This rich anthology brings together German literary treasures centered on Heinrich Heine, Franz Grillparzer, and Ludwig van Beethoven, presenting poems, prose, dramatic scenes, letters, scholarly introductions, and illustrations that evoke the cultural life of nineteenth-century Germany. At its heart lies Heine, the elusive poet whose self-revelation is inseparable from mystery, irony, and restless modernity. His life is traced from Düsseldorf, shaped by French rule, Jewish identity, famil...

In 1911 Kuno Meyer, the great German scholar of Old and Middle Irish, gathered his finest verse translations into a single small book and dedicated it to his Liverpool patron. The result is one of the most important slim volumes in Celtic studies: the lyric voice of early Christian Ireland rendered into plain, exact English.These are not epics. They are the quiet, sharp, perfect utterances of seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, and eleventh century Irish poets, monks, scribes, hermits, ...

Once upon a time, when the servants of Allah were many, there lived a Padishah who had one son and one daughter. The Padishah grew old, his time came, and he died; his son ruled in his stead, and he had not ruled very long before he had squandered away his whole inheritance. One day he said to his sister: “Little sister! all our money is spent. If people were to hear that we had nothing left they would drive us out of doors, and we should never be able to look our fellow-men in the face ag...

Once upon a time, when the servants of Allah were many, there lived a Padishah who had one son and one daughter. The Padishah grew old, his time came, and he died; his son ruled in his stead, and he had not ruled very long before he had squandered away his whole inheritance. One day he said to his sister: “Little sister! all our money is spent. If people were to hear that we had nothing left they would drive us out of doors, and we should never be able to look our fellow-men in the face ag...

This book draws on the rich folklore of Turkey with forty-four Turkish Fairy Tales. Most of these stories are framed by the usual fairy tale apparatus. There are quests to win the hand of a princess, evil step-relations, talking animals, magical objects and transformations, simple (but brave) peasants, wizards and witches, dragons and dungeons, thousand-league journeys, and loveable fools. The majority of these stories contain encounters with Turkish supernatural beings. These are called '...

This meticulously edited Goethe collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Novels & Novellas: The Sorrows of Young Werther Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship Wilhelm Meister's Journeyman Years Elective Affinities The Good Women Novella; or, A Tale The Recreations of the German Emigrants - Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily (A Fairy Tale) Plays The Wayward Lover; or, The Lover's Caprice Goetz Von Berlichingen with the Iron Hand Clavigo Stella Br...

The Collected Works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe gathers the astonishing range of a writer who helped define modern European literature: lyric poetry, drama, fiction, autobiography, criticism, and scientific reflection. From the Sturm und Drang intensity of The Sorrows of Young Werther to the philosophical vastness of Faust and the measured classicism of later works, the collection reveals Goethe's mastery of form, psychological nuance, and symbolic breadth within the transition from Enli...

Will, a baby had nothing with him that shows his identity, was brought to Table Mountain by the God of Thousand Theophanies. He was brought up by the God of Sword, Healing, and Magic to become a brave, strong, and kind boy.When he turned fourteen, a beautiful priestess, Lunamaria, visits the mountain and says that Will is destined to be a Hero. To save the world, Will needs to go on a journey with her. Is he really the savior of the world? Would he be able to find where he came from?Thus, ...

Will, a baby had nothing with him that shows his identity, was brought to Table Mountain by the God of Thousand Theophanies. He was brought up by the God of Sword, Healing, and Magic to become a brave, strong, and kind boy.When he turned fourteen, a beautiful priestess, Lunamaria, visits the mountain and says that Will is destined to be a Hero. To save the world, Will needs to go on a journey with her. Is he really the savior of the world? Would he be able to find where he came from?Thus, ...

Volume 51 contains a total of 60 lectures covering 12 topics: History Poetry Natural Science Philosophy Biography Prose Fiction Criticism and the Essay Education Political Science Drama Voyages and Travels Religion

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 439In this 439th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Turkish Fairy Tale – “Mahomet the Bald”In Turkish Fairy Tales, you will find various kinds of magic, such as talking animals, flying horses, birds that magically change into beautiful maidens, quests to win the hand of a princess, magical objects, simple, yet brave, peasants, wizards, witches, dragons and dungeons, epic journeys, and ...

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 435In this 435th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Turkish Fairy tale, “The Wizard Dervish”.Turkish fairy tales are often full of wisdom and sobriety.Once, there was a married couple, who didn’t have any child. One day the husband went for a walk and met stopped at a well for a drink. He was unaware that the well was magic. The well gave him a magic apple, which he and his wif...