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Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1865
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:600021726
Author : William Beckford, Jr.,Arabian Nights
Publisher : Arkose Press
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1345518447
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : William Beckford, Jr.,Arabian Nights
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1341191427
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : William Beckford
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780191645785
'Woe to the rash mortal who seeks to know that of which he should remain ignorant; and to undertake that which surpasseth his power!' The Caliph Vathek is dissolute and debauched, and hungry for knowledge. When the mysterious Giaour offers him boundless treasure and unrivalled power he is willing to sacrifice his god, the lives of innocent children, and his own soul to satisfy his obsession. Vathek's extraordinary journey to the subterranean palace of Eblis, and the terrifying fate that there awaits him, is a captivating tale of magic and oriental fantasy, sudden violence and corrupted love, whose mix of moral fable, grotesque comedy, and evocative beauty defies classification. Originally written by Beckford in French at the age of only 21, its dreamlike qualities have influenced writers from Byron to H. P. Lovecraft. This new edition reprints Beckford's authorized English text of 1816 with its elaborate and entertaining notes. In his new introduction Thomas Keymer examines the novel's relations to a range of literary genres and cultural contexts. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Author : Richard Hole
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1068300409
Author : Joseph Freiherr von Hammer-Purgstall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1844
Category : Fairy tales
ISBN : OCLC:1418966971
Author : Maurizio Ascari,Adriana Corrado
Publisher : Rodopi
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 9789042020153
Crossing borders - both physically and imaginatively - is part of our 'nomadic' postmodern identity, but transcultural and transnational exchanges have also played a major role in the centuries-long processes of hybridisation that helped to fashion the vast geographic, political and imaginative container of diversity we call Europe. This volume gathers together the work of scholars from several European countries in an attempt to encourage a collective reflection upon historical - and often 'mythical' - locations and landscapes, as well as upon the thresholds and faultlines that unite or separate them. The issues the volume tackles are delicate and complex, for the encounter of differences engenders both curiosity and suspicion and there is no easy way to create a new synthesis while respecting and promoting diversity. However, since Europe is inevitably a cultural and political entity 'in the making', Europeans should embrace the 'great narrative' of a 'utopian project', uniting their efforts to work towards a civilisation that is grounded on plurality and openness.
Author : William Beckford
Publisher : Broadview Press
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2001-05-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781770487734
William Beckford’s Vathek is a touchstone of eighteenth-century Orientalism and of the Gothic novel. Beckford’s later work, The Episodes of Vathek, shares Vathek’s irreverent and decadent style, and an edition that unites the two has long been overdue. The Broadview edition includes a newly discovered early version of the first episode, never before in print, that centres on male-male love, as well as the previously published version that was re-written by Beckford as a heterosexual narrative. Based on the 1823 edition—the last one edited by the author himself—the Broadview Edition also introduces The Episodes in the order Beckford planned, and incorporates his final corrections.
Author : J. Wallace
Publisher : Springer
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1997-05-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780230373952
Traditionally Hellenism is seen as the uncontroversial and beneficial influence of Greece upon later culture. Drawing upon new ideas from culture and gender theory, Jennifer Wallace rethinks the nature of classical influence and finds that the relationship between the modern west and Greece is one of anxiety, fascination and resistance. Shelley's protean and radical writing questions and illuminates the contemporary Romantic understanding of Greece. This book will appeal to students of Romantic Literature, as well as to those interested in the classical tradition.
Author : William Beckford
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1834
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590066501
Author : Joseph Freiherr von Hammer-Purgstall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1826
Category : Fairy tales
ISBN : NYPL:33433081836326
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 604 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Electronic
ISBN : CUB:U183015821364
Author : San Francisco Public Library
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Fiction
ISBN : STANFORD:36105047063149
Author : Queensland. Parliament. Library,Denis O'Donovan (C.M.G.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Queensland
ISBN : OXFORD:590731392
Author : Henry Sotheran Ltd
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 630 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015076073645