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An interdisciplinary study of the supernatural and the occult in fin-de-siècle France (1870-1914), the present volume examines the explosion of interest in devil-worship, magic and mysticism both from a historical perspective and through analysis of key literary works of the period.
Robert Ziegler
History
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R. R. Madden's 1855 three-volume biography of the Countess of Blessington documents her brilliant literary salon and her eventual financial ruin.
Richard Robert Madden |
Marguerite Blessington
Biography & Autobiography
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The Broadview Canterbury Tales is an edition of the complete tales in a text based on the famous Ellesmere Manuscript. Here one may read a Middle English text that is closer to what Chaucer's scribe, Adam Pinkhurst, actually wrote than that in any other modern edition. Unlike most editions, which draw on a number of manuscripts to recapture Chaucer's original intention, this edition preserves the text as it was found in one influential manuscript. A sampling of facsimile pages from the original manuscript is also included, along with a selection of other works that give the reader a rich sense of the cultural, political, and literary worlds in which Chaucer lived.The second edition includes a new Middle English glossary, a timeline of Chaucer's life and times, and detailed page headers showing the fragment and line numbers to assist readers in finding a specific section of the poem.
Geoffrey Chaucer |
Robert Boenig |
Andrew Taylor
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« La Roue du Temps tourne et les Âges passent, laissant des souvenirs qui deviennent des légendes. Dans ce monde d'ombre et de lumière où le bien et le mal se livrent une guerre éternelle, Puisse le Dragon s'envoler à nouveau. » La Roue du temps précipite sa course. Les compagnons sont lancés à la recherche du Cor de Valère, l'artefact mythique capable de ressusciter les morts... Mais ce qui sortira alors des entrailles de la terre dépendra de la véritable allégeance du propriétaire de l'instrument. Légion de démons ou de héros, que surgira-t-il du coeur de Rand ? Et faire se relever les héros des temps passés suffirait-il même à repousser les armées qui se dressent contre lui et ses amis ? Un mot de l'éditeur : Chers amis, La Roue du Temps est la plus grande fresque de Fantasy depuis J.R.R. Tolkien. Ce n'est pas une opinion, c'est un fait. Vendue à plus de 80 millions d'exemplaires, elle a captivé tous les publics par sa richesse et son ampleur. Elle a inspiré des centaines d'auteurs et s'est imposée comme une référence absolue de l'épopée moderne. La Roue du Temps raconte en 14 volumes la quête et le combat d'une poignée de braves pour vaincre l'incarnation du mal, ressurgie d'un antique passé pour asservir le monde. Leur histoire deviendra celle de tout un monde face aux épreuves, au changement, à la destruction et à la recherche de l'espoir. Parviendront-ils à triompher sans avoir à tout sacrifier, ni se perdre eux-mêmes ? La Roue du Temps est une mythologie moderne, un monument romanesque. Un récit captivant qui vous emmène au bout du monde, un univers cohérent et parfaitement accessible, un voyage extraordinaire au coeur de conflits opposant des nations entières peuplées de personnages qui nous ressemblent. Si vous n'avez qu'une seule saga à lire après Le Seigneur des Anneaux, c'est La Roue du Temps de Robert Jordan. Et vous allez enfin pouvoir le faire dans sa forme idéale : la tomaison originale voulue par l'auteur, une nouvelle traduction signée Jean Claude Mallé et des couvertures élégantes reflétant sa dimension universelle. 2012 est l'année de La Roue du Temps. Stéphane Marsan, éditeur.
Robert Jordan
Fiction
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The poet David Gascoyne (1916-2001) led a life as surreal as his early poems. At eighteen he drafted the manifesto of the English Surrealist Group and at nineteen he published what remains an authoritative account of the international movement. He translated for Salvador Dali and crossed swords with Andre Breton; the 1936 International Surrealist Exhibition in London was largely his brainchild. During the war he toured as an actor, embraced religious existentialism and became, in the words of John Lehmann, "the most important philosophic poet of our time." After the war he wrote for radio, painted, cooked, and went mad. The journals he kept during his periods of mental instability are masterpieces of the bizarre. Gascoyne found unexpected happiness in late middle age, emerging as an elder statesman of British poetry. Robert Fraser contends that, through all the twists and turns of his variegated existence, Gascoyne strove for candour and truth of self-expression. With equivalent candour this pioneering biography describes his creative work and multifarious translations, his inconvenient addictions, his tormented private life, and his many friendships in England and in France.
Robert Fraser
Biography & Autobiography
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Violence is so much in the news today that we may find it hard to believe that it is less prevalent than it was in the past. But this is exactly what the distinguished historian Robert Muchembled argues in this major new work on the history of violence. He shows that brutality and homicide have been in decline since the thirteenth century. The thesis of a 'civilizing process', of a gradual taming, even sublimation, of violence, seems, therefore, to be well-founded. How are we to explain this decline in public displays of aggression? What mechanisms have modernizing societies employed to repress and control violence? The increasingly strict social control of unmarried, male adolescents, together with the coercive education imposed on this age group, are central to Muchembled's explanation. Masculine violence gradually disappeared from public space, to become concentrated in the home. Meanwhile, a vast popular literature, precursor of the modern mass media, came to play a cathartic role: the duels of The Three Musketeers and the amazing exploits of Fantômas, as described in the new crime literature invented in the nineteenth century, now helped to purge the violent impulses. And yet we seem, in the first few years of the twenty-first century, to be witnessing a resurgence of violence, especially among the youths of the inner cities. How should we understand this resurgence in relation to the long history of violence in the West?
Robert Muchembled
Social Science
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For years they have hidden in the shadows, lurking behind other secret societies ... until now! In this revelatory new book, inside sources from the Priory of Sion give Robert Howells exclusive access to some of their best-kept secrets.
Robert Howells
Religion
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THE BRIEF WADSWORTH HANDBOOK, Seventh Edition, provides students with extensive coverage of rhetorical concerns, the writing and research process, writing and researching with computers, and other topics essential for twenty-first-century student writers. This versatile and proven text is a uniquely effective guide to help students develop the critical thinking, reading, and writing skills they need to become successful communicators in college and beyond. Practicing teachers and collaborative writing partners throughout their careers, Kirszner and Mandell bring an "in-the-trenches" pragmatic understanding of instructor and student needs to every page of this seventh edition.
Laurie G. Kirszner |
Stephen R. Mandell
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Providing a vibrant four-color design, market-leading BUSINESS ETHICS: ETHICAL DECISION MAKING AND CASES, Ninth Edition, thoroughly covers the complex environment in which managers confront ethical decision making. Using a proven managerial framework, this accessible, applied text addresses the overall concepts, processes, and best practices associated with successful business ethics programs--helping readers see how ethics can be integrated into key strategic business decisions. Thoroughly revised, the new ninth edition incorporates coverage of new legislation affecting business ethics, the most up-to-date examples, and the best practices of high-profile organizations. It also includes 20 all-new or updated original case studies.
O. C. Ferrell |
John Fraedrich |
Ferrell
Business & Economics
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