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Courtly Companions

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Author : Gun-Dagmar Helke
language : de
Publisher: Arnoldsche Verlagsanstalt GmbH
Release Date : 2020-11

Courtly Companions written by Gun-Dagmar Helke and has been published by Arnoldsche Verlagsanstalt GmbH this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11 with categories.

- More than 150 pugs and a wonderful variety of other dogs - Knowledgeable texts about the pug as a popular companion at European courts - Terrific insight into a previously unpublished southern German private collection In the 18th century pugs found their way onto the laps of noblewomen and, with this, into the portraits of contemporary rulers. Small and forever panting, the pug could not be put to use as a watchdog or a herding dog, but it compensated for this with its charm. The dog ultimately found its way onto porcelain and faience. Johann Joachim Kändler, the most significant modeler of the Meissen porcelain manufactory, designed over 60 variants of the pug between 1740 and 1760 - standing, lying, scratching, and performing tricks. Kändler portrayed the pug belonging to Count Heinrich von Brühl in a splendid one-off, but he also produced models for serial production. This southern German collection comprises over 150 ceramic pugs as well as other dogs. Moreover, they do not just appear individually; they may also be part of a courtly scene or decorate wares in the gallant style - accessories such as flacons, (snuff) boxes, and walking-stick handles. Text in English and German.

A Concise Companion To Chaucer

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Author : Corinne Saunders
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2008-04-15

A Concise Companion To Chaucer written by Corinne Saunders and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-04-15 with Literary Criticism categories.

This concise companion provides a succinct introduction to Chaucer’s major works, the contexts in which he wrote, and to medieval thought more generally. Opens with a general introductory section discussing London life and politics, books and authority, manuscripts and readers. Subsequent sections focus on Chaucer’s major works – the dream visions, Troilus and Criseyde and The Canterbury Tales. Essays highlight the key religious, political and intellectual contexts for each major work. Also covers important general topics, including: medieval literary genres; dream theory; the Church; gender and sexuality; and reading Chaucer aloud. Designed so that each contextual essay can be read alongside one of Chaucer’s major works.

Works

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Author : Ouida
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1892

Works written by Ouida and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1892 with categories.

Ballou S Monthly Magazine

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1875

Ballou S Monthly Magazine written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1875 with categories.

The Last Man

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Author : Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
language : en
Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag
Release Date : 2015

The Last Man written by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and has been published by Jazzybee Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Fiction categories.

This highly imaginative work of Mary Shelley's twenty-sixth year contains some of the author's most powerful ideas ; but is marred in the commencement by some of her most stilted writing. The account of the events recorded professes to be found in the cave of the Cumsean Sibyl, near Naples, where they had remained for centuries, outlasting the changes of nature and, when found, being still two hundred and fifty years in advance of the time foretold. The accounts are all written on the sibylline leaves; they are in all languages, ancient and modern; and those concerning this story are in English. We find ourselves in England, in 2073, in the midst of a Republic, the last king of England having abdicated at the quietly expressed wish of his subjects. This book, like all Mrs. Shelley's, is full of biographical reminiscences ; the introduction gives the date of her own visit to Naples with Shelley, in 1818; the places they visited are there indicated ; the poetry, romance, the pleasures and pains of her own existence, are worked into her subjects ; while her imagination carries her out of her own surroundings. We clearly recognise in the ideal character of the son of the abdicated king an imaginary portrait of Shelley as Mary would have him known, not as she knew him as a living person. To give an adequate idea of genius with all its charm, and yet with its human imperfections, was beyond Mary's power. Adrian, the son of kings, the aristocratic republican, is the weakest part, and one cannot help being struck by Mary Shelley's preference for the aristocrat over the plebeian.

The Makers Of Venice Doges Conquerors Painters And Men Of Letters

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Author : Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1889

The Makers Of Venice Doges Conquerors Painters And Men Of Letters written by Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1889 with Art, Italian categories.