Jack Faust

Author : Michael Swanwick
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781504036481

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Jack Faust by Michael Swanwick Pdf

An alternate-history reimagining of the Faust legend from the Nebula Award–winning author of Stations of the Tide Taking as his canvas the classic tale of the temptation of Faust—made famous by such literary luminaries as Goethe, Marlowe, and Mann—author Michael Swanwick paints a fresh vision of the dangers posed by the pursuit of knowledge. Set in Old World Germany, this tale of science and damnation begins with the great scholar Dr. Johannes Faust burning his books, having concluded that all his knowledge is nothing compared to the vast sea of ignorance surrounding him. Out of his despair, he inadvertently summons the tempter spirit, Mephistopheles, who is the projection of a dying alien race determined to make the destruction of humankind its final deed. Their weapon is knowledge—of science and technology, the mechanics of flight, the nature of the atom, and the secrets of economics. When, in an act of defiance, Faust nails the Periodic Table of the Elements to a church door in Wittenberg, he ushers in a golden age of prosperity for Germany that will make him the most powerful man in the world. But the love of the beautiful Margarete will be his downfall. What happens when the greed for knowledge and glory goes unchecked? Has a demon ever made a bad deal yet? Nominated for the Hugo Award, the Locus Award, and the British Science Fiction Award, Jack Faust is a masterful retelling of legend by one of science fiction’s finest craftsmen.

Author : Michael Swanwick
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 2228892815

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Jack Faust by Michael Swanwick Pdf

Désespéré par l'inutilité de son savoir, le Docteur Faust brûle ses livres. Alors, une voix étrange retentit et l'appelle. Méphistophélès va offrir à Faust des secrets capables d'amener l'humanité à un nouvel âge d'or. Mais du progrès à la damnation, il n'y a parfois qu'un pas... Lyrique, terrifiante, provocante, une nouvelle interprétation de la légende de Faust, l'homme qui vendit son âme au diable en échange de la connaissance absolue.

Author : J. M. van der Laan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2007-02-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781441134752

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Seeking Meaning for Goethe's Faust by J. M. van der Laan Pdf

Faust stories are found across the ages and the arts. From its earliest to most recent expressions, the Faust figure continues to capture our imagination, dealing with problems and themes that are still relevant for a twenty-first century audience. Of the many variations on the Faust-myth, Goethe's remains especially provocative and laden with meaning and is the work most responsible for determining the subsequent character of the Faust archetype. His Faust reflects an individual who asserts, yet wrestles unrelentingly with the futility of faith, the bankruptcy of knowledge, and the loss of meaning. One of the greatest texts of both German and world literature, Faust, Parts I and II, confronts us with pressing questions about rebellion and suffering, faith and its loss, reality and simulation, order and chaos, weakness and power, technology and human improvement. This monograph offers a new interpretation of Goethe's famous play, emphasising its continuing significance today.

Author : Osman Durrani
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Personality and culture
ISBN : UOM:39015060360222

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Faust by Osman Durrani Pdf

This title provides an exploration of the way Faust has achieved iconic status in modern culture by examining in his image in literature, theatre, film, art.

Author : Sabine Koller
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781351192019

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Joseph Opatoshu by Sabine Koller Pdf

"At the turn of the twentieth century East European Jews underwent a radical cultural transformation, which turned a traditional religious community into a modern nation, struggling to find its place in the world. An important figure in this 'Jewish Renaissance' was the American-Yiddish writer and activist Joseph Opatoshu (1886-1954). Born into a Hassidic family, he spent his early childhood in a forest in Central Poland, was educated in Russia and studied engineering in France and America. In New York, where he emigrated in 1907, he joined the revitalizing modernist group Di yunge - The Young. His early novels painted a vivid picture of social turmoil and inner psychological conflict, using modernist devices of multiple voices and mixed linguistic idioms. He acquired international fame by his historical novels about the Polish uprising of 1863 and the expulsion of Jews from Regensburg in 1519. Though he was translated into several languages, Yiddish writing always fostered his ideas and ideals of Jewish identity. Although he occupied a key position in the transnational Jewish culture during his lifetime, Opatoshu has until recently been neglected by scholars. This volume brings together literary specialists and historians working in Jewish and Slavic Studies, who analyse Opatoshu's quest for modern Jewish identity from different perspectives. The contributors are Shlomo Berger (Amsterdam), Marc Caplan (Baltimore, MD), Gennady Estraikh (New York), Roland Gruschka (Heidelberg), Ellie Kellman (Boston), Sabine Koller (Regensburg), Mikhail Krutikov (Ann Arbor, MI), Joshua Lambert (Amherst, MA), Harriet Murav (Urbana-Champaign, IL), Avrom Novershtern (Jerusalem), Dan Opatoshu (Los Angeles), Eugenia Prokop-Janiec (Krakow), Jan Schwarz (Lund), Astrid Starck (Basel/Mulhouse), Karolina Szymaniak (Krakow) and Evita Wiecki (Munich)."

Author : Jack Kerouac
Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2007-12-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780802195722

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Doctor Sax by Jack Kerouac Pdf

“Kerouac’s best book.”—TIME Dr. Sax is a haunting novel of deeply felt adolescence, Jack Kerouac tells the story of Jack Duluoz, a French-Canadian boy growing up in Kerouac’s own birthplace, the dingy factory town of Lowell, Massachusetts. There, Dr. Sax, with his flowing cape, slouched hat, and insinuating leer, is chief among the many ghosts and demons that populate Jack’s fantasy world. Deftly mingling memory and dream, Kerouac captures the accents and textures of his boyhood in Lowell in this novel of a cryptic, apocalyptic hipster phantom that he once described as “the greatest book I ever wrote, or that I will write.”

Author : Jack Dann
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2023-07-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781350351387

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The Fiction Writer's Guide to Alternate History by Jack Dann Pdf

A comprehensive guide to the speculative sub-genre of alternate history fiction, this book maps the unique terrain of this vibrant mode of storytelling and then explains how to write it. First giving a concise conceptual overview and the critical tools to differentiate the different forms of counterfactual fiction, Jack Dann lays out the 'tricks of the trade' such 'Heinleining', how to create recognizable 'divergent points' and how to employ paratextual elements and 'layering' to overcome readers' unfamiliarity with invented counterfactual events and cultures. Alongside this, Dann takes you step-by-step through a complete short story to demonstrate, line-by-line, how alternative history fiction works. As well as Dann's exacting methodology for writing professional quality alternate history stories, this book also features a live-on-the-page Q&A with some of the most esteemed alternate history writers working today, including Kim Stanley Robinson, John Birmingham and Lisa Goldstein among many others, who will detail their own particular hacks, theories, processes, methods and strategies. Combining extensive and deep knowledge of the field with accessible writing advice, this is the ultimate guidebook to the broad and complex sub-genre of counterfactual and alterative history fiction.

Author : Max Brand
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2019-09-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783734091896

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Black Jack by Max Brand Pdf

Reproduction of the original: Black Jack by Max Brand

Author : Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1865
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0018797713

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Translation of Goethe's Faust, Ist and IInd Parts, by W. B. Clarke by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Pdf

Author : Fernando Bello,Hiroyuki Kajimoto,Yon Visell
Publisher : Springer
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2016-07-01
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783319423241

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Haptics: Perception, Devices, Control, and Applications by Fernando Bello,Hiroyuki Kajimoto,Yon Visell Pdf

The two-volume set LNCS 9774 and 9775 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th International Conference EuroHaptics 2016, held in London, UK, in July 2016. The 100 papers (36 oral presentations and 64 poster presentations) presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 162 submissions. These proceedings reflect the multidisciplinary nature of EuroHaptics and cover topics such as perception of hardness and softness; haptic devices; haptics and motor control; tactile cues; control of haptic interfaces; thermal perception; robotics and sensing; applications.

Author : Samuel Coale
Publisher : Boston : Twayne Publishers
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Travel
ISBN : UOM:39015053132273

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Paul Theroux by Samuel Coale Pdf

Author : Jonathan Fraser Light
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 1112 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-25
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476617442

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The Cultural Encyclopedia of Baseball, 2d ed. by Jonathan Fraser Light Pdf

More than any other sport, baseball has developed its own niche in America’s culture and psyche. Some researchers spend years on detailed statistical analyses of minute parts of the game, while others wax poetic about its players and plays. Many trace the beginnings of the civil rights movement in part to the Major Leagues’ decision to integrate, and the words and phrases of the game (for example, pinch-hitter and out in left field) have become common in our everyday language. From AARON, HENRY onward, this book covers all of what might be called the cultural aspects of baseball (as opposed to the number-rich statistical information so widely available elsewhere). Biographical sketches of all Hall of Fame players, owners, executives and umpires, as well as many of the sportswriters and broadcasters who have won the Spink and Frick awards, join entries for teams, owners, commissioners and league presidents. Advertising, agents, drafts, illegal substances, minor leagues, oldest players, perfect games, retired uniform numbers, superstitions, tripleheaders, and youngest players are among the thousands of entries herein. Most entries open with a topical quote and conclude with a brief bibliography of sources for further research. The whole work is exhaustively indexed and includes 119 photographs.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1997-10
Category : Fantasy fiction
ISBN : STANFORD:36105020770710

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The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. President (1974-1977 : Ford)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1450 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Presidents
ISBN : STANFORD:36105117890900

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Gerald R. Ford by United States. President (1974-1977 : Ford) Pdf

Author : Joseph S. Bonsall
Publisher : Harvest House Publishers
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2015-05-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780736964203

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On the Road with The Oak Ridge Boys by Joseph S. Bonsall Pdf

For more than 40 years, the legendary Oak Ridge Boys (40 million records sold) have been on the road entertaining sold-out audiences with their classic hit songs like "Elvira," "Bobbie Sue," "Thank God for Kids," and many others. As their fans will testify, an Oak Ridge Boys concert is an unforgettable experience. These "on the road" stories, written by tenor Joseph S. Bonsall and spanning the four decades since the present group came together, will bring laughter, insight, and heartfelt appreciation to their fans young and old. You'll read about... The faith shared by all four "Oaks" the backstage goings-on of The Oak Ridge Boys what "the Boys" do on the tour bus stories about special fans they've met down through the years their surprise mega-hit, "Elvira" and how it came about "Join me as I take you on the road with The Oak Ridge Boys. We'll revisit some of our favorite concerts, reminisce about some old friends, and I'll let you in on what happens behind the scenes. Come on along!" Oak Ridge Boy Joseph S. Bonsall