1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996387474503316

Autore

Byfield T (Timothy)

Titolo

Horæ subsecivæ, or, Some long-vacation hours redeem'd for the discovery of the true sal volatile oleosum of the ancient philosophers [[electronic resource] ] : now happily regain'd to the materia medica : and distinguish'd from all other preparations, partly by the senses, but more effectually by its medicinal performances, totally extirpating the saline stem of acids (the root of most diseases) and inferring the volatile oleose temper, the standard of health in humane bodies / / by T. Byfield .

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed and are to be sold by J. Whitlock ..., MDCXCV [1695]

Descrizione fisica

[2], 30 p

Altri autori (Persone)

ByfieldThomas

Soggetti

Physiologic salines

Medicine

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Occasionally attributed to Thomas Byfield.

Reproduction of original in the Edinburgh University Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0046



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910915696403321

Autore

Lehtonen Kelly

Titolo

Heroic awe : the sublime and the remaking of Renaissance epic / / Kelly Lehtonen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto : , : University of Toronto Press, , [2023]

ISBN

1-4875-4539-8

1-4875-4540-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

809.1/32

Soggetti

Epic poetry, European - History and criticism

Heroic virtue in literature

Sublime, The, in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Sublime in Renaissance Epic -- 1 Longinus in Renaissance Theories of Heroic Poetry -- 2 The Tassoan Sublime and the Counter-Reformation: Charisma and Romance in the Gerusalemme liberata -- 3 Divine Mystery and the Inscrutable Sublime in Du Bartas's Les Semaines -- 4 Spenser's Protestant Sublime in the Legend of Holiness -- 5 Milton's Sacrificial Sublime: Idolatry and Relationship in Paradise Lost -- Conclusion: Virgil, Empire, and Sublimity in Paradise Regained -- Notes -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Heroic Awe studies the impact of the philosophy of the sublime on the genre of Renaissance epic poetry.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910136087903321

Autore

Gazdanov Gaito

Titolo

The Flight

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hanover : , : Steerforth Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-78227-180-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (214 pages)

Collana

Pushkin Collection

Altri autori (Persone)

KaretnykBryan

Disciplina

891.734

Soggetti

Fiction

Riviera (France) Fiction

France

France Riviera

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Title Page -- Contents -- The Flight -- About the Publisher -- Copyright.

Sommario/riassunto

While summering on the French Riviera, the young Seryozha secretly becomes the lover of the much older Liza - who is also his father's mistress. As autumn approaches, they reluctantly part: Liza to return to Paris, Seryozha to take up his studies at university in London. When he finds out about their affair, Seryozha's father attempts to convince Liza to leave his son, for the sake of the boy's own happiness. She finally gives in - but a sudden, fatal catastrophe changes everything ...