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Author : Frank Karslake
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Total Pages : 916 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Book Auction Records written by Frank Karslake and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 916 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A priced and annotated annual record of international book auctions.
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Total Pages : 610 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Book-prices Current written by and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Carlo Caruso
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350039071
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)
Download or read book The Life of Texts written by Carlo Caruso and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-12-13 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The textual foundations of works of great cultural significance are often less stable than one would wish them to be. No work of Homer, Dante or Shakespeare survives in utterly reliable witnesses, be they papyri, manuscripts or printed editions. Notions of textual authority have varied considerably across the ages under the influence of different (and differently motivated) agents, such as scribes, annotators, editors, correctors, grammarians, printers and publishers, over and above the authors themselves. The need for preserving the written legacy of peoples and nations as faithfully as possible has always been counterbalanced by a duty to ensure its accessibility to successive generations at different times and in different cultural contexts. The ten chapters collected in this volume offer critical approaches to such authors and texts as Homer, the Bible, The Thousand and One Nights, Dante, Montaigne, Shakespeare, Eliot, but also Leonardo da Vinci's manuscripts uniquely combining word and image, as well as Beethoven's 'Tempest' sonata (Op. 31, No. 2) as seen from the angle of music as text. Together the contributors argue that an awareness of what the 'life of texts' entails is essential for a critical understanding of the transmission of culture.
Author : Karin Lesnik-Oberstein
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1847796753
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (477 download)
Download or read book The last taboo written by Karin Lesnik-Oberstein and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2013-07-19 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first academic book ever written on women and body hair, which has been seen until now as too trivial, ridiculous or revolting to write about. Even feminist writers or researchers on the body have found remarkably little to say about body hair, usually ignoring it completely. It would appear that the only texts to elaborate on body hair are guides on how to remove it, medical texts on ‘hirsutism’, or fetishistic pornography on ‘hairy’ women. The last taboo also questions how and why any particular issue can become defined as ‘self-evidently’ too silly or too mad to write about. Using a wide range of thinking from gender theory, queer theory, critical and literary theory, history, art history, anthropology and psychology, the contributors argue that in fact body hair plays a central role in constructing masculinity and femininity and sexual and cultural identities. It is sure to provide many academic researchers with a completely fresh perspective on all of the fields mentioned above.
Author : Anderson Galleries, Inc
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Total Pages : 852 pages
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Download or read book Sale written by Anderson Galleries, Inc and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 852 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Alfred Eddy
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Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book Gulliver's Travels written by William Alfred Eddy and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sotheby & Co. (London, England)
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Total Pages : 866 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Catalogues of Sales written by Sotheby & Co. (London, England) and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 866 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jack Zipes
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400885639
Total Pages : 431 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)
Download or read book The Sorcerer's Apprentice written by Jack Zipes and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2017-03-27 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A diverse new anthology that traces the meaning and magic of the sorcerer's apprentice tale throughout history "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" might conjure up images of Mickey Mouse from the Disney film Fantasia, or of Harry Potter. As this anthology reveals, however, "sorcerer's apprentice" tales—in which a young person rebels against, or complies with, an authority who holds the keys to magical powers—have been told through the centuries, in many languages and cultures, from classical times to today. This unique and beautifully illustrated book brings together more than fifty sorcerer's apprentice stories by a plethora of writers, including Ovid, Sir Walter Scott, and the Brothers Grimm. From Goethe's "The Pupil in Magic" to A. K. Ramanujan's "The Guru and His Disciple," this expansive collection presents variations of a classic passed down through countries and eras. Readers enter worlds where household objects are brought to life and shape-shifting occurs from human to animal and back again. We meet two types of apprentice: "The Humiliated Apprentice," a foolish bumbler who wields magic ineffectively and promotes obedience to authority; and "The Rebellious Apprentice" who, through ambition and transformative skills, promotes empowerment and self-awareness. In an extensive introduction, esteemed fairy-tale scholar Jack Zipes discusses the significance and meaning of the apprentice stories, the contradictions in popular retellings, and the importance of magic as a tool of resistance against figures who abuse their authority. Twenty specially commissioned black-and-white illustrations by noted artist Natalie Frank bring the stories to visual life. The Sorcerer's Apprentice enlightens and entertains readers with enduring, spellbinding tales of sorcery that have been with us through the ages.
Author : Dulau & Co., ltd., Booksellers, London
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Total Pages : 1084 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Catalogue written by Dulau & Co., ltd., Booksellers, London and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 1084 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Wen-chin Ouyang
Publisher : Everyman's Library
ISBN 13 : 0375712410
Total Pages : 922 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (757 download)
Download or read book The Arabian Nights written by Wen-chin Ouyang and published by Everyman's Library. This book was released on 2014-06-10 with total page 922 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most famous of all story collections, The Arabian Nights, also known as The Book of the Thousand and One Nights, is beloved around the world. Composed of Persian, Arabic, Greek, Indian, and other sources that accumulated over hundreds of years, these fabulous stories-within-stories have long fired readers’ imaginations with an enchanted world of flying carpets, magic lamps, genies, demons, magicians and sorceresses, carnivorous giants, and bloodthirsty bandits. Translation has played a key role in the formation of The Arabian Nights as we know it, making it far more prominent in the West than it has ever been in the Arab world. Westerners’ first discovery of some of the tales in the early eighteenth century sparked a feverish thirst for more, which led to compilations that freely adapted, reconfigured, and even added to the originals. The resulting love affair with the art, architecture, literature, cuisine, and culture of the East significantly remapped the European literary landscape. Editor Wen-chin Ouyang has compiled a carefully chosen selection from influential English translations, showcasing the strengths of different translators, including Richard Burton, Edward Lane, Jonathan Scott, and John Payne. Here are Shahrazad, Sinbad the Sailor, Aladdin, Ali Baba, and many more, in the most readable and enjoyable versions available.
Author : Maggs Bros
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Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Catalogue written by Maggs Bros and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Laïla Nehmé
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004357610
Total Pages : 758 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)
Download or read book To the Madbar and Back Again written by Laïla Nehmé and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2017-11-20 with total page 758 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael C.A. Macdonald is one of the great names of Arabian Studies. He pioneered the field of Ancient North Arabian and made invaluable contributions to the history of Arabia and the nomads of the Near East, their languages, and their scripts. This volume gathers thirty-two innovative contributions from leading scholars in the field to honor the career of Michael C.A. Macdonald, covering the languages and scripts of ancient Arabia, their history and archaeology, the Hellenistic Near East, and the modern dialects and languages of Arabia. The book is an essential part of the library of any who study the Near East, its languages and its cultures.
Author : Bernard Quaritch (Firm)
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Total Pages : 1028 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Catalogue written by Bernard Quaritch (Firm) and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 1028 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Abdelfattah Kilito
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 0815652860
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (156 download)
Download or read book Arabs and the Art of Storytelling written by Abdelfattah Kilito and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2014-12-08 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Arabs and the Art of Storytelling, the eminent Moroccan literary historian and critic Kilito revisits and reassesses, in a modern critical light, many traditional narratives of the Arab world. He brings to such celebrated texts as A Thousand and One Nights, Kalila and Dimna, and Kitab al-Bukhala’ refreshing and iconoclastic insight, giving new life to classic stories that are often treated as fossilized and untouchable cultural treasures. For Arab scholars and readers, poetry has for centuries taken precedence, overshadowing narrative as a significant literary genre. Here, Kilito demonstrates the key role narrative has played in the development of Arab belles lettres and moral philosophy. His urbane style has earned him a devoted following among specialists and general readers alike, making this translation an invaluable contribution to an English-speaking audience.
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Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Luzac's Oriental List and Book Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Tetsuo Nishio
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857710508
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (577 download)
Download or read book The Arabian Nights and Orientalism written by Tetsuo Nishio and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2006-03-31 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Arabian Nights and Orientalism in Resonance was especially commissioned to celebrate the tercentenary of the first Western edition of The Arabian Nights. This volume marries Western and Japanese perspectives on The Arabian Nights to provide a fascinating study of how this literary phenomenon brought about a unique and rich cross-cultural fertilization. The volume is divided into three sections: the first part deals with narrative motifs and styles; the second part examines the 'Nights' from a comparative point of view and the third part unfolds the relationship between the written text and its pictorial representation. Extensively illustrated throughout, The Arabian Nights and Orientalism in Resonance will be of interest to scholars of the Middle East as well as anyone who has ever fallen under the spell of Scheherazade's stories.
Author : Maggs Bros
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Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (2 download)
Download or read book French Literature (from 1700 to 1928) written by Maggs Bros and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
