countryside where the author was living or visiting.
The Lives Of The Novel
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Author : Thomas G. Pavel
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2015-06-30
The Lives Of The Novel written by Thomas G. Pavel and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-30 with Literary Criticism categories.
Reprint. Originally published: Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, A 2013.
Germania
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Author : Simon Winder
language : en
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Release Date : 2010-03-16
Germania written by Simon Winder and has been published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03-16 with History categories.
A UNIQUE EXPLORATION OF GERMAN CULTURE, FROM SAUSAGE ADVERTISEMENTS TO WAGNER Sitting on a bench at a communal table in a restaurant in Regensburg, his plate loaded with disturbing amounts of bratwurst and sauerkraut made golden by candlelight shining through a massive glass of beer, Simon Winder was happily swinging his legs when a couple from Rottweil politely but awkwardly asked: "So: why are you here?" This book is an attempt to answer that question. Why spend time wandering around a country that remains a sort of dead zone for many foreigners, surrounded as it is by a force field of historical, linguistic, climatic, and gastronomic barriers? Winder's book is propelled by a wish to reclaim the brilliant, chaotic, endlessly varied German civilization that the Nazis buried and ruined, and that, since 1945, so many Germans have worked to rebuild. Germania is a very funny book on serious topics—how we are misled by history, how we twist history, and how sometimes it is best to know no history at all. It is a book full of curiosities: odd food, castles, mad princes, fairy tales, and horse-mating videos. It is about the limits of language, the meaning of culture, and the pleasure of townscape.
Crime And Madness In Modern Austria
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Author : Rebecca S. Thomas
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2021-02-03
Crime And Madness In Modern Austria written by Rebecca S. Thomas and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-03 with Social Science categories.
This collection of essays explores the changing history, rhetoric, politics and representation of crime and madness in modern Austria. From the emergence of Viennese modernism to the post-modern moment, the myths, metaphors and realities of crime and madness have unfolded in the shadow of larger cultural questions regarding cultural norms, gender, war, and national identity. Historically based contributions illuminate such diverse cultural realities as the evolution of psychiatry as medical practice, asylum practices in the early twentieth century, and Austrian participation in and responses to terror and war crimes. From these investigations proceeds the clear insight that cultural responses to crime and madness are often steeped in mythmaking as much as objective policy and practice. Conversely, literary and metaphorical representations of crime and madness reveal attitudes and cultural realities about the Austrian society that produced them and which they reflect. Specialists from the fields of Austrian history, literature and culture studies have collaborated to produce this truly interdisciplinary volume, which responses to crime and madness are often steeped in mythmaking as much as objective policy and practice. Conversely, literary and metaphorical representations of crime and madness reveal attitudes and cultural realities about the Austrian society that produced them and which they reflect.
Adalbert Stifter S Late Prose
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Author : Helena Ragg-Kirkby
language : en
Publisher: Camden House
Release Date : 2000
Adalbert Stifter S Late Prose written by Helena Ragg-Kirkby and has been published by Camden House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Literary Criticism categories.
Provides a view of the late Stifter as a forerunner of twentieth-century modernism.Adalbert Stifter has always been viewed as a natural heir to the Great Classical tradition, even by those critics who detect disturbing subtexts in his fiction. But he should be viewed quite differently: however well disguised, heis in truth a closet modernist, and a major trailblazer for Kafka and the Absurd. This is most evident in his late fiction, which has been almost universally ignored, dismissed or disparaged by his critics. His last novel Witiko in particular has been conspicuously neglected by both nineteenth- and twentieth-century critics. Ragg-Kirkby demonstrates -- largely by way of close reading -- that this is Stifter's extreme masterpiece. Beneath the surface of Biedermeier stuffiness is a vision of fracture, emptiness, meaninglessness, and mania not only more radical than that of any other 19th-century author, but arguably more radical than that of any 20th-century author, precisely because there is such a disjuncture between text and sub-text. In his final novel, Stifter simply leaves the future behind. Helena Ragg-Kirkby is a lecturer in German at the University of Sheffield.uncture between text and sub-text. In his final novel, Stifter simply leaves the future behind. Helena Ragg-Kirkby is a lecturer in German at the University of Sheffield.uncture between text and sub-text. In his final novel, Stifter simply leaves the future behind. Helena Ragg-Kirkby is a lecturer in German at the University of Sheffield.uncture between text and sub-text. In his final novel, Stifter simply leaves the future behind. Helena Ragg-Kirkby is a lecturer in German at the University of Sheffield.
Danubia
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Author : Simon Winder
language : en
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Release Date : 2013-09-12
Danubia written by Simon Winder and has been published by Pan Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-12 with History categories.
Longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 'Funny, erudite, frequently irritating . . . and never boring' – Sarah Bakewell, Financial Times 'An excellent, rich and amusing read' – The Times, Book of the Week For centuries much of Europe was in the hands of the very peculiar Habsburg family. An unstable mixture of wizards, obsessives, melancholics, bores, musicians and warriors, they saw off – through luck, guile and sheer mulishness – any number of rivals, until finally packing up in 1918. From their principal lairs along the Danube they ruled most of Central Europe and Germany and interfered everywhere – indeed the history of Europe hardly makes sense without them. Danubia plunges the reader into a maelstrom of alchemy, skeletons, jewels, bear-moats, unfortunate marriages and a guinea-pig village. Full of music, piracy, religion and fighting, it is the history of a dynasty, but it is at least as much about the people they ruled, who spoke many different languages, lived in a vast range of landscapes, believed in many rival gods and often showed a marked ingratitude towards their oddball ruler in Vienna. Joining Germania and Lotharingia in Simon Winder's endlessly fascinating retelling of European history, Danubia is a hilarious, eccentric and witty saga.