Parsifals Page

Author : Gerald Morris
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780547014340
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Parsifal's Page written by Gerald Morris and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2008-04-28 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In medieval England, eleven-year-old Piers' dream comes true when he becomes page to Parsifal, a peasant whose quest for knighthood reveals important secrets about both of their families.

Author : Gerald Morris
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0547349394
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Savage Damsel and the Dwarf written by Gerald Morris and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2008-04-28 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Third in the medieval fantasy series. “A perfectly delicious, not entirely serious, reimagining of part of Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur.”—Booklist Her castle under siege by an evil knight who keeps beheading all her would-be rescuers, Lady Lynet realizes the only way to get help is to get it herself. So one night she slips away and strikes out for King Arthur’s court where she hopes to find a gallant knight to vanquish the Knight of the Red Lands and free her castle. Gerald Morris’s Arthurian novel is a highly comic tale of hidden identities, mysterious knights, faeries and enchantments, damsels-in-distress, and true love. “In Morris’s third wry, sometimes hilarious, take on an Arthurian legend, a sharp-tongued young damosel gets an education in sorcery, intrigue and what true knighthood is all about . . . Fans of Gail Carson Levine’s Ella Enchanted, Patricia Wrede’s Enchanted Forest Chronicles and similarly lighthearted fantasy will be delighted.”—Kirkus Reviews “A rollicking treatment of a lesser-known episode from Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur . . . The novel is also enjoyable for its good-natured spoofing of the conventions of its medieval setting.”—School Library Journal “A rare action-fantasy that crosses age and gender lines.”—The Bulletin

Author : William Kinderman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190623543
Total Pages : 660 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wagner's Parsifal written by William Kinderman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-03-01 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Kinderman's detailed study of Parsifal, described by the composer as his "last card," explores the evolution of the text and music of this inexhaustible yet highly controversial music drama across Wagner's entire career. This book offers a reassessment of the ideological and political history of Parsifal, shedding new light on the connection of Wagner's legacy to the rise of National Socialism in Germany. The compositional genesis is traced through many unfamiliar manuscript sources, revealing unsuspected models and veiled connections to Wagner's earlier works. Fresh analytic perspectives are revealed, casting the dramatic meaning of Parsifal in a new light. Much debated aspects of the work, such as Kundry's death at the conclusion, are discussed in the context of its stage history. Path-breaking as well is Kinderman's analysis of the religious and ideological context of Parsifal. During the half-century after the composer's death, the Wagner family and the so-called Bayreuth circle sought to exploit Wagner's work for political purposes, thereby promoting racial nationalism and anti-Semitism. Hitherto unnoticed connections between Hitler and Wagner's legacy at Bayreuth are explored here, while differences between the composer's politics as an 1849 revolutionary and the later response of his family to National Socialism are weighed in a nuanced account. Kinderman combines new historical research, sensitive aesthetic criticism, and probing philosophical reflection in this most intensive examination of Wagner's culminating music drama.

Author : Samuel Holland Rous
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Victrola Book of the Opera written by Samuel Holland Rous and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert Ludlum
Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 0345539222
Total Pages : 722 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Parsifal Mosaic written by Robert Ludlum and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2015-06-02 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael Havelock’s world died on a moonlit beach on the Costa Brava as he watched his partner and lover, double agent Jenna Karas, efficiently gunned down by his own agency. There’s nothing left for him but to quit the game, get out. Then, in one frantic moment on a crowded railroad platform in Rome, Havelock sees Jenna. Racing around the globe in search of his beautiful betrayer, Havelock is now marked for death by both U.S. and Russian assassins, trapped in a massive mosaic of treachery created by a top-level mole with the world in his fist: Parsifal. Praise for Robert Ludlum and The Parsifal Mosaic “[Robert] Ludlum’s narrative imagination is a force of nature.”—The New York Times “As fast-paced and absorbing as any he’s written.”—Newsday “The suspense never lets up.”—The Atlanta Journal-Constitution “A crackling good yarn.”—Los Angeles Times Book Review

Author : Lucy Beckett
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521296625
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Richard Wagner: Parsifal written by Lucy Beckett and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1981-08-20 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive account of Wagner's last, and strangest opera.

Author : Jim Krusoe
Publisher : Tin House Books
ISBN 13 : 193563934X
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Parsifal written by Jim Krusoe and published by Tin House Books. This book was released on 2012-06-26 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fountain-pen repairman journeys to the forest where he was raised, oblivious to the war playing out between the earth and the sky, where he encounters an odd cast of characters in this new novel from the author of Toward You. Original.

Author : Gerald Morris
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0547529848
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Squire, His Knight, & His Lady written by Gerald Morris and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2008-04-28 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Laced with magic, humor, and chivalry, this reworking of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight provides an engaging introduction to the original tale.” —The Horn Book Squire Terence and Sir Gawain are off questing again, but this time their journey is overshadowed by their ultimate destination: Gawain is to meet up with the Green Knight in a contest that could easily lead to Gawain’s death. Along the way the two have a slew of hair-raising adventures and encounter the usual odd assortment of characters, including the plucky Lady Eileen. Sparks instantly fly between Terence and Eileen as she joins the squire and his knight on their travels. As they weave their way between the world of men and the Other World, Gawain and Terence discover much about themselves. The Squire, His Knight, and His Lady is the sequel to Gerald Morris’s debut book, The Squire’s Tale, about which the Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books raved, “This Arthurian road trip will have readers wondering why there aren’t more books like this one and hoping that Morris will do it again.” And so he has. “Fast moving and easy to read, this novel will lure youngsters into wanting to read about Camelot, while those familiar with the legends will enjoy this new interpretation.” —School Library Journal (starred review) “The glory days of knights and quests are brought to life with humor, dimensional characters, exceptionally descriptive prose, and fresh, modern dialogue.” —Booklist “[A] engaging adventure, an ideal follow-up to the first book and just as full of characters who are brave, loyal, and admirably human.” —Kirkus Reviews

Author : Gerald Morris
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0395869595
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Squire's Tale written by Gerald Morris and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1998 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In medieval England, fourteen-year-old Terence finds his tranquil existence suddenly changed when he becomes the squire of the young Gawain of Orkney and accompanies him on a long quest, proving Gawain's worth as a knight and revealing an important secret about his own true identity.

Author : Alexander Kluge
Publisher : Spector Books
ISBN 13 : 9783959053822
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Parsifal Kontainer written by Alexander Kluge and published by Spector Books. This book was released on 2020-03 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two modern renaissance men pay homage to the medieval tale of Parsifal From Wolfram von Eschenbach's epic of chivalry to Richard Wagner's opera, from the knight as fool to the fool as savior, the story of Parsifal has struck deep chords with artists over the centuries. In this collaboration, Georg Baselitz's studies for a 2018 production of Parsifalat the Munich State Opera (2018) are paired with Alexander Kluge's responses to Baselitz's drawings, through stories in which he filters out individual elements from Eschenbach's epic, such as Parsifal's native wit or the figure of the Knight of the Cheerful Countenance. The result is an ongoing communication conducted over long periods of time: aspects of the Middle Ages can be found in the present. The volume concludes with Tristan Marquardt's text "Excerpts from a Parsifal Lexicon," which shows how far our contemporary language has diverged from Eschenbach's in terms of meaning and sound.