The Odyssey is an epic poem, written by the ancient Greek Philosopher Homer, and is considered to be the second oldest piece of western literature still in existence. Scholars believe it was written at the end of the 8th century BC. Still heavily used in schools because of its unique literary makeup and historical value, the poems follow Greek hero Odysseus, as he journeys home after the ten year long Trojan War. His journey home takes another t ...
"Drei Erzahlungen" ist der dritte Teil der «DREI»-Trilogie. Oliver Rohrbeck, Jens Wawrczeck und Andreas Frohlich (Sprecher der «Drei ???») lesen Geschichten uber die Liebe – von Sophie Dahl, Russell Banks und O. Henry. Nachdem das Trio bereits Gruselgeschichten und Marchen in Form von inszenierten Lesungen veroffentlichte, erscheint mit «Drei Erzahlungen uber die Liebe» der letzte Teil der Hor-Trilogie mit den Sprechern der Kult-Horspielse ...
The first ever collection of contemporary Scottish writing on nature and landscape, Antlers of Water showcases the diversity and radicalism of new Scottish nature writing today. Edited, curated and introduced by the award-winning Kathleen Jamie, and featuring prose, poetry and photography, this inspiring collection takes us from walking to wild swimming, from red deer to pigeons and wasps, from remote islands to back gardens. Wit ...
This is issue Forty (Extraordinary) One of Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet which is being published in June of 2020 and is being sent out free to subscribers as a bonus to add joy to this daily more complicated world. (Contributors were paid the usual rates.) Readers who’d like to support the zine are encouraged to subscribe, mais oui, but also to donate to Color of Change, buy books through Black-owned bookstores such as Frugal Bookst ...
В книге профессора Геннадия Барабтарло, лучшего переводчика сочинений В. В. Набокова на русский язык, ставится задача описания их в совокупности – как главы одного целого, исследуются не только «оснащение словесной выразительности», но и «сила испытующей мысли» этих произведений. В добросовестном стремлении раскрыть метафизическое и нравственное содержание творчества, теорию искусства и философию выдающегося русского писателя XX века Г. А. Бараб ...
Книга посвящена лучшим произведениям советской литературы о Великой Отечественной войне, воплощенным в кинематографе. О войне написаны тысячи книг, сняты сотни кинофильмов. Это издание – проводник в безбрежном океане художественных произведений, посвященных историческим событиям «сороковых, роковых». Романы, повести, драмы Б. Васильева, М. Шолохова, К. Симонова, В. Некрасова, В. Розова, Б. Окуджавы и других крупнейших писателей предстают здесь т ...
<P>"When I call poetry a form of partiality," writes Heather McHugh, «I mean its economies operate by powers of intimation: glimmering and glints, rather than exhaustible sums. It is a broken language from the beginning, brimming with non-words: all that white welled up to keep the line from surrendering to the margin; all that quiet, to keep the musics marked.» In Broken English, McHugh applies her poetic sensibility and formidabl ...
<P>Carl Abbott, who has taught urban studies and urban planning in five decades, brings together urban studies and literary studies to examine how fictional cities in work by authors as different as E. M. Forster, Isaac Asimov, Kim Stanley Robinson, and China Mi&#233;ville might help us to envision an urban future that is viable and resilient. Imagining Urban Futures is a remarkable treatise on what is best and strongest in ...
