Resultados para "Adam" en Literatura antigua, clásica y medieval

Goethe’s two-part dramatic work, Faust, based on a traditional theme, and finally completed in 1831, is an exploration of that restless intellectual and emotional urge which found its fullest expression in the European Romantic movement, to which Goethe was an early and major contributor. Part I of the work outlines a pact Faust makes with the devil, Mephistopheles, and encompasses the tragedy of Gretchen, whom Faust seduces.

Le comte Roger d'Athol, après la mort de Véra, avec laquelle il a connu "une fusion idéale", demeure si fortement attaché à elle qu'il refuse sa disparition. Par la seule force de son amour, il nie la mort de sa "dame de volupté" et fait comme s'il vivait toujours avec elle. Mais la revenante disparaît à l'instant où il cesse de croire à sa présence et toute l'atmosphère fantastique s'évanouit sur le champ.

This multicast dramatisation of Arabian Nights: Volume 1 is an Audible Original reenvisioning of three iconic tales - with a twist. Adapted by the great Marty Ross, whose previous audio dramas include Romeo and Jude, Dark Shadows, Doctor Who and Blood and Stone, listeners can expect to hear Sheherezade, Ali Baba & 40 Thieves and Julnar the Sea Born as they've never done before.

Starring James Marsters, this classic comedy of manners from 1773 is still widely performed and studied. Love, lies, and dysfunctional families. Sound like your last family gathering? Try this one on for laughs. Two randy young gents, Charles and George, set out to woo the alluring and upper-crust Kate and Constance. But inexperienced Charles is shy and clumsy around upper-class ladies, so it’s the barmaid who catches his eye. But is she really who she seems?

Una donna addestrata a usare il corpo per la gloria di Babilonia. Un uomo cui è stato insegnato a mortificare i propri desideri per la grandezza di Hattusa. Malnigal e Suppiluliuma. La Superba e il Divino, uniti in un matrimonio politico in cui l’unica certezza è che la parola “amore” non esiste, perché l’amore è un lusso che non possono concedersi e che potrebbe avere delle conseguenze imprevedibili. Il regno di Hatti, dopo anni di invasioni e lotte intestine, trova il suo campione in Suppiluliuma, un re guerriero, considerato da molti il prescelto dagli Dei.

Longlisted for the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction (now the Bailie Gifford) ‘A thrilling and complex book, enlarges our view of Homer … There’s something that hits the mark on every page’ Claire Tomalin, Books of the Year, New Statesman Where does Homer come from? And why does...

Considered by many to be the first autobiography/memoir ever written, Confessions is a retrospective view of a life challenged by uncertainty, doubt, human frailty, and earthly desires. Augustine discovers and cherishes a deeply personal relationship with his God, all while describing the day-to-day dealings of his life in the fading, corrupt days of the Roman Empire.