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Author : Anna eliza Bray
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Download or read book Traditions, Legends, Superstitions, and Sketches ... written by Anna eliza Bray and published by . This book was released on 1838 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Anna eliza Bray
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Download or read book Traditions, Legends, Superstitions, and Sketches ... written by Anna eliza Bray and published by . This book was released on 1838 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Anna Eliza Bray
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330293713
Total Pages : 373 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (937 download)
Download or read book Legends, Superstitions, and Sketches, Vol. 1 of 3 written by Anna Eliza Bray and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-14 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Legends, Superstitions, and Sketches, Vol. 1 of 3: Of Devonshire on the Borders of the Tamar and the Tavy, Illustrative of Its Manners, Customs, History, Antiquities, Scenery, and Natural History My dear Sir, Having now led you through the western limits of Dartmoor, whence the river Tavy takes its rise, I purpose, in this letter, commencing my account of the town to which that river gives name: a town of very high antiquity, and possessing many interesting claims on our attention, not only in a general, but individual point of view; since it has given birth to many whose names have become illustrious in the history or literature of this kingdom. Tavistock is situated on the banks of the Tavy, on the western side of the Forest of Dartmoor, and not very far distant from the river Tamar, which divides the counties of Cornwall and Devon. It lies thirty-two miles west from the city of Exeter; sixteen south from Oakhampton; and fourteen north from the good town of Plymouth. Few places in England, perhaps, have been more blest with local attractions by the bounties of a gracious Providence. The town lies in a valley surrounded by hills, whose verdure is perpetual. The river is here peculiarly beautiful: it runs, with great rapidity, over vast portions of rock that form its bed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Anna eliza Bray
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Download or read book Traditions, Legends, Superstitions, and Sketches .. written by Anna eliza Bray and published by . This book was released on 1838 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sarah Bartels
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000348040
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)
Download or read book The Devil and the Victorians written by Sarah Bartels and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-03-04 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent decades, there has been a growing recognition of the significance of the supernatural in a Victorian context. Studies of nineteenth-century spiritualism, occultism, magic, and folklore have highlighted that Victorian England was ridden with spectres and learned magicians. Despite this growing body of scholarship, little historiographical work has addressed the Devil. This book demonstrates the significance of the Devil in a Victorian context, emphasising his pervasiveness and diversity. Drawing on a rich array of primary material, including theological and folkloric works, fiction, newspapers and periodicals, and broadsides and other ephemera, it uses the diabolic to explore the Victorians' complex and ambivalent relationship with the supernatural. Both the Devil and hell were theologically contested during the nineteenth century, with an increasing number of both clergymen and laypeople being discomfited by the thought of eternal hellfire. Nevertheless, the Devil continued to play a role in the majority of English denominations, as well as in folklore, spiritualism, occultism, popular culture, literature, and theatre. The Devil and the Victorians will appeal to readers interested in nineteenth-century English cultural and religious history, as well as the darker side of the supernatural.
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Total Pages : 474 pages
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Download or read book Catalogue of the Second Portion of the Very Extensive and Valuable Stock of Mr. Henry George Bohn ... written by and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Henry George Bohn
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Total Pages : 1062 pages
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Download or read book Catalogue of the first (-third and concluding) portion of the ... stock of mr. Henry George Bohn ... which will be sold by auction written by Henry George Bohn and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 1062 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : London Library
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Total Pages : 1188 pages
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Download or read book Catalogue of the London Library ...: Catalogue written by London Library and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 1188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Katie Garner
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137597127
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)
Download or read book Romantic Women Writers and Arthurian Legend written by Katie Garner and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-12-11 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reveals the breadth and depth of women’s engagements with Arthurian romance in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Tracing the variety of women’s responses to the medieval revival through Gothic literature, travel writing, scholarship, and decorative gift books, it argues that differences in the kinds of Arthurian materials read by and prepared for women produced a distinct female tradition in Arthurian writing. Examining the Arthurian interests of the best-selling female poets of the day, Felicia Hemans and Letitia Elizabeth Landon, and uncovering those of many of their contemporaries, the Arthurian myth in the Romantic period is a vibrant location for debates about the function of romance, the role of the imagination, and women’s place in literary history.
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Total Pages : 412 pages
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Download or read book The Library Chronicle written by and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bernard Quaritch (Firm)
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Total Pages : 664 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)
Download or read book Collection of ... Catalogues in ... Vols written by Bernard Quaritch (Firm) and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 248 pages
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Download or read book The Folk-lore Record written by and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Henry Kearley Wright
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Total Pages : 344 pages
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Download or read book The Western Antiquary written by William Henry Kearley Wright and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Reprinted after revision and correction from the 'Weekly Mercury, '" Mar. 1881-May 1884.
Author : Ben Gazur
Publisher : Unbound Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1800183178
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (1 download)
Download or read book A Feast of Folklore written by Ben Gazur and published by Unbound Publishing. This book was released on 2024-09-26 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Diverting, delightful and deliciously weird enough to satisfy the most demanding appetite." — Christopher Hadley, author of The Road Folklorist Ben Gazur guides you through the dark alleys of British history to uncover how our food habits have been passed down through generations of folklore. Who was the first person to throw salt over their shoulder? Why do we think carrots can help us see in the dark? When did we start holding village fairs to honour gigantic apple pies? Or start hurling ourselves down hills in pursuit of a wheel of cheese? Gazur investigates the origins of famous food superstitions as well as much more bizarre and lesser-known tales too, from what day the devil urinates on blackberries to how to stop witches using eggshells as escape boats. Hilarious and fascinating, A Feast of Folklore will introduce you to the gloriously eccentric folk who aren’t often noticed by historians. Here lies a smorgasbord of their dark remedies and deadly delicacies, waiting to be discovered.
Author : Rosemary Hill
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141947411
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)
Download or read book Time's Witness written by Rosemary Hill and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2021-06-24 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Wolfson Prize-winning author of God's Architect: Pugin and the Building of Romantic Britain Between the fall of the Bastille in 1789 and the opening of the Great Exhibition in 1851, history changed. The grand narratives of the Enlightenment, concerned with kings and statesmen, gave way to a new interest in the lives of ordinary people. Oral history, costume history, the history of food and furniture, of Gothic architecture, theatre and much else were explored as never before. Antiquarianism, the study of the material remains of the past, was not new, but now hundreds of men - and some women - became antiquaries and set about rediscovering their national history, in Britain, France and Germany. The Romantic age valued facts, but it also valued imagination and it brought both to the study of history. Among its achievements were the preservation of the Bayeux Tapestry, the analysis and dating of Gothic architecture, and the first publication of Beowulf. It dispelled old myths, and gave us new ones: Shakespeare's birthplace, clan tartans and the arrow in Harold's eye are among their legacies. From scholars to imposters the dozen or so antiquaries at the heart of this book show us history in the making.
Author : Christopher Collins
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349948721
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (499 download)
Download or read book Theatre and Residual Culture written by Christopher Collins and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-06-29 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book considers the cultural residue from pre-Christian Ireland in Synge’s plays and performances. By dramatising a residual culture in front of a predominantly modern and political Irish Catholic middle class audience, the book argues that Synge attempted to offer an alternative understanding of what it meant to be “modern” at the beginning of the twentieth century. The book draws extensively on Synge’s archive to demonstrate how pre-Christian residual culture informed not just how he wrote and staged pre-Christian beliefs, but also how he thought about an older, almost forgotten culture that Catholic Ireland desperately wanted to forget. Each of Synge’s plays is considered in an individual chapter, and they identify how Synge’s dramaturgy was informed by pre-Christian beliefs of animism, pantheism, folklore, superstition and magical ritual.
Author : Frederic Boase
Publisher : Litres
ISBN 13 : 5041269645
Total Pages : 1860 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (412 download)
Download or read book Modern English Biography (volume 1 of 4) A-H written by Frederic Boase and published by Litres. This book was released on 2018-08-11 with total page 1860 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
