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Tales of the Alhambra

Author : Washington Irving
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781537146249
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (462 download)

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Download or read book Tales of the Alhambra written by Washington Irving and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-08-21 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rough draughts of some of the following tales and essays were actually written during a residence in the Alhambra; others were subsequently added, founded on notes and observations made there. Care was taken to maintain local coloring and verisimilitude; so that the whole might present a faithful and living picture of that microcosm, that singular little world into which I had been fortuitously thrown; and about which the external world had a very imperfect idea. It was my endeavor scrupulously to depict its half Spanish, half Oriental character; its mixture of the heroic, the poetic, and the grotesque; to revive the traces of grace and beauty fast fading from its walls; to record the regal and chivalrous traditions concerning those who once trod its courts; and the whimsical and superstitious legends of the motley race now burrowing among its ruins.

Tales of the Alhambra

Author : Washington Irving
Publisher : Рипол Классик
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Tales of the Alhambra written by Washington Irving and published by Рипол Классик. This book was released on 1849 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Washington Irving (1783 – 1859) was an American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. “Tales of the Alhambra” is a collection of essays, sketches and stories. The Alhambra is a palace located in Granada, in the south of Spain. The book consists of a collection of enchanting Spanish and Moorish legends, folktales, and myths about the palace and its surroundings, along with some more traditional travel narratives and observational essays about the country and its customs.

The Alhambra

Author : Washington Irving
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3732692620
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (326 download)

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Download or read book The Alhambra written by Washington Irving and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-05-23 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: The Alhambra by Washington Irving

Tales of the Alhambra (annotated)

Author : Washington Irving
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781517234102
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (341 download)

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Download or read book Tales of the Alhambra (annotated) written by Washington Irving and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-07 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rough draughts of some of the following tales and essays were actually written during a residence in the Alhambra; others were subsequently added, founded on notes and observations made there. Care was taken to maintain local coloring and verisimilitude; so that the whole might present a faithful and living picture of that microcosm, that singular little world into which I had been fortuitously thrown; and about which the external world had a very imperfect idea.

The Alhambra

Author : Washington Irving
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (748 download)

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Download or read book The Alhambra written by Washington Irving and published by . This book was released on 2020-12 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tales of the Alhambra (1832) is a collection of essays, verbal sketches and stories by American author Washington Irving (1783-1859) inspired by, and partly written during, his 1828 visit to the palace/fortress complex known as the Alhambra in Granada, Andalusia, Spain.

Tales of the Alhambra

Author : Washington Irving
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788471690203
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book Tales of the Alhambra written by Washington Irving and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Alhambra

Author : Washington Irving
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book The Alhambra written by Washington Irving and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-28 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The AlhambraWritten in 1831, Irving's dreamlike description of the Alhambra, the stunning Moorish castle that described the height of Moorish civilization, and the encompassing territory of Granada remain among the best guidebooks to the spot and one of the very most interesting travelogues ever written.A heady mixture of historical truth, medieval myth and mystery, sensual explanations, and an appreciation for a civilization that valued beauty, beliefs, literature, science, and the arts on the same level with warrior skills. Key chambers, desperate fights, imprisoned princesses, palace ghosts, and fragrant gardens, explained in a wistful and dreamlike eloquence will transportation the listener to a paradise of his own.

Tales of the Alhambra

Author : Washington Irving
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
ISBN 13 : 0486834379
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (868 download)

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Download or read book Tales of the Alhambra written by Washington Irving and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2019-05-15 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Upon his 1829 arrival in Granada, Spain, American author Washington Irving was immediately charmed by the city's beauty and picturesque qualities. While researching a book on the conquest of Granada, he gained access to the Alhambra Palace, which had fallen into disrepair after years of neglect. Irving became a guest at the ancient fortress, where he found himself in the company of several colorful inhabitants. During his sojourn, the writer became increasingly enamored of the grand palace and its wealth of history and folklore. The result is this captivating collection of essays, sketches, and tales. As Irving notes in his Preface, "It was my endeavor scrupulously to depict its half Spanish, half Oriental character; its mixture of the heroic, the poetic, and the grotesque; to revive the traces of grace and beauty fast fading from its walls; to record the regal and chivalrous traditions concerning those who once trod its courts; and the whimsical and superstitious legends of the motley race now burrowing among its ruins." A must-read for modern-day visitors to the Alhambra, this edition presents a fascinating selection of Irving's observations and stories.

The Alhambra (Annotated and Illustrated)

Author : Washington Irving
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781973421757
Total Pages : 403 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (217 download)

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Download or read book The Alhambra (Annotated and Illustrated) written by Washington Irving and published by . This book was released on 2017-11-29 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *This Book is annotated (it contains a detailed biography of the author). *An active Table of Contents has been added by the publisher for a better customer experience. *This book has been checked and corrected for spelling errors.This is a collection of essays, verbal sketches, and stories by Washington Irving. Irving lived at the Alhambra Palace while writing some of the material for his book. In 1828, Washington Irving traveled from Madrid, where he had been staying, to Granada, Spain. At first sight, he described it as "a most picturesque and beautiful city, situated in one of the loveliest landscapes that I have ever seen." He immediately asked the then-governor of the historic Alhambra Palace as well as the archbishop of Granada for access to the palace, which was granted because of Irving's celebrity status. Aided by a 35-year old guide named Mateo Ximenes, Irving was inspired by his experience to write Tales of the Alhambra. Throughout his trip, he filled his notebooks and journals with descriptions and observations though he did not believe his writing would ever do it justice. He wrote, "How unworthy is my scribbling of the place." A commemorative plaque in Spanish at the Alhambra reads, "Washington Irving wrote his Tales of Alhambra in these rooms in 1829". The book was instrumental in reintroducing the Alhambra to Western audiences.

The Manuscript Found in Saragossa

Author : Jan Potocki
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141914130
Total Pages : 892 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book The Manuscript Found in Saragossa written by Jan Potocki and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2006-04-27 with total page 892 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alphonse, a young Walloon officer, is travelling to join his regiment in Madrid in 1739. But he soon finds himself mysteriously detained at a highway inn in the strange and varied company of thieves, brigands, cabbalists, noblemen, coquettes and gypsies, whose stories he records over sixty-six days. The resulting manuscript is discovered some forty years later in a sealed casket, from which tales of characters transformed through disguise, magic and illusion, of honour and cowardice, of hauntings and seductions, leap forth to create a vibrant polyphony of human voices. Jan Potocki (1761-1812) used a range of literary styles - gothic, picaresque, adventure, pastoral, erotica - in his novel of stories-within-stories, which, like the Decameron and Tales from the Thousand and One Nights, provides entertainment on an epic scale.

The Alhambra

Author : Washington Irving
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (725 download)

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Download or read book The Alhambra written by Washington Irving and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Washington Irving was an American author, essayist, biographer and historian of the early 19th century. He began his literary career at the age of nineteen by writing newspaper articles under the pseudonym Jonathan Oldstyle.

The Alhambra

Author : Washington Irving
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (894 download)

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Download or read book The Alhambra written by Washington Irving and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-02 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Alhambra (1832) is a collection of essays, verbal sketches and stories by American author Washington Irving (1783-1859) inspired by, and partly written during, his 1828 visit to the palace/fortress complex known as the Alhambra in Granada, Andalusia, Spain.

Tales from the Alhambra

Author : Washington Irving
Publisher : Franklin Classics
ISBN 13 : 9780342404995
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book Tales from the Alhambra written by Washington Irving and published by Franklin Classics. This book was released on 2018-10-11 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Envisioning Islamic Art and Architecture

Author : David J. Roxburgh
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004280286
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Envisioning Islamic Art and Architecture written by David J. Roxburgh and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2016-01-27 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Envisioning Islamic Art and Architecture: Essays in Honor of Renata Holod offers innovative analyses and interpretations of both familiar and previously unpublished objects and monuments, its essays adopting the broad range of methodological approaches stimulated by Holod's research and pedagogy.

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

Author : Gabriel García Márquez
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 1101911107
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Chronicle of a Death Foretold written by Gabriel García Márquez and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2014-10-15 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NOBEL PRIZE WINNER • From the author of One Hundred Years of Solitude comes the gripping story of the murder of a young aristocrat that puts an entire society—not just a pair of murderers—on trial. A man returns to the town where a baffling murder took place 27 years earlier, determined to get to the bottom of the story. Just hours after marrying the beautiful Angela Vicario, everyone agrees, Bayardo San Roman returned his bride in disgrace to her parents. Her distraught family forced her to name her first lover; and her twin brothers announced their intention to murder Santiago Nasar for dishonoring their sister. Yet if everyone knew the murder was going to happen, why did no one intervene to stop it? The more that is learned, the less is understood, as the story races to its inexplicable conclusion.

New Art of Cookery

Author : Vicky Hayward
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442279427
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book New Art of Cookery written by Vicky Hayward and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-06-16 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Jane Grigson Trust Award 2017 and the Aragonese Academy of Gastronomy’s 2017 Prize for Research New Art of Cookery, Drawn from the School of Economic Experience, was an influential recipe book published in 1745 by Spanish friary cook Juan Altamiras. In it, he wrote up over 200 recipes for meat, poultry, game, salted and fresh fish, vegetables and sweet things in a chatty style aimed at readers who cooked on a modest budget. He showed that economic cookery could be delicious if flavors and aromas were blended with an appreciation for all sorts of ingredients, however humble, and for diverse food cultures, ranging from that of Aragon, his home region, to those of Iberian court and New World kitchens. This first English translation gives guidelines for today’s cooks alongside the original text, and interweaves a new narrative portraying 18th-century Spain, its everyday life, and food culture. The author traces links between New Art’s dishes and modern Spanish cookery, tells the story of her search to identify the book’s author and understand the popularity of his book for over 150 years, and takes travelers, cooks, historians, and students of Spanish language, culture, and gastronomy on a fascinating journey to the world of Altamiras and, most important of all, his kitchen.

The Alhambra

Author : Robert Irwin
Publisher : Profile Books
ISBN 13 : 1847650988
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (476 download)

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Download or read book The Alhambra written by Robert Irwin and published by Profile Books. This book was released on 2011-05-26 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Alhambra, the 'red fort' on its rocky hill above Granada with its fountained courts and gardens and intricate decoration has long been a byword for exotic and melancholy beauty. In a stimulating new book in the 'Wonders of the World' series Robert Irwin, Arabist and novelist, examines its engrossing and often mysterious history. Built by a bloody and threatened dynasty of Muslim Spain, the Alhambra was preserved as a monument to the triumph of Christianity. Much of what we see is the invention of later generations. Its highly sophisticated decoration is not just random but full of hidden meaning. Even its purpose - palace or theological college - is not always clear. Its influence on art, and on literature, orientalist painting and Granada cinemas, Washington Irving and Borges, has been significant. Robert Irwin enables us to understand the Alhambra's history fully. 'The Wonders of the World' is a series of books that focuses on some of the world's most famous sites or monuments. Their names will be familiar to almost everyone: they have achieved iconic stature and are loaded with mythological baggage. These monuments have been the subject of many books over the centuries, but our aim, through the skill and stature of the writers, is to get something much more enlightening, stimulating, even controversial, than straightforward histories or guides.