18 books like The growth of literature

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Imagining Culture Jonathan Hart · 1996 · 278p · ≈ 9h · Moderate This book of original essays explores three important areas in comparative literature and history and in cultural studies: the boundaries between history and fiction;women as writers and subjects; and the connection between the early modern, modern and postmodern. New history and new literary studies look at innovative ways to see past cultures in a new light. Traditional methods are used to new… Shares: Comparative Literature, Literary Criticism

Norse myth in English poetry C. H. Herford · 1919 · 31p · ≈ 1h · Challenging Shares: Comparative Literature, History and criticism

Arthurian Legend Margaret J. C. Reid · 2014 · 284p · ≈ 9h · Moderate First published in 1938, this study explores the reception of the mythology of King Arthur by modern poets and playwrights. More specifically, the author explores the lineage of the legendary material since the first edition of Malory in 1485, exploring a vast range of artists who have made use of it: Spenser, Milton and Dryden, Wordsworth, Tennyson, Hardy, Matthew Arnold, and even Wagner. The… Shares: Comparative Literature, Histoire et critique, History and criticism

Merlin and Legendary Romance Carol Harding · 2014 · 186p · ≈ 6h · Moderate An indepth work on the origins of the Merlin of Arthurian legend, this book examines early texts, thirteenth century romances focusing particularly on Merlin as a character, rather than those where Merlin is a background cast member. The outline here starts with looking at the genre and the place of fantasy, moving on to consider the attitudes towards magic and magic-users in medieval times. Main… Shares: Medieval Literature, Histoire et critique, History and criticism

The king and the corpse Heinrich Robert Zimmer · 1948 · 338p · ≈ 11h · Challenging "Drawing from Eastern and Western literatures, Heinrich Zimmer presents a selection of stories linked together by their common concern for the problem of our eternal conflict with the forces of evil. Beginning with a tale from the Arabian Nights, this theme unfolds in legends from Irish paganism, medieval Christianity, the Arthurian cycle, and early Hinduism. In the retelling of these tales,… Shares: Folk literature, History and criticism

Selected Writings of Andrew Lang Alexandra Warwick · 2016 · 164p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Shares: Folk literature, History and criticism Shares: Folk literature, History and criticism

Tragedy Clifford Leech · 1969 · 102p · ≈ 3h · Moderate Tarentum (Modern Day Taranto) believed to depict scenes from Greek tragedy: at left Electra and Orestes, who murder their mother Clytemnestra in order to avenge their father, Agamemnon; Clytemnestra was motivated by Agamemnon taking the princess Cassandra as concubine, and by Agamemnon sacrificing their daughter Iphigenia.At right is Oedipus and Antigone; Oedipus was abandoned as an infant and… Shares: Histoire et critique, Literary Criticism, History and criticism

Werke Friedrich Nietzsche · 1896 · ★ 5.0 · 512p · ≈ 17h · Challenging 10 Werke von Friedrich Nietzsche Deutscher Philosoph und klassischer Philologe (1844-1900) Dieser Band enthält eine Sammlung von 10 Werken von Friedrich Nietzsche. Ein dynamisches Inhaltsverzeichnis ermöglicht den direkten Zugriff auf die verschiedenen Abschnitte. Inhaltsverzeichnis: Also sprach Zarathustra - Ein Buch für Alle und Keinen Die Geburt der Tragödie - Versuch einer… Shares: Literary studies: general, Literary Criticism, History and criticism

Writing Fiction Janet Burroway · 1982 · ★ 4.1 · 397p · ≈ 13h · Moderate The most widely used and respected text in its field, Writing Fiction, 7e by novelists Janet Burroway and Elizabeth Stuckey-French guides the novice story writer from first inspiration to final revision by providing practical writing techniques and concrete examples. Written in a tone that is personal and non-prescriptive, the text encourages students to develop proficiency through each step of… Shares: Literary Criticism & Collections, Literary Criticism

Works of Patrick Branwell Brontë Victor A. Neufeldt · 2015 · 464p · ≈ 15h · Moderate This volume, first published in 1999, contains all of Patrick Branwell Brontë’s known writings, excluding his letters, from 1837 to 1848. This title primarily covers and depicts the end of the Angrian conflict, Branwell’s abandonment of the Angrian saga, and his attempts to establish himself as a published poet and a man of letters. All of the texts in this edition are based on Neufeldt’s own… Shares: Histoire et critique, Literary Criticism, History and criticism

Wilhelmine Moritz August von Thümmel · 1777 · 134p · ≈ 4h · Demanding The Wilhelmine period or Wilhelmian era () comprises the period of German history between 1888 and 1918, embracing the reign of Kaiser Wilhelm II in the German Empire from the death of Kaiser Friedrich III until the end of World War I and Wilhelms abdication during the November Revolution. Shares: Literary Criticism & Collections, Literary Criticism

Literatursprache und Publikum in der lateinischen Spätantike und im Mittelalter Erich Auerbach · 1958 · 405p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Shares: Medieval Literature, Literary Criticism, History and criticism

Routledge Revivals A. J. Arberry · 2016 · 248p · ≈ 8h · Moderate First published in 1953, this translation of part of the Arabian Nights by A. J. Arberry offers four famous stories in modern idiom: Aladdin, Judar, Aboukir and Abousir, and the Amorous Goldsmith. The introduction provides a brief analysis of earlier translations of the tales and explains their value as indicators of the society in which they were written.This work will be of interest to those… Shares: Literary Criticism, History and criticism

Curious myths of the Middle Ages Sabine Baring-Gould · 1867 · 660p · ≈ 22h · Demanding This volume is an example of Sabine Baring-Gould's extensive research into the middle ages. This volume of 12 curiosities was one of Baring-Gould's most successful publications. (Summary by Carolin) Shares: Medieval Literature, Histoire et critique, History and criticism

The development of Arthurian romance Roger Sherman Loomis · 1963 · ★ 3.0 · 199p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Stimulating and masterly study examines the evolution of the great mass of fiction surrounding the Arthurian legend in Western literature — from Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of the Kings of Britain and the collection of Welsh tales known as The Mabinogion, to Chrétien de Troyes' Arthurian stories, the Parzival of Wolfram von Eschenbach, and such English masterpieces as Sir Gawain and the Green… Shares: Medieval Literature, Histoire et critique, History and criticism

Literature Edgar V. Roberts · 1986 · 1707p · ≈ 56h · Challenging This eagerly awaited fifth book in John Maddox Roberts's Edgar-nominated historical mystery series once again takes the reader back to the Rome of Julius Caesar and the Roman Senator Decius Caecilius Metellus the Younger. Decius has won himself a reputation as both an investigator and, most unfortunately, a bit of a playboy. Having been banished by his family for sometimes embarrassing activities… Shares: Literary Criticism & Collections, Literary Criticism

Language of Natural Description in Eighteenth-Century Poetry John Arthos · 1949 · 476p · ≈ 15h · Challenging Originally published in 1949, this title was written in order to help establish a better understanding of the ‘stock diction’ of eighteenth-century English poetry, and, in particular, of the diction commonly used in the description of nature. The language characteristic of so much of the poetry of this period had been severely criticized for a long time. But in the twenty or thirty years prior to… Shares: Histoire et critique, Literary Criticism, History and criticism

Myths & legends of the Middle Ages H. A. Guerber · 1896 · 404p · ≈ 13h · Challenging A fascinating study of many traditional myths from the Middle Ages, including tales of Beowulf, Merlin and King Arthur, and the quest for the Holy Grail. Shares: Medieval Literature, History and criticism

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