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Master Flea
Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann was a contemporary of Ludwig von Beethoven: a composer himself, a music critic, and a late-German-Romantic-movement writer of novels and numerous short stories. His incisive wit and poetic imagery allow the reader to peer into the foibles of society and the follies of human psychology. (In fact, Hoffmann’s wit may have gotten him into a bit of legal trouble, as parts of Master Flea were censored and had to be reworked when authorities disliked certain satirical criticisms of contemporary dealings of the court system.) Join gentleman bachelor Peregrine Tyss as his life as a recluse takes a twist, when he gains an epic advantage of tiny proportions. Part proto-science-fiction and part Romantic fantasy, Master Flea follows the fate of a mysterious, captivating princess at the intersection of numerous suitors, human and insect. Like a lesson from a fable or a tale of classical mythology, Hoffmann’s fairy-tale allegory shows how seeking forbidden knowledge can poison the soul, and how following the heart can heal it.
The Foundations of Christian Art
Titus Burckhardt was a renowned expert on the art of traditional worlds. This book takes the reader through the history of Christian art, focusing especially upon architecture, iconography, and illumination.
Bibliotheken: Innovation aus Tradition
Diese Festschrift, publiziert aus Anlass des 65. Geburtstages von Dr. Rolf Griebel, ehrt diesen für seine Leistungen als Generaldirektor der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek, eine der weltweit bedeutendsten Universal- und Forschungsbibliotheken. Das Autorenverzeichnis umfasst bedeutende Beiträger aus dem deutschen und internationalen Informations- und Bibliothekswesen, aus Kultur, Wissenschaft und Politik. Die Beiträge thematisieren die moderne Bibliothek als Wissenszentrum und Wissensspeicher, als Dienstleister für Forscher, Lehrende und Studierende sowie als Gedächtnisinstitution und damit als Träger unseres kulturellen Selbstverständnisses. Ein dezidierter Schwerpunkt liegt auf der zukünftigen Rolle der Bibliothek in der digitalen Informationsgesellschaft. Ein Schriftenverzeichnis Rolf Griebels beschließt das Werk.
Anchoress and Abbess in Ninth-Century Saxony
In the growing field of early medieval texts in translation, this book presents the first full English translations of the Lives of Liutbirga of Wendhausen, the first anchoress in Saxony, and Hathumoda, the first abbess of Gandersheim.
The Arts and the Bible
Throughout its history, the Christian church has had a troubled relationship with the arts, whether literature, poetry, music, visual arts, or other forms of artistic expression. This volume is not designed to resolve the issues, but it is designed to present a number of different statements about various dimensions of the arts in their relationship to the Bible. The Bible is the document that stands behind the Christian church as an inspiration to it and to its arts. As a result, we have divided this volume into six parts: perspectives on the arts, culture and art, visual enactments, contemporary interpretations, music, and the Bible and literature. Many of the issues that the history of the interaction of the arts and the Bible within the Christian church has uncovered are insightfully and artfully addressed by this book. The wide range of contributors runs the gamut from practicing artists of various media to scholars within varied academic fields.
Pen and Parchment
Discusses the techniques, uses, and aesthetics of medieval drawings; and reproduces work from more than fifty manuscripts produced between the ninth and early fourteenth century.
