This collection examines the widespread phenomenon of hypocrisy in literary, theological, political, and social circles in England during the years after the Reformation and up to the Restoration. Bringing together current critical work on early modern subjectivity, performance, print history, and private and public identities and space, the collection provides readers with a way into the complexity of the term, by offering an overview of different forms of hypocrisy, including educational practice, social transaction, dramatic technique, distorted worship, female deceit, print controversy, and the performance of demonic possession.
The collection of essays by eleven TS researchers focuses on translation in the first half of the 20th century, a period of political and social turmoil in Europe. The collection concentrates mainly, though not exclusively, on the Iberian Peninsula, addressing relevant questions, such as censorship and dictatorial regimes, power, war, the role of women in society. It seeks to shed new light on the concepts, debates and practices of the time, as well as to showcase both translatedness in its many guises (translation, adaptation, pseudotranslation) and its conspicuous absences.
What is the secret of happiness, or the best thing for a wife to take with her when she leaves home? How does a man pay for the smell of bread, or decide if he is lucky? What happens when a friend steals a gift meant for you, or is careless when he tries to make his dreams of a better life come true? How can you change dirt into gold, or get what you want?The eight wise tales in this collection can teach us some important lessons about life.
The King of Bohemia needs to find an incriminating photograph. A young woman dies mysteriously in her bed. Two men receive similar letters shortly before their sudden deaths. The brilliant detective Sherlock Holmes demonstrates his amazing powers of observation and deduction in these three short stories
Who are the young boy and girl that appear in Miss Dodson's house and what are they looking for? Why do the boys at Harry's boarding school think he's crazy and why does a mysterious priest come to visit him? Who is the girl who haunts Sarah's new house and want to take control of her? Find the answers to these questions in this ghostly collection