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Author : Robert Southey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (24 download)
Download or read book Thalaba the Destroyer written by Robert Southey and published by . This book was released on 1801 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert Southey
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781539307778
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)
Download or read book Thalaba the Destroyer written by Robert Southey and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-10-03 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thalaba the Destroyer is an 1801 epic poem composed by Robert Southey. The origins of the poem can be traced to Southey's school boy days, but he did not begin to write the poem until he finished composing Madoc at the age of 25. Thalaba the Destroyer was completed while Southey travelled in Portugal. When the poem was finally published by the publisher Longman, it suffered from poor sales and only half of the copies were sold by 1804. The poem is divided into twelve "books" with irregular stanza structures and unrhymed lines of poetry. The story describes how a group of sorcerers work to destroy the Hodeirah family in an attempt to prevent a prophecy of their future doom from coming true. However, a young child named Thalaba is able to escape from the slaughter. After one of the sorcerers hunts down Thalaba to kill him, the sorcerer is defeated by a great storm and his powerful magical ring comes into Thalaba's possession. With the ring, Thalaba travels across the Middle East to find a way to defeat the evil sorcerers. In the end, Thalaba is able to stay true to Allah and is guided by the prophet Mohammad in destroying the sorcerers. Southey uses the poem to describe various superstitions and myths, with a heavy reliance on repetition of various themes that link the myths together. Although based in Islamic theology, most of the action is mechanical instead of emphasising possible moral truths that can be drawn from the plot. Though the main character is purported to be a Muslim, the story actually takes place thousands of years before Islam, in ancient Babylon. Critics gave the work mixed reviews, with some emphasising the strong morality within the work or the quality of the poetry. However, other critics felt that the lack of a strong lyrical structure and the use of Middle Eastern myths detracted from the poem.
Author : Carol Bolton
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317315391
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)
Download or read book Writing the Empire written by Carol Bolton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-09-30 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines a range of Robert Southey's writing to explore the relationship between Romantic literature and colonial politics during the expansion of Britain's second empire. This study draws upon a range of interdisciplinary materials to consider the impact of his work upon nineteenth-century views of empire.
Author : Robert Southey
Publisher : Portable Poetry
ISBN 13 : 9781785434693
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (346 download)
Download or read book Robert Southey - Thalaba the Destroyer written by Robert Southey and published by Portable Poetry. This book was released on 2015-11-26 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Southey was born on the 12th of August 1774 in Bristol. A poet of the Romantic school and one of the "Lake Poets." Although his fame has been eclipsed by that of his friends William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Southey's verse was highly influential and he wrote movingly against the horrors and injustice of the slave trade. Among his other classics are Inchcape Rock as well as a number of plays including Wat Tyler. He was great friends with Coleridge, indeed in 1795, in a plan they soon abandoned, they thought to found a utopian commune-like society, called Pantisocracy, in the wilds of Pennsylvania. However, that same year, the two friends married sisters Sarah and Edith Fricker. Southey's marriage was successful but Coleridge's was not. In 1810 he abandoned his wife and three children to Southey's care in the Lake District. Although his income was small and those dependent upon him growing in number he continued to write and burnish his reputation with a wider public. In 1813 on the refusal of Walter Scott he was offered by George II the post of Poet Laureate, a post Southey accepted and kept till his death 30 years later. Southey was also a prolific letter writer, literary scholar, essay writer, historian and biographer. His biographies included those of John Bunyan, John Wesley, William Cowper, Oliver Cromwell and Horatio Nelson. He was a renowned scholar of Portuguese and Spanish literature and history, and translated works from those two languages into English and wrote a History of Brazil (part of his planned but un-completed History of Portugal) and a History of the Peninsular War. Perhaps his most enduring contribution is the children's classic The Story of the Three Bears, the original Goldilocks story, first published in Southey's prose collection The Doctor. In 1838, Edith died and Southey married Caroline Anne Bowles, also a poet, on 4 June 1839. Robert Southey died on the 21st of March, 1843 and is buried in Crosthwaite Church in Keswick.
Author : Robert Southey
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Madoc written by Robert Southey and published by . This book was released on 1807 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert Southey
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Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book The Curse of Kehama written by Robert Southey and published by . This book was released on 1818 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert Southey
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781406932973
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (329 download)
Download or read book Thalaba the Destroyer written by Robert Southey and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2019-08-02 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the original versions are generally quite old, there may occasionally be certain imperfections within these reproductions. We're happy to make these classics available again for future generations to enjoy!
Author : James B. Twitchell
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780822307891
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)
Download or read book The Living Dead written by James B. Twitchell and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 1981 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his Preface to The Living Dead: A Study of the Vampire in Romantic Literature, James Twitchell writes that he is not interested in the current generation of vampires, which he finds "rude, boring and hopelessly adolescent. However, they have not always been this way. In fact, a century ago they were often quite sophisticated, used by artists varied as Blake, Poe, Coleridge, the Brontes, Shelley, and Keats, to explain aspects of interpersonal relations. However vulgar the vampire has since become, it is important to remember that along with the Frankenstein monster, the vampire is one of the major mythic figures bequeathed to us by the English Romantics. Simply in terms of cultural influence and currency, the vampire is far more important than any other nineteenth-century archetypes; in fact, he is probably the most enduring and prolific mythic figure we have. This book traces the vampire out of folklore into serious art until he stabilizes early in this century into the character we all too easily recognize.
Author : Jeffrey Einboden
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1780745672
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (87 download)
Download or read book Islam and Romanticism written by Jeffrey Einboden and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-11-06 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revealing Islam’s formative influence on literary Romanticism, this book recounts a lively narrative of religious and aesthetic exchange, mapping the impact of Muslim sources on the West’s most seminal authors. Spanning continents and centuries, the book surveys Islamic receptions that bridge Romantic periods and personalities, unfolding from Europe, to Britain, to America, embracing iconic figures from Goethe, to Byron, to Emerson, as well as authors less widely recognized, such as Joseph Hammer-Purgstall. Broad in historical scope, Islam and Romanticism is also particular in personal detail, exposing Islam’s role as a creative catalyst, but also as a spiritual resource, with the Qur’an and Sufi poetry infusing the literary publications, but also the private lives, of Romantic writers. Highlighting cultural encounter, rather than political exploitation, the book differs from previous treatments by accenting Western receptions that transcend mere “Orientalism”, finding the genesis of a global literary culture first emerging in the Romantics’ early appeal to Islamic traditions.
Author : Alfred John Church
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Total Pages : 360 pages
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Download or read book Stories of the Magicians written by Alfred John Church and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Beckford
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Total Pages : 160 pages
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Download or read book Vathek: an Arabian tale. (Memoir. By William North.-The Amber Witch ... Edited ... by W. Meinhold ... Translated from the German by E. A. Friedländer.) written by William Beckford and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert 1774-1843 Southey
Publisher : Wentworth Press
ISBN 13 : 9781373624178
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (241 download)
Download or read book THALABA THE DESTROYER written by Robert 1774-1843 Southey and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-29 with total page 294 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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. 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. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Robert Southey
Publisher : Sagwan Press
ISBN 13 : 9781376777376
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (773 download)
Download or read book Thalaba the Destroyer: A Rhythmical Romance: 2 written by Robert Southey and published by Sagwan Press. This book was released on 2018-02-05 with total page 294 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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. 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. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : John Richard Stephens
Publisher : Berkley Trade
ISBN 13 : 9780425157411
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (574 download)
Download or read book Vampires, Wine & Roses written by John Richard Stephens and published by Berkley Trade. This book was released on 1997 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring a rare story by Anne Rice, a classic chiller by Edith Wharton, and song lyrics by Sting, this eclectic and original collection of vampire stories covers the gamut of genres, from the dark pleasures of Shakespeare to the twilight terrors of Rod Serling.
Author : Kenneth R. Johnston
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253331328
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (313 download)
Download or read book Romantic Revolutions written by Kenneth R. Johnston and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert 1774-1843 Southey
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ISBN 13 : 9781373020000
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (2 download)
Download or read book THALABA THE DESTROYER written by Robert 1774-1843 Southey and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-28 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Emily A. Haddad
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351913212
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)
Download or read book Orientalist Poetics written by Emily A. Haddad and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-03-02 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Orientalist Poetics is the only book on literary orientalism that spans the nineteenth century in both England and France with particular attention to poetry and poetics. It convincingly demonstrates orientalism's centrality to the evolution of poetry and poetics in both nations, and provides a singularly comprehensive and definitive analysis of the aesthetic impact of orientalism on nineteenth-century poetry. Because it examines the poetry of the entire century across both national literatures, the book is in a unique position to articulate the essential part orientalism plays in major developments of nineteenth-century poetics. Through probing discussions of an array of prominent nineteenth-century poets-including Shelley, Southey, Byron, Hugo, Musset, Leconte de Lisle, Wordsworth, Hemans, Gautier, Tennyson, Arnold and Wilde-Emily A. Haddad reveals how orientalism functions as a diffuse avant-garde, a crucial medium for the cultivation and refinement of a broad range of experimental positions on poetry and poetics. Haddad argues that while orientalist poems are often viewed mainly as artefacts of European attitudes towards the East and imperialism, poetic representations of the Islamic Orient also provide an indispensable matrix for the reexamination of such aesthetically fundamental issues as the purpose of poetry, the value of mimesis, and the relationship between nature and art. Orientalist Poetics effectively bridges the gap between the analysis of poetics and the analysis of orientalism. In showing that major poetic developments have roots in orientalism, Haddad's book offers a valuable and innovative revisionist view of nineteenth-century literary history.
