Эта коллекция документов XIV-XV вв. предназначена для тех, кто изучает английскую литературу средних веков. Содержит подробную информацию и библиографические данные по всем представленным в издании документам.
This collection of fourteenth- and fifteenth-century documents is designed for students of Chaucer and Middle English literature. It makes readily available accounts of key historical events and descriptions of pertinent cultural phenomena. Brings together in one volume fourteenth- and fifteenth-century historical and cultural texts. Documents shed light on the themes and styles that appear in Chaucer and other Middle English literature. Contains twelve important images from the period. Concise introductions and bibliographies accompany all documents.
This volume is a guide to medieval German literature from its beginnings in the eighth century to the fourteenth century. It will escort the motivated student and colleague with interest in the European Middle Ages but no expertise in older German languages. The chapter authors, all internationally-known scholars, were given the freedom to arrange their chapters as they felt most appropriate, including the question of the terminus ad quem. Chapters deal either with a chronological period, e.g. 13th century, or with specific genres, eg. drama.
A Companion to the History of the Middle East offers a fresh account of the multifaceted and multi-layered history of this region. * A fresh account of the multifaceted and multi-layered history of the Middle East. * Comprises 26 newly-commissioned essays by leading international scholars. * Primarily focused on the modern and contemporary periods. * Covers religious, social, cultural, economic, political and military history. * Treats the region as four differentiated political units - Iran, Turkey, Israel and the Arab world. * Includes a section on current issues, such as oil, urban growth, the role of women, and democratic human rights.
This Second Volume in the Working Americans, 1880-1999 series focuses on the social and economic lives of the Middle Class. This volume captures the struggles of the middle class from the last twelve decades, a vast array of ethnic backgrounds and broad coverage of the nation. Covering jobs in several different types of occupational groups, from an architect to a tug boat captain, a newspaper editor to a minister, this volume provides a unique portrait of the lifestyles of middle class families that is not available in any other resource.
The book starts with a history of physics that is reminiscent of "The Elegant Universe" by Brian Greene. From Newton to Maxwell to Einstein and beyond, Derman discovers the great theories of yesterday and finds himself in the middle of a seven year marathon to a PhD and the launch of his academic career.
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