Humanities and Arts eBooks
The Wild Knight and Other Poems
Humanities and Arts, by Gilbert Keith ChestertonGilbert Keith Chesterton (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936) was one of the most influential English writers of the 20th century. His prolific and diverse output included journalism, philosophy, poetry, biography, Christian apologetics, fantasy and detective fiction.
Thérèse Raquin
Humanities and Arts, by Emile ZolaThérèse Raquin is the daughter of a French captain and an Algerian mother. After the death of her mother, her father brings her to live with her aunt, Madame Raquin, and her sickly son, Camille. Because her son is so ill, Madame Raquin dotes on Camille to the point where he is selfish and spoiled. Camille and Thérèse grow up side-by-side, and Madame Raquin marries them together when...
Through The Letterbox
Humanities and Arts, by Devices Writers’ GroupThis anthology is the result of just one idea, put forward in the Crown Centre one summer evening . . . the writing of letters. The group consists of published and previously unpublished authors.
Through the Looking Glass
Humanities and Arts, by Carroll LewisThrough the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871) is a work of literature by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson). It is the sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865). The themes and settings of Through the Looking-Glass make it a kind of mirror image of Wonderland: the first book begins outdoors, in the warm month of May (4 May),[1] uses frequent changes in size as a plot...
Ulysses
Humanities and Arts, by James Joyce.Ulysses is a novel by the Irish author James Joyce. It was first serialised in parts in the American journal The Little Review from March 1918 to December 1920, and then published in its entirety by Sylvia Beach on 2 February 1922, in Paris. One of the most important works of Modernist literature,[1] it has been called "a demonstration and summation of the entire movement".[2] "Before Joyce, no...
When Greek Was An African Language
Humanities and Arts, by Stanley BursteinThe role of Greek and Greek culture in ancient and medieval Nubia.
Winding Paths
Humanities and Arts, by Gertrude PageThere were several interesting points about Hal Pritchard and Lorraine Vivian, but perhaps the most striking was their friendship for each other. From two wide-apart extremes they had somehow gravitated together, and commenced at boarding-school a friendship which only deepened and strengthened after their exit from the wise supervision of the Misses Walton, and their entrance as "finished"...
Witch Wood
Humanities and Arts, by John BuchanWitch Wood is a 1927 novel written by the Scottish author and politician John Buchan. Set in the 17th century, it revolves around a group of witches, and according to the historian Ronald Hutton, was based upon the Witch-cult hypothesis of the anthropologist Margaret Murray. It was subsequently adapted into a 4-part BBC television series in 1964.
Women in the fine arts from 7 to 20th Century
Humanities and Arts, by Clara Erskine ClementIn studying the subject of this book I have found the names of more than a thousand women whose attainments in the Fine Arts--in various countries and at different periods of time before the middle of the nineteenth century--entitle them to honorable mention as artists, and I doubt not that an exhaustive search would largely increase this number. The stories of many of these women have been...
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