The New Arthurian Encyclopedia

The New Arthurian Encyclopedia
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 1490
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ISBN-10 : 9781136606328
ISBN-13 : 1136606327
Rating : 4/5 (28 Downloads)

Synopsis The New Arthurian Encyclopedia by : Norris J. Lacy

First published in 1996. Now updated with a new information-packed 40-page Supplement covering the years 1990-1995, this unique Encyclopedia highlights the World of King Arthur from its origins in Dark Age Britain to the present day, when Arthurian novels, films, and music continue to appear around the world at an astonishing rate. The Supplement, which provides five full years of coverage not available anywhere else, enhances the usefulness of more than 1,300 entries on all aspects of the Arthurian legend-in literature, history, folklore, archaeology, art, and music. Written by an international team of over 130 authorities, no oth­er work approaches this A-Z guide to the legends of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table for breadth and depth of coverage. This is the ultimate source for reliable information on topics as diverse as the Grail, Tristan and Isolde, Lancelot and Guenevere, Arthurian operas, the historicity of Arthur, and more.

Château D'Argol

Château D'Argol
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Publisher : Pushkin Collection
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1782270043
ISBN-13 : 9781782270041
Rating : 4/5 (43 Downloads)

Synopsis Château D'Argol by : Julien Gracq

An atmospheric and mysterious tale of lust and death, set in a crumbling Breton castle.

Au Chateau D'Argol

Au Chateau D'Argol
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 182
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ISBN-10 : OCLC:956279693
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (93 Downloads)

Synopsis Au Chateau D'Argol by : Julien Gracq

Climate Variability and Change

Climate Variability and Change
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 738
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ISBN-10 : 1901502783
ISBN-13 : 9781901502787
Rating : 4/5 (83 Downloads)

Synopsis Climate Variability and Change by : Flow Regimes from International Experimental and Network Data (Project)

This volume contains 117 reviewed papers from over 30 countries, published in English, French and Spanish, which reflect both international dimension of FRIEND and the key challenges facing hydrologists in the 21st century.

Gharial Conservation in Nepal

Gharial Conservation in Nepal
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 168
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ISBN-10 : CHI:088968240
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (40 Downloads)

Synopsis Gharial Conservation in Nepal by : Tirtha Man Maskey

The Manuscript Found in Saragossa

The Manuscript Found in Saragossa
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Publisher : Penguin UK
Total Pages : 906
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ISBN-10 : 9780140445800
ISBN-13 : 0140445803
Rating : 4/5 (00 Downloads)

Synopsis The Manuscript Found in Saragossa by : Jan Potocki

Alphonse, a young Walloon officer, is travelling to join his regiment in Madrid in 1739. But he soon finds himself mysteriously detained at a highway inn in the strange and varied company of thieves, brigands, cabbalists, noblemen, coquettes and gypsies, whose stories he records over sixty-six days. The resulting manuscript is discovered some forty years later in a sealed casket, from which tales of characters transformed through disguise, magic and illusion, of honour and cowardice, of hauntings and seductions, leap forth to create a vibrant polyphony of human voices. Jan Potocki (1761-1812) used a range of literary styles - gothic, picaresque, adventure, pastoral, erotica - in his novel of stories-within-stories, which, like the Decameron and Tales from the Thousand and One Nights, provides entertainment on an epic scale.

King Cophetua

King Cophetua
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Total Pages : 86
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ISBN-10 : 1885586868
ISBN-13 : 9781885586865
Rating : 4/5 (68 Downloads)

Synopsis King Cophetua by : Julien Gracq

The narrator of King Cophetua, a former soldier, recalls the events surrounding his arrival at the home of his friend Jacques Nueil, a dandy, an aviator, and an avant-garde composer. It is All Saints' Day, 1917. The Great War is leading up to images of the Russian Revolution, and from Nueil's villa the narrator hears the sounds of bombs dropping in the distance. King Cophetua is inspired by vivid memory and by two images, Goya's engraving entitled La Mala Noche and Burne-Jones's painting King Cophetua and the Beggar Girl.