The Tragedy in History
The Tragedy in History

Author: Flemming A. J. Nielsen

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 1997-11-01

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 0567187039

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In this challenging new work, Nielsen compares Herodotus with Old Testament historiography as represented by the so-called Deuteronomistic History. He finds in the Old Testament evidence of a tragic form like that encountered in Herodotus's Histories. Nielsen begins by outlining Herodotus's Greek context with its roots in Ionic natural philosophy, the epic tradition and Attic tragedy, and goes on to analyse in some detail the outworking of the Herodotean tragedy. Against that background, the Deuteronomistic History is to be viewed as an ancient Near Eastern historiographic text in the tragic tradition.

The Tragedy of Hoffmann
The Tragedy of Hoffmann

Author: Henry Chettle

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-03-21

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 9780365176251

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Excerpt from The Tragedy of Hoffmann: Or a Revenge for a Father After the issue of the quarto, 1631, the play seems to have fallen into oblivion; other plays were re printed, but Hofmann was neglected and passed by in silence. In 1852 - more than two hundred years after the first printing - an octavo reprint was made and edited by H. B. L. Here is the title-page Hoffman or, A Revenge for a Father. A Tragedy, by Henry Chettle. Acted, A. D. 1602. Printed, 1631. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Tales of Hoffmann
Tales of Hoffmann

Author: E.T.A. Hoffmann

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2004-05-27

Total Pages: 482

ISBN-13: 0141914882

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This selection of Hoffmann's finest short stories vividly demonstrates his intense imagination and preoccupation with the supernatural, placing him at the forefront of both surrealism and the modern horror genre. Suspense dominates tales such as Mademoiselle de Scudery, in which an apprentice goldsmith and a female novelist find themselves caught up in a series of jewel thefts and murders. In the sinister Sandman, a young man's sanity is tormented by fears about a mysterious chemist, while in The Choosing of a Bride a greedy father preys on the weaknesses of his daughter's suitors. Master of the bizarre, Hoffman creates a sinister and unsettling world combining love and madness, black humour and bewildering illusion.

E. T. A. Hoffmann's Musical Writings
E. T. A. Hoffmann's Musical Writings

Author: E. T. A. Hoffmann

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 500

ISBN-13: 9780521543392

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This book offers a long-awaited opportunity to assess the thought and influence of one of the most famous of all writers on music and the musical links with his fiction. Containing the first complete appearance in English of Kreisleriana, it reveals a masterpiece of imaginative writing and whose profound humour and irony can now be fully appreciated.