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Book Synopsis Herculaneum & Sardanapalus: Two Opera Libretti by : Joseph Méry
Download or read book Herculaneum & Sardanapalus: Two Opera Libretti written by Joseph Méry and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2014-02-26 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two opera libretti focusing on the theme of the fiery sacrifice of the protagonists. HERCULANEUM, by Joseph Méry, a friend of Alexandre Dumas, is set in 79 A.D. in the doomed city of Herculaneum. Olympia, an oriental queen, sister of the Proconsul Nicanor, falls in love with Helios, a Christian. The queen seduces Helios and takes him from his betrothed, Lilia. Nicanor then tries to seduce and rape Lilia, but is thwarted when Mount Vesuvius erupts. The Christians die happy, believing that they are saved. SARDANAPALUS, by Henri Becque, is a powerful retelling of the fall of Assyria, and the immolation of its last king in the ruins of his capital city. Two French tragedies of love and life in the classical period.
Download or read book Epic written by Herbert F. Tucker and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-11-29 with total page 748 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Literary history has conventionally viewed Milton as the last real practitioner of the epic in English verse. Herbert Tucker's spirited book shows that the British tradition of epic poetry was unbroken from the French Revolution to World War I.
Book Synopsis Letter and Report on the Discoveries at Herculaneum by : Johann Joachim Winckelmann
Download or read book Letter and Report on the Discoveries at Herculaneum written by Johann Joachim Winckelmann and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2011 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new translation brings to light the early days of scientific archaeology and the unearthing and study of Herculaneum and Pompeii as observed by the erudite and acerbic art historian Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717-1768). His Letter, published in German in 1762, displays his extensive knowledge of geology, ancient literature, and art while offering a scathing critique of the Spanish Bourbon excavations around the Bay of Naples and of the officials involved. He further discusses these topics in his equally controversial Report of 1764. The introduction describes the context in which these texts were written, identifies various politicians, academics, and collectors, and elucidates topics of particular interest to Winckelmann, from artifacts to local customs to the contents of ancient papyri. The illustrations, particularly those from the Bourbon publication--Le Antichità di Ercolano (1757-92)--illuminate how these monuments influenced contemporary perception of the ancient world.
Book Synopsis Doctor Scratch and Other Plays by : Noël le Breton
Download or read book Doctor Scratch and Other Plays written by Noël le Breton and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2014-02-26 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three French comedies revolving around marriage, misidentification, medicine--and money! DOCTOR SCRATCH, by Noël le Breton, is a clever and hilarious farce, in which love becomes hopelessly entangled in the attempts by the characters to improve their declining financial situations. THE SERVANT PROBLEM, by Alain-René Lesage, the well-known novelist, two criminals manage to insert themselves as valets to several young men looking to marry the daughters of wealthy families--and decide to abscond with the dowry themselves! In THE FORFEITURE, by Charles Dufresny, a handsome young man is constricted in his marriage prospects by the fact that his two maiden-lady aunts control the family fortune, which can only be forfeited to him if they marry. Another valet takes charge by seducing both women in different guises. Three very funny--and very modern--takes on the art and science of romancing!
Book Synopsis Buried Cities Recovered, Or, Explorations in Bible Lands by : Frank S. De Hass
Download or read book Buried Cities Recovered, Or, Explorations in Bible Lands written by Frank S. De Hass and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Art in an Age of Counterrevolution, 1815-1848 by : Albert Boime
Download or read book Art in an Age of Counterrevolution, 1815-1848 written by Albert Boime and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2004-08-18 with total page 771 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Art for art's sake. Art created in pursuit of personal expression. In Art in an Age of Counterrevolution, Albert Boime rejects these popular modern notions and suggests that history—not internal drive or expressive urge—as the dynamic force that shapes art. This volume focuses on the astonishing range of art forms currently understood to fall within the broad category of Romanticism. Drawing on visual media and popular imagery of the time, this generously illustrated work examines the art of Romanticism as a reaction to the social and political events surrounding it. Boime reinterprets canonical works by such politicized artists as Goya, Delacroix, Géricault, Friedrich, and Turner, framing their work not by personality but by its sociohistorical context. Boime's capacious approach and scope allows him to incorporate a wide range of perspectives into his analysis of Romantic art, including Marxism, social history, gender identity, ecology, structuralism, and psychoanalytic theory, a reach that parallels the work of contemporary cultural historians and theorists such as Edward Said, Pierre Bourdieu, Eric Hobsbawm, Frederic Jameson, and T. J. Clark. Boime ultimately establishes that art serves the interests and aspirations of the cultural bourgeoisie. In grounding his arguments on their work and its scope and influence, he elucidates how all artists are inextricably linked to history. This book will be used widely in art history courses and exert enormous influence on cultural studies as well.
Book Synopsis Art in the Hellenistic Age by : Jerome Jordan Pollitt
Download or read book Art in the Hellenistic Age written by Jerome Jordan Pollitt and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1986-06-12 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 1986 book is an interpretative history of Greek art during the Hellenistic period.
Book Synopsis The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature ... by : John Clark Ridpath
Download or read book The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature ... written by John Clark Ridpath and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis The Orient on the Victorian Stage by : Edward Ziter
Download or read book The Orient on the Victorian Stage written by Edward Ziter and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-09-25 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the impact of the Middle East and the Orient on writing and performance in nineteenth-century British theatre.
Book Synopsis The Pantropheon; Or, History of Food, Its Preparation, from the Earliest Ages of the World by : Alexis Soyer
Download or read book The Pantropheon; Or, History of Food, Its Preparation, from the Earliest Ages of the World written by Alexis Soyer and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-04 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Pantropheon; Or, History of Food, Its Preparation, from the Earliest Ages of the World" by Alexis Soyer. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Book Synopsis Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature by : Robert Chambers
Download or read book Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature written by Robert Chambers and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Masterpieces of the World's Literature, Ancient and Modern ... by : Harry Thurston Peck
Download or read book Masterpieces of the World's Literature, Ancient and Modern ... written by Harry Thurston Peck and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The International Library of Masterpieces Literature Art and Rare Manuscripts by : Harry Thurston Peck
Download or read book The International Library of Masterpieces Literature Art and Rare Manuscripts written by Harry Thurston Peck and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Cyclopædia of English Literature by : Robert Chambers
Download or read book Cyclopædia of English Literature written by Robert Chambers and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Cyclopaedia of English Literature ... by : Robert Chambers
Download or read book Cyclopaedia of English Literature ... written by Robert Chambers and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 830 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Chambers's Cyclopaedia of English Literature by : Robert Chambers
Download or read book Chambers's Cyclopaedia of English Literature written by Robert Chambers and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 818 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
