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Dieses eBook: "Die Gleichen" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen. Achim von Arnim (1781/1831) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller. Neben Clemens Brentano und Joseph von Eichendorff gilt er als wichtigster Vertreter der...

LICENTIA, land of women and wine. Where men willingly serve their women and Juno rules over all. DIANA, huntress supreme. Kills boars with her bare hands and waits for her lover on the eve of her deflowering. ACTAEON, banished sailor. Determined to win Diana’s love and stay at...

Although scholars have long considered the material conditions surrounding the production of early modern drama, until now, no book-length examination has sought to explain what was worn on the period's stages and, more importantly, how articles of apparel were understood when seen by contemporary...

Many modern female writers are famous for their voluptuous style; their ungratified sex is expressed in such erotic art activity. The nun Hroswitha of Gandersheim (C. 940—1002) was the first known woman dramatist in German literature, and she launched the form with aplomb.

There is no gainsaying that evil is very much on the prowl on earth today. It is as though human beings have just ‘discovered’ an extra-ordinary aphrodisiac or opium from doing and inducing evil. Examples abound in various parts of the world to suggest that mankind appear to be more fiendish now...

Extrait : "PAUL. Au lever du rideau, il entre par la porte du fond, et il répond à un domestique qu'on ne voit pas, du ton d'un homme préoccupé, et désireux d'être laissé à ses reflexions : Non; je vous remercie... ne faites pas prévenir Mademoiselle ; ne dérangez personne. Puisque Monsieur...

Extrait : "HIPPOLYTE : Vous m'ennuyez... vous m'ennuyez !!! (Écoutant.) Hein ?... quoi ??... quand nous nous reverrons. (Avec force.) Jamais de la vie !! (Il rentre, puis ressortant vivement, et d'un tout autre ton.) ou un autre jour..."À PROPOS DES ÉDITIONS LIGARANLes éditions LIGARAN proposent...

Extrait : "MARIE, seule relisant la fin d'une lettre qu'elle vient d'écrire : "Et voilà, ma toute belle, pourquoi je ne me marie point. Deux années de veuvage m'ont appris à mieux connaître le sexe peu charmant auquel j'ai dû M. de Chantenay. Les expériences que je t'ai contées ont achevé de...

The English Renaissance has long been considered a period with a particular focus on imitation; however, much related scholarship has misunderstood or simply marginalized the significance of emulative practices and theories in the period. This work uses the interactions of a range of English Renaissance...

In the misty beginning of the medieval times, Duke Melan acquires a splendid red-haired slave from a Persian merchant. But before he can get to her, she mysteriously disappears from a locked cell at the top of a tower. He believes that witchcraft was involved in her disappearance. The Duke wants her...

Two Dogs - a play about two dogs, a mongrel and a prize bulldog, who become neighbours. The pampered bulldog is not impressed by nor does it offer sympathy for the life of the mongrel who suffers constant mistreatment and starvation. As should be expected, the mongrel seeks the assistance of the neighbour...

In this clear and detailed reading guide, we’ve done all the hard work for you!Le Cid by Pierre Corneille is one of the most famous plays of this acclaimed French playwright of the 17th century. In this deeply moving tragicomedy based on a Spanish story, the heroes are torn between love and duty because...

Euripides was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles. Some ancient scholars attributed ninety-five plays to him, of these, eighteen or nineteen have survived complete. Euripides is identified with theatrical innovations that have profoundly...

Sophocles' play is a famous retelling of Aias's (Ajax's) demise. After the armor is awarded to Odysseus, Aias feels so insulted that he wants to kill Agamemnon and Menelaus. Athena intervenes and clouds his mind and vision, and he goes to a flock of sheep and slaughters them, imagining they are the...