A History of Caricature and Grotesque in Literature and Art
Title | A History of Caricature and Grotesque in Literature and Art PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas Wright |
Publisher | |
Pages | 554 |
Release | 1865 |
Genre | Caricature |
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The Annenbergs
Title | The Annenbergs PDF eBook |
Author | John E. Cooney |
Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
Pages | 456 |
Release | 1982 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
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"This is the colorful and dramatic biography of two of America's most controversial entrepreneurs: Moses Louis Annenberg, 'the racing wire king, ' who built his fortune in racketeering, invested it in publishing, and lost much of it in the biggest tax evasion case in United States history; and his son, Walter, launcher of TV Guide and Seventeen magazines and former ambassador to Great Britain."--Jacket.
The Fabliaux
Title | The Fabliaux PDF eBook |
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Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Pages | 1017 |
Release | 2013-06-10 |
Genre | Poetry |
ISBN | 0871406926 |
Winner • Modern Language Association’s Scaglione Prize for Translation Bawdier than The Canterbury Tales, The Fabliaux is the first major English translation of the most scandalous and irreverent poetry in Western literature. Composed between the twelfth and fourteenth centuries, these virtually unknown erotic and satiric poems lie at the root of the Western comic tradition. Passed down by the anticlerical middle classes of medieval France, The Fabliaux depicts priapic priests, randy wives, and their cuckolded husbands in tales that are shocking even by today’s standards. Chaucer and Boccaccio borrowed heavily from these riotous tales, which were the wit of the common man rebelling against the aristocracy and Church in matters of food, money, and sex. Containing 69 poems with a parallel Old French text, The Fabliaux comes to life in a way that has never been done in nearly eight hundred years.
Yvain
Title | Yvain PDF eBook |
Author | Chretien de Troyes |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Pages | 242 |
Release | 1987-09-10 |
Genre | Poetry |
ISBN | 0300187580 |
The twelfth-century French poet Chrétien de Troyes is a major figure in European literature. His courtly romances fathered the Arthurian tradition and influenced countless other poets in England as well as on the continent. Yet because of the difficulty of capturing his swift-moving style in translation, English-speaking audiences are largely unfamiliar with the pleasures of reading his poems. Now, for the first time, an experienced translator of medieval verse who is himself a poet provides a translation of Chrétien’s major poem, Yvain, in verse that fully and satisfyingly captures the movement, the sense, and the spirit of the Old French original. Yvain is a courtly romance with a moral tenor; it is ironic and sometimes bawdy; the poetry is crisp and vivid. In addition, the psychological and the socio-historical perceptions of the poem are of profound literary and historical importance, for it evokes the emotions and the values of a flourishing, vibrant medieval past.
The Rehearsal
Title | The Rehearsal PDF eBook |
Author | George Villiers Buckingham |
Publisher | |
Pages | 90 |
Release | 1777 |
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Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians
Title | Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians PDF eBook |
Author | John Gardner Wilkinson |
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Pages | 486 |
Release | 1841 |
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Environment, Health, and Safety
Title | Environment, Health, and Safety PDF eBook |
Author | Lari A. Bishop |
Publisher | |
Pages | 50 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Corporations |
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