Home > Literature & Fiction > History & Criticism
History & Criticism
A Guide to Old English by Mitchell Bruce & Robinson Fred C
mobi |eng | 2011-12-06 | Author:Mitchell, Bruce & Robinson, Fred C. [Mitchell, Bruce]

To understand the action of the poem, and especially the action in ll. 62–99, one must have some idea of the geography of the battle. (See map on p. 248, ...
( Category: European June 6,2019 )
Beowulf (Illustrated) by Anonymous
mobi |eng | 2016-09-04 | Author:Anonymous

XXIII ’MID the battle-gear saw he a blade triumphant, old-sword of Eotens, with edge of proof, warriors’ heirloom, weapon unmatched, - save only ’twas more than other men to bandy-of-battle ...
( Category: Medieval June 6,2019 )
The Poetic Edda by
mobi, azw |eng | 2010-02-28 | Author:

He answered: “’Tis Sigmund’s bairn— on Fáfnir’s body ravens batten—4 ’tis Sigurth’s brand.” (She said:) 2. 5“Hail to thee, day! Hail, ye day’s sons! Hail, night and daughter of night! ...
( Category: European June 6,2019 )
J. R. R. Tolkien: Author of the Century by Shippey Tom
mobi |eng | 2011-04-27 | Author:Shippey, Tom [Shippey, Tom]

The old stone, i.e. the ruin = the remains of an earlier, heathen, oral poetry which the Beowulf-poet might have known about The house the man lives in, also partly ...
( Category: European June 6,2019 )
Laughing Shall I Die: Lives and Deaths of the Great Vikings by Shippey Tom
mobi, epub |eng | 2018-06-28 | Author:Shippey, Tom [Shippey, Tom]

furu trikila fiari at kuli [They] fared like bold men far for gold ok a:ustarla arni kafu and in the east gave [food] to the eagle, tuu sunar:la at sirk:lan:ti: ...
( Category: European June 6,2019 )
Heimskringla: or, The Lives of the Norse Kings by Sturluson Snorri
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-12-02 | Author:Sturluson, Snorri [Sturluson, Snorri]

They who broke the peace Oft offered gold to buy themselves From punishment. But the great- minded Ruler took no fines thereof. The heads of these men he bade Be ...
( Category: European June 6,2019 )
Sanctity in the North: Saints, Lives, and Cults in Medieval Scandinavia (Toronto Old Norse-Icelandic Series (TONIS)) by DuBois Thomas
mobi, epub |eng | 2008-02-22 | Author:DuBois, Thomas [DuBois, Thomas]

A Struggle of Dynasties Eric Jedvardsson’s death occurred in a very unstable period for the Swedish monarchy. The two dynasties that had apparently ruled Sweden at least since the introduction ...
( Category: Medieval June 6,2019 )
The Norns in Old Norse Mythology by Bek-Pedersen Karen
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-09-21 | Author:Bek-Pedersen, Karen [Bek-Pedersen, Karen]

3.4 Summary: Fate Comes from the Well In this chapter, answers have been sought to two major questions: what can be made of the stereotypical idea that there are three ...
( Category: European June 6,2019 )
The Culture Series of Iain M. Banks by Simone Caroti
epub |eng | 2015-04-09 | Author:Simone Caroti

Excession and Inversions The first four Culture books were space operas of the planet-focused persuasion. The stories featured plenty of ships and plenty of Minds inside them, but the majority ...
( Category: European June 4,2019 )
The Blind Assassin: A Novel by Atwood Margaret
azw3 |eng | 2007-12-17 | Author:Atwood, Margaret [Atwood, Margaret]

The Toronto Star, August 28, 1935 SOCIETY SCHOOLGIRL FOUND SAFE SPECIAL TO THE STAR Police called off their search yesterday for fifteen-year-old society schoolgirl Laura Chase, missing for over a ...
( Category: Historical June 4,2019 )
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam Trilogy, Book 1) by Atwood Margaret
azw3 |eng | 2004-03-29 | Author:Atwood, Margaret [Atwood, Margaret]

The Martha Graham Academy was named after some gory old dance goddess of the twentieth century who’d apparently mowed quite a swath in her day. There was a gruesome statue ...
( Category: United States June 4,2019 )
The New Annotated H. P. Lovecraft (The Annotated Books) by H. P. Lovecraft
epub |eng | 2014-06-03 | Author:H. P. Lovecraft

X. IN THE END the three men from Arkham—old, white-bearded Dr. Armitage, stocky, iron-grey Professor Rice, and lean, youngish Dr. Morgan—ascended the mountain alone. After much patient instruction regarding its ...
( Category: Short Stories June 4,2019 )
The Earth Writes by Koichi Haga;
epub |eng | 2012-06-02 | Author:Koichi Haga;

Overlapping Ancient and Contemporary Japan In 2016, Svetlana Alexievich, a Nobel laureate, a Belarusian journalist and a non-fiction writer, visited Fukushima. She mentioned to the media that after talking with ...
( Category: Asian June 3,2019 )
Penguins of America by James Patterson & Jack Patterson & James Madsen
epub |eng | 2017-05-02 | Author:James Patterson & Jack Patterson & James Madsen [Patterson, James & Patterson, Jack & Madsen, James]

Why do they call this a catwalk? Careful, don’t waddle too close to the edge! Jackson Haddock Fish Stick What birdbrain came up with this? Of all the icebergs in ...
( Category: Marine Life May 29,2019 )
Shakespeare and Company by Beach Sylvia
epub |eng | 1959-04-28 | Author:Beach, Sylvia [Beach, Sylvia]

0> ^^- or those to be tipped could simply help themselves. Thus did Scott shed all he earned without concern for the future. It was through Scott, I imagine, that ...
( Category: Booksellers & Bookselling May 29,2019 )

First Prev [474] [475] [476] [477] 478 [479] [480] [481] [482] [483] [484] Next Last