The Dream of Scipio
Title | The Dream of Scipio PDF eBook |
Author | Marcus Tullius Cicero |
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Pages | 70 |
Release | 1915 |
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Macrobii Ambrosii Theodosii Opera Quae Supersunt ...: Ciceronis Somnium Scipionis cum Commentariis Macrobii. Excerpta e libro De differentiis et societatibus Graeci Latinique verbi
Title | Macrobii Ambrosii Theodosii Opera Quae Supersunt ...: Ciceronis Somnium Scipionis cum Commentariis Macrobii. Excerpta e libro De differentiis et societatibus Graeci Latinique verbi PDF eBook |
Author | Ambrosius Aurelius Theodosius Macrobius |
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Pages | 450 |
Release | 1848 |
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The Dream of Scipio
Title | The Dream of Scipio PDF eBook |
Author | Iain Pears |
Publisher | Vintage Canada |
Pages | 539 |
Release | 2010-08-06 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0307370887 |
Three narratives, set in the fifth, fourteenth, and twentieth centuries, all revolving around an ancient text and each with a love story at its centre, are the elements of this brilliantly ingenious novel, a follow-up to the international bestseller An Instance of the Fingerpost. The centuries are the 5th (the final days of the Roman Empire); the 14th (the years of the Plague — the Black Death); and the 20th (World War II). The setting for each is the same — Provence — and each has at its heart a love story. The narratives intertwine seamlessly, and what joins them thematically is an ancient text — “The Dream of Scipio” — a work of neo-Platonism that poses timeless philosophical questions. What is the obligation of the individual in a society under siege? What is the role of learning when civilization itself is threatened, whether by acts of man or nature? Does virtue lie more in engagement or in neutrality? “Power without wisdom is tyranny; wisdom without power is pointless,” warns one of Pears’s characters. The Dream of Scipio is a bona fide novel of ideas, a dazzling feat of storytelling, fiction for our times.
The Discarded Image
Title | The Discarded Image PDF eBook |
Author | C. S. Lewis |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 243 |
Release | 2012-03-29 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1107604702 |
Paints a lucid picture of the medieval world view, providing the historical and cultural background to the literature of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. This, Lewis's last book, has been hailed as 'the final memorial to the work of a great scholar and teacher and a wise and noble mind'.
Chaucer Name Dictionary
Title | Chaucer Name Dictionary PDF eBook |
Author | Jacqueline de Weever |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 478 |
Release | 2014-04-08 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1135614539 |
Praised by reviewers as highly recommended, indispensable, and thorough, comprehensive, usable, and unquestionably useful, theChaucer Name Dictionary is the ultimate A-Z guide to the writer who stands at the head of the English curriculum. It provides full information on all the hundreds of proper names mentioned throughout Chaucer and essential to an understanding of his works. Each entry provides historical and/or literary definition, references to occurrences in Chaucer's works with explanations of the context, a list of related words, etymology, and a bibliography of primary and secondary works. Special Features The only reference source that identifies the hundreds of historical, literary, and mythological names mentioned in Chaucer, Provides reliable background information essential to understanding Chaucer's text, Alphabetical arrangement and clear format allow quick answers to reference questions, Includes an important Glossary of Astronomical and Astrological Terms, along with six astrological maps Suitable for courses in:Chaucer, Medieval English Poetry, Medieval Literature in Translation, Old and Middle English Literature, Glossary Also includes maps.
Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the British Museum
Title | Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the British Museum PDF eBook |
Author | British Museum. Department of Printed Books |
Publisher | |
Pages | 960 |
Release | 1881 |
Genre | English literature |
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A-E
Title | A-E PDF eBook |
Author | John Rylands Library |
Publisher | |
Pages | 666 |
Release | 1899 |
Genre | Rare books |
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