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Fitted with ample introductions, notes, and glosses, this volume will make an excellent text for a class of any level on Middle English romance. This excellent edition includes King Horn, Havelok the Dane, Bevis of Hampton, and Athelston. These romances all deal with the Matter of Britain-that is, they celebrate action and adventure tales taking place in England. Featuring all the hallmarks of a good romance, these works include disinherited nobles, thrilling battles, love stories, dragons, and all sorts of marvels and adventures. Spanning the mid thirteenth to the late fourteenth century, these works provide an excellent cross section of the wonderful world of Middle English romances featuring the escapades of their fantastical countrymen.

To introduce John Lydgates landmark poem the Troy Book to students and non-specialist readers, the editor has selected the essential passages from the poem and bridges any gaps with textual summaries. Also included are an introduction, gloss, notes, and a glossary. John Lydgate, a monk of the great Benedictine abbey of Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk, began composing the poem, an ambitious attempt at recounting the Trojan War in Middle English, in October 1412 on commission from Henry, Prince of Wales (later King Henry V), and completed it in 1420. The poem is an interesting study for those interested in medieval approaches to classical sources, as well as for its often contradictory and complicated take on contemporary chivalry.

This volume is the first affordable, modern collection of all eleven of the known Middle English Gawain tales, and aims to make these texts accessible to a wider, contemporary audience. These poems-The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnelle, Sir Gawain and the Carle of Carlisle, The Avowyng of Arthur, The Awyntrs off Arthur, The Knightly Tale of Gologras and Gawain, The Greene Knight, The Turke and Sir Gawain, The Marriage of Sir Gawain, The Carle of Carlisle, The Jeaste of Sir Gawain, and King Arthur and King Cornwall-are united by their common concern with the theme of chivalry. Sir Gawain was by far the most popular of Arthurs knights in medieval England, and the verses collected here offer a window not only into English views on Gawain but also attitudes towards the knightly ideal and chivalry. Incorporating glosses and introductions for each text as well as an extensive glossary, this edition is excellent for students of Middle English romance.

Scottish poet William Dunbar is usually considered one of the most important figures of fifteenth-century British literature, and may lay claim to being the finest lyric poet writing in English in the century and half between the death of Chaucer in 1400 and the appearance of Tottels Miscellany in 1557. Dunbars poems offer vivid depictions of late medieval Scottish society and serve up a striking pageant of colorful figures at the court of James IV (r. 1488-1513), with which he was associated for much of his adult life. The poems are remarkable both for their diversity and variability and for their multiplicity of voices, styles, and tones. The great variety of poems within Dunbars canon includes religious hymns of exaltation, moral poems on a wide range of serious themes, comic and parodic poems of extreme salaciousness and scatological coarseness, general satires against the times, and satires with much more specific targets, often a single individual. This edition of eighty-four poems attributed to Dunbar includes extensive background material and explanatory notes that are sure to be of interest to students and Dunbar enthusiasts alike. The edition is rounded out with textual notes, an index of first lines, and a glossary.

British Library MS Harley 2253 is one of the most important literary works to survive from the English medieval era. In rarity, quality, and abundance, its secular love lyrics comprise an unrivaled collection. Intermingled with them are contemporary political songs as well as delicate lyrics designed to inspire religious devotion.

«Su vida estuvo singularmente desprovista de incidentes: ninguna crisis importante, tan solo algunos pequeños cambios interrumpieron su plácido curso (...)» del libro "Recuerdos de Jane Austen". Reci

Jaufre is a lively, engaging and at times comedic tale of a knight from King Arthurs court. The young hero encounters all manner of unpleasant adversaries including giants and a demon knight, finds true love in the form of an independent, wealthy and hot-tempered heiress, and is tricked into going to the rescue of an underwater fairy. This story, dedicated to a king of Aragon and told in Occitan, was first set down in writing in the thirteenth century but does not appear to have reached English-speaking readers until the late nineteenth century. It was, however, originally intended for oral performance rather than for solitary readers. This new adaptation is an attempt to capture the spirit of the original Occitan, keeping close to the way it was told, and to bring the story to life in the hope that other storytellers will once again tell the tale of Jaufre and new listeners will enjoy his exploits.

Diego de Torres Villarroel (1694-1770) es uno de los autores más importantes en el panorama literario español del siglo XVIII, y uno de los últimos representantes de la estética barroca. Figura singular como pocas, en Torres conviven el literato, el matematico y el astrologo. En un siglo que no conto con demasiados creadores de aliento, el Gran Piscator de Salamanca, como se le conocia, se alza con obras como sus Visiones y visitas de Torres con don Francisco de Quevedo por la Corte (1727-1728), su Vida, ascendencia, nacimiento, crianza y aventuras (1743-1758) o su Barca de Aqueronte (1743), en las que se muestra como prodigioso escritor. Su dedicacion al cultivo de los almanaques, que le otorgaron gran popularidad, revela a un autor ajeno a los nuevos tiempos que anuncian una nueva ciencia presidida por la luz de la razon.

Inteligente, rica y hermosa, Emma Woodhouse no necesita marido, pero le resulta divertido hacer de casamentera para sus amistades. Hasta que su confidente Harriet Smith decide casarse, y sus enredos producen consecuencias inesperadas.

The complete text of John Gowers Confessio Amantis is a three-volume edition, including all Latin components - with translations - of this bilingual poem and extensive glosses, bibliography, and explanatory notes. Volume 2 contains Books 2, 3, and 4, which follow in their structure the outline of Vice and its children found in the early French poem the Mirour de lOmme.

The complete text of John Gowers Confessio Amantis is a 3-volume edition, including all Latin components - with translations - of this bilingual poem and extensive glosses, bibliography, and explanatory notes. Volume 3 contains Books 5, 6, and 7, which follow another kind of development as Gower shifts from romance banter and formulaic confession to philosophical inquiry.

Before the Wycliffite Bible in the 1380s, one of the only complete books of the Bible to be translated into Middle English was the Book of Revelation. The English Apocalypse, translated from the French in the early 14th century, must have been well known to the later translators, as it appears in 18 extant manuscripts, sometimes alongside Wycliffite material. This edition reproduces, for the first time, a copy of the English Apocalypse, which actually replaced the Book of Revelation at the end of a Wycliffite New Testament.

A Obra-prima de um dos gigantes da literatura universal Guerra e Paz é o verdadeiro clássico da literatura universal. No início do século XIX, a Rússia é devastada pelos exércitos de Napoleão e as vi

POSFÁCIO DE VLADIMIR NABOKOV«Nos capítulos iniciais de Anna Karénina, somos conduzidos, uma e outra vez, a um sentido de analogia musical. Há efeitos de contraponto e harmonia no desenvolvimento das

Il Filocolo, che, secondo unetimologia approssimativa, significa "fatica damore", e un romanzo in prosa, rappresentando cosi una svolta rispetto ai romanzi delle origini scritti in versi. La storia ha due protagonisti, Florio, figlio di un re saraceno, e Biancifiore, una schiava cristiana abbandonata da bambina. I due fanciulli crescono assieme e da grandi, in seguito alla lettura del libro di Ovidio "Ars Amandi" si innamorano, come era successo per Paolo e Francesca dopo avere letto "Ginevra e Lancillotto". Tuttavia il padre di Florio decide di separarli vendendo Biancifiore a dei mercanti. Florio decide quindi di andarla a cercare e dopo mille peripezie (da qui il titolo Filocolo=Fatica damore) la reincontra. Infine il giovane si converte al Cristianesimo e sposa la fanciulla.

The Iliad presents superhuman heroes and superhuman rage, brutal death, unbounded sorrow, the craving for revenge, the shortness of life, the glory quest, and, ultimately, reconciliation and forgiveness. As human nature is unchanging, the Iliads themes concern us as much today as they did Homers audiences 2,700 years ago. Not for nothing did Ezra Pound observe that "a civilization was founded on Homer."The Iliad is always relevant, even as it is timeless. Of interest to readers in every generation, it is a classic in the root sense. Homer was "the Bible of the Greeks." He was their mythology and history (still fairly merged at the time), their religion, their storehouse of ethics and exempla under an Olympian dispensation. And while the Odyssey is the more popular of Homers epics, the Iliad is the more profound.This is not merely another new translation of Homers Iliad. It is sooner and foremost Homers Iliad in a Classical Translation the first-ever into a consistently 12-syllable line and, at the same time, the longest such work in the English language (the Iliad consisting of 15,639 lines in Greek). This translation by Jeffrey M. Duban uses a mildly archaizing style and other poetic devices to suggest the antiquity and flavor of Homeric composition. Like the original, it is both alliterative and polysyllabic excessive monosyllabism the scourge of many a modern translation. Duban further observes epic decorum with recourse to poetic diction. Decorum entails the avoidance of colloquialisms and commonplaces, again in contrast to other translations."Through its masterful deployment of archaism, inversion, elevated diction, and other techniques of aesthetic distanciation, Dubans uniquely metered rendering re-Homerizes the Iliad, as it were, casting its remoteness and peculiarity into sharp relief." Robert Pogue Harrison, Rosina Pierotti Professor in Italian Literature, Stanford University, Author, The Body of Beatrice (1988)"While Homers style can be plain and direct, it is also often very grand and even, at times, ornate. You will find plainness in many modern translations of Homer, but you will likely search in vain for elevation. In his spirited rendering of the Iliad, Jeffrey Duban aims high. Through a carefully crafted use of heightened poetic diction and a consistent metrical formalism, Duban offers us, in English verse, a singular version of Homers epic poem." Steven Shankman, University of Oregon, Author, Popes Iliad: Homer in the Age of Passion (1983), Editor, Popes Iliad (Penguin ed., 1996)"Like the campfires scene concluding Book 8, Dubans Iliad, with the antique luster of burnished bronze, glints smartly across the plain. Think what you will of the contemporary or new translations aflood the market, this one, classically conceived and executed, is special. Duban does not merely translate but conveys his vision for the Iliad." C. J. Mackie, La Trobe University, Author, Rivers of Fire: Mythic Themes in Homers Iliad (2008)

Depois de Eça de Queiroz, Jornalista, publicado pela Principia em Outubro de 2003, Maria Filomena Mónica surge agora com um novo trabalho de coordenação na obra AS FARPAS, de Eça de Queiroz e Ramalho

ISCUA was the 1st Symposium of Conservation for Underwater Archaeology (ISCUA), held in 2019 in the Formentera island. It was organized by the Institut Balear d"Estudis en Arqueología Marítima (IBEAM) in collaboration with the Council of Formentera. That it served as a platform to disseminate leading research in the preservation of our maritime cultural heritage. This Symposium was aims to continue with the training of the youngest generations in the field, as well as to create future links between differents institutions and invited specialists. This book, is the result of the best reunion ever.

This anthology of twenty medieval tales contains a representative selection of the various kinds of short narrative in verse that were transmitted together in German manuscript collections from the later thirteenth century onwards. They include religious miracle-tales, comic tales, moral-didactic tales, and courtly tales. Considered together, they offer an insight into how medieval poets tried to entertain as well as instruct their audiences in matters of faith and everyday conduct, and just what it was that made medieval listeners (and readers) laugh. The translations have been taken from DVN vol. 5 (Deutsche Versnovellistik des 13. bis 15. Jahrhunderts, ed. by Klaus Ridder and Hans-Joachim Ziegeler) and revised for the general reader; they are presented here for the first time with a commentary and notes.

A maior obra da História. Sigmund Freud Os irmãos Karamázov foi um dos últimos livros escritos por Dostoiévski e é uma das suas obras primas. Considerado por muitos um romance filosófico, nesta apaix