A fascinating insight into the life of Jane in the words of the people who knew her
Marie-Madeleine Davy Books
Marie-Madeleine Davy was an original figure in 20th-century French thought. A recognized medievalist, her extensive writings delve into monastic philosophy, Cistercian mysticism, and the Christian East. Her work is deeply informed by her own spiritual quest, offering insights into the profound search for meaning. Davy's intellectual engagement and her close associations with notable thinkers of her era shaped her unique perspective on spirituality and existence.
The Austen Girls
- 304 pages
- 11 hours of reading
Sisters Jane and Cassandra Austen were inseparable and sought one anothers approval in all important decisions. Helen Amy asks would Jane have become a novelist without Cassandra?
Jane Austen's England
- 160 pages
- 6 hours of reading
Jane Austen wrote about the English gentry class in the late Georgian and Regency periods (1796-1816). Her novels follow her heroines' quest for true love and fulfilment in English society during a period of great upheaval. But how accurate were Jane Austen's depictions of life in England? Was marriage really the only ambition for women at that time? Were all men as dominant and powerful as Sir Thomas Bertram in Mansfield Park? What was it like to live in a society governed by strict codes of etiquette and conduct? How did men and women of the 'gentler classes' relate to each other? How accurate was the description of Bath in Northanger Abbey and Persuasion? Was London really as corrupt and immoral a place as suggested in Mansfield Park? Was country life really as insular as it is depicted in Emma? Helen Amy draws on Austen's life and works, traces her travels around the country and features places of significance to her whilst also examining English society's apparent obsessions with fashion, entertainments, courtship and manners.Jane Austen's England features chapters on London, Bath, Cheltenham, Winchester, Steventon, Chawton, Portsmouth, Southampton, Lyme Regis, Brighton and Worthing together with the grand country houses, such as Godmersham House, The Vyne and Stoneleigh Abbey which inspired Austen's fictional houses. Helen Amy opens a window onto this fascinating period of history examining the places and material culture of the times, together with over 150 superb period illustrations and colour photographs
A portrait of London and its people - from the richest to the poorest - when it was the world's greatest and most quickly expanding city.
The lives of the men in Austen’s life, her relationships, how typical they were of men of their time and their impact on her life and writing. It also considers how the novels portray the lives of men and what they reveal of their author’s views on the relationship between the sexes.
Encyclopédie des Mystiques 1: Chamanisme, Grecs, Juifs, Gnose, Christianisme Primitif
- 608 pages
- 22 hours of reading
Iniciación a la simbología románica
- 272 pages
- 10 hours of reading
El libro constituye un estudio monográfico y general sobre la estética altomedieval (período románico, s. XII) y sus valores simbólicos, en la pintura, arquitectura, escultura, literatura y pensamiento (fundamentalmente religioso) de la época. Una obra esencial para entender y penetrar verdaderamente en los significados artísticos e históricos del período, así como en la huella que han dejado en nuestra civilización y nuestra cultura.
Inhaltsübersicht: Vorwort, Hinweis der Autoren, 1. Das Besondere der Vögel, 2. Die Vielfalt der Vögel (mit Fabeltieren), 3. Der Vogel in der Kultur, Anstelle eines Schlusswortes, Anmerkungen, Bibliographie.
