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        December 1995

        Peter Huchel

        Leben und Werk in Texten und Bildern

        by Peter Walther

        In den Erinnerungen von Freunden und Bekannten an Begegnungen mit dem Dichter entsteht ein Bild von der Persönlichkeit Huchels. Zugleich wird ein Stück jüngster deutscher Literaturgeschichte rekonstruiert.

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        Teaching, Language & Reference
        February 2003

        Claude Simon

        Adventures in Words

        by Alastair B. Duncan

        Introducing novels by the Nobel Prize for Literature author, Claude Simon, this text gives emphasis to peaks in his literary achievement: "The Flanders Road" (1960), "The Georgics" (1981) and "The Acacia" (1989). Alastair Duncan traces the development and recurrence of major themes, such as war, time and memory, and the constantly renewed inventiveness of Simon's manner. Duncan illustrates and comments on the various critical approaches which have been made to the novels over the years, from phenomenological interpretations, through structuralism to the autobiographical and psychobiographical approaches of the 1980s and 1990s. The text includes a chapter on Simon's most recent works ("Le Jardin des Plantes" 1997 and "Le Tramway" 2001).

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        August 2001

        The lives of Thomas Becket

        by Rosemary Horrox, Michael Staunton, Simon Maclean

        This collection tells the story of Thomas Becket's turbulent life, violent death and extraordinary posthumous acclaim in the words of his contemporaries. The only modern collection from the twelfth-century Lives of Thomas Becket in English and features all his major biographers, including many previously untranslated extracts. Providing both a valuable glimpse of the late twelfth-century world, and an insight into the minds of those who witnessed the events. By using contemporary sources, this book is the most accessible way to study this central episode in medieval history. Thomas Becket features prominently in most medieval core courses. This book allows the subject to be taught as never before, and is highly suitable as a set text. ;

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        August 2004

        The Papal Reform of the Eleventh Century

        Lives of Pope Leo IX and Pope Gregory VII

        by Rosemary Horrox, Simon Maclean, I. Robinson

        The eleventh-century papal reform transformed western European Church and society and permanently altered the relations of Church and State in the west. The reform was inaugurated by Pope Leo IX (1048-54) and given a controversial change of direction by Pope Gregory VII (1073-85). This book contains the earliest biographies of both popes, presented here for the first time in English translation with detailed commentaries. The biographers of Leo IX were inspired by his universally acknowledged sanctity, whereas the biographers of Gregory VII wrote to defend his reputation against the hostility generated by his reforming methods and his conflict with King Henry IV. Also included is a translation of Book to a Friend, written by Bishop Bonizo of Sutri soon after the death of Gregory VII, as well as an extract from the violently anti-Gregorian polemic of Bishop Benzo of Alba (1085) and the short biography of Leo IX composed in the papal curia in the 1090s by Bishop Bruno of Segni. These fascinating narrative sources bear witness to the startling impact of the papal reform and of the 'Investiture Contest', the conflict of empire and papacy that was one of its consequences. An essential collection of translated texts for students of medieval history. ;

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        May 2022

        Know Us 3. Know our love. Ella & Dilan & Simon

        by Jette Menger, Moon Notes

        In "Know Our Love", dem dritten Band der "Know us"-Reihe, wird die Geschichte um Ella, Simon und den geheimnisvollen Dilan entfaltet. Ella, ein geschätztes Mitglied ihrer eng verbundenen Freundesgruppe, stellt ihren neuen Freund Dilan vor, was unerwartete Gefühlsverwirrungen auslöst. Simon, der heimlich Gefühle für Ella hegt, spürt eine unerklärliche Anziehung zu Dilan. Diese sofortige, tiefgreifende Verbindung zu Dilan wirft bei Simon Fragen auf, zumal auch Dilan scheinbar mehr über Simon weiß, als es den Anschein hat. Die unerwartete Vertrautheit zwischen den beiden und Ellas Wahl führen zu einem Gefühlschaos, das Simon zwingt, seine eigenen Vorstellungen von Liebe und Beziehung zu hinterfragen. Als Simon schließlich Dilans Geheimnis aufdeckt, steht er vor einer Zerreißprobe, die ihn alles, was er über Liebe zu wissen glaubte, in Frage stellen lässt. Die Entdeckung wirft nicht nur seine Gefühle für Ella und Dilan durcheinander, sondern konfrontiert ihn auch mit tiefen Wahrheiten über sich selbst und die Natur der Liebe. Diese Dreiecksgeschichte, gewürzt mit Elementen der Selbstfindung, des Vertrauens und der Akzeptanz, verspricht eine emotionale Achterbahnfahrt. "Know Our Love" erkundet die Vielschichtigkeit menschlicher Beziehungen und die Bedeutung von echtem Vertrauen und tiefer Verbundenheit, was den Roman zu einem unvergesslichen Leseerlebnis innerhalb der beliebten "Know us"-Reihe macht. Beleuchtet intensiv die Herausforderungen und emotionalen Turbulenzen einer Dreiecksbeziehung, in der traditionelle Partnerschaftsgrenzen durchbrochen werden, und bietet tiefe Einblicke in die Polyamorie. Authentische Charakterentwicklung und vielschichtige Gefühlswelten der Protagonisten werden einfühlsam dargestellt, während sie ihre Beziehungen in einer Welt voller gesellschaftlicher Erwartungen navigieren. Durchgängig spannend mit einem unvorhersehbaren Finale, das die Leser*innen bis zur letzten Seite fesselt. Moderne Themen wie die Queerbewegung und Fridays for Future werden geschickt in die Handlung integriert, was dem Roman eine zusätzliche aktuelle Relevanz verleiht. Lebendige Nebencharaktere bereichern die Handlung mit ihrer Vielfalt und sorgen für zusätzliche Tiefe im Erzähluniversum. Feiert die Vielfalt der Liebe und bietet eine Plattform für eine offene Auseinandersetzung mit alternativen Beziehungsformen und der Akzeptanz verschiedener Lebensmodelle.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        November 2013

        Chronicles of the Investiture Contest

        by Rosemary Horrox, Simon Maclean

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        November 2000

        The world of El Cid

        Chronicles of the Spanish Reconquest

        by Rosemary Horrox, Simon Maclean

        Makes available, for the first time in English translation, four of the principal narrative sources for the history of the Spanish kingdom of León-Castile during the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Three chronicles focus primarily upon the activities of the kings of León-Castile as leaders of the Reconquest of Spain from the forces of Islam, and especially upon Fernando I (1037-65), his son Alfonso VI (1065-1109) and the latter's grandson Alfonso VII (1126-57). The fourth chronicle is a biography of the hero Rodrigo Díaz, better remembered as El Cid, and is the main source of information about his extraordinary career as a mercenary soldier who fought for Christian and Muslim alike. Covers the fasincating interaction of the Muslim and Christian worlds, each at the height of their power. Each text is prefaced by its own introduction and accompanied by explanatory notes. ;

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