The New Solomon - Robert of Naples 1309 - 1343 and Fourteenth-Century Kingship
The first full-length study of Robert of Naples' reign in over seventy years, this volume analyzes Robert's policies and image in the context of larger shifts in rulership from the Middle Ages to the early modern period.Treating kingship as a joint enterprise of king and court, it draws on an interdisciplinary range of sources from chronicles, sermons, popular poetry, and works of art to diplomatic and archival records, to reassess the major issues of his reign and underscore the importance of image-making and negotiation to his rule.
The Great Writers series explores the lives of some of the most talked about literary figures of the past half-century. One of the twentieth century's most preeminent novelists, Vonnegut satirically explores the wrongs of humanity, most notably in Slaughterhouse-Five and Cat's Cradle. Ages 14+
The satirical novelist, Kurt Vonnegut, is the author of such popular works as Cat's Cradle, SlaughterhouseFive, and Timequake.
Considered one of the greatest American novelists of the 20th century, Ernest Hemingway composed many classic works, including 'The Sun Also Rises', 'For Whom the Bell Tolls', and 'A Farewell to Arms', earning the Nobel Prize in Literature for his efforts. This new edition also appraises Hemingway's acclaimed short fiction, such as 'Hills Like White Elephants' and 'The Short, Happy Life of Francis Macomber'. This new volume features a brand-new selection of critical essays about Hemingway, examining the author and his works. A bibliography, chronology, and index are boons to student researchers, and literature professor Harold Bloom offers his insight in the title's introductory essay.
The most beloved humorist of his day, Mark Twain is today considered one of the greatest authors the United States has ever produced. Born Samuel Clemens, a poor boy hailing from the humble frontier town of Hannibal, Missouri, Twain delighted readers throughout the 19th century with his observations about the best and worst in the American character. Mark Twain explores how Clemens, using his famous pen name, drew from his life experiences to create his best-known works, including 'The Innocents Abroad', 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court', and 'The Adventures of 'Tom Sawyer', and pays special attention to his masterpiece, 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'.
The charm of this unassuming, engaging picture book rests in the tongue-in-cheek parallels between the daily labors of parents and offspring. The youngster here is an African American only child; the adults are active, serious professionals--father is an architect, mother an accountant. In its own way, Jamal's day is as demanding as theirs: he "works with numbers" in math class, does "research" in the library, has "meetings to attend" in the school auditorium and occasionally settles schoolyard "disagreements between my co-workers.
