Der junge Yakov (Dave Davis) möchte die strenge chassidische Gemeinde in Brooklyn am liebsten verlassen, weil er seinen Glauben verloren hat. Da er dringend Geld braucht, stimmt er widerwillig dem Angebot des Rabbiners zu, die nächtliche Totenwache für ein verstorbenes Gemeindemitglied zu übernehmen. Kurz nach seiner Ankunft in dem baufälligen Haus wird Yakov klar, dass hier etwas sehr, sehr falsch läuft. Schon bald findet sich der junge Held ...
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Der junge Yakov (Dave Davis) möchte die strenge chassidische Gemeinde in Brooklyn am liebsten verlassen, weil er seinen Glauben verloren hat. Da er dringend Geld braucht, stimmt er widerwillig dem Angebot des Rabbiners zu, die nächtliche Totenwache für ein verstorbenes Gemeindemitglied zu übernehmen. Kurz nach seiner Ankunft in dem baufälligen Haus wird Yakov klar, dass hier etwas sehr, sehr falsch läuft. Schon bald findet sich der junge Held ...
This volume is intended to serve as a review of the "next generation" of political economy scholars in what can be called the "Wagnerian" tradition, which traces its roots to Buchanan and De Viti De Marco in the 1930s, who argued that any decision that results from a political entity must be the product of individual decision makers operating within some framework of formal and informal rules. To treat these decisions as if they were the produ...
In the fantasy tale of Fiddlestick Floyd in Fiddleland the reader experiences a fiddle contest and learns about dealing with anger and disappointment in a positive way. Be a good sport whether you win or lose. About the AuthorJ. W. Thomas's first love was music, growing up playing drums in a rock and roll band in the Austin, Texas area. Thomas also ran a music store and began playing guitar and writing songs, culminating in the recording of tw...
This volume is intended to serve as a review of the "next generation" of political economy scholars in what can be called the "Wagnerian" tradition, which traces its roots to Buchanan and De Viti De Marco in the 1930s, who argued that any decision that results from a political entity must be the product of individual decision makers operating within some framework of formal and informal rules. To treat these decisions as if they were the produ...
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This anthology presents in English verse translation a selection of the best of German poetry, together with discussions of the chief authors and literary periods and brief explications of the individual poems. Taking the reader from the Minnesingers' songs of courtly love to Goethe and Rilke, this volume gives an excellent introduction to eight centuries of German poetry.
This volume presents the first English translation of one of the most original literary products of the German medieval period. It is introduced with a sketch of the poet's life, an evaluation of his work as autobiography and as fiction, and a survey of the extensive criticism that has been devoted to it. Service of Ladies has been put into English not only as a significant document of its time and place, but more especially because it is a pi...
This anthology contains representative selections from the verse of Minnesingers, nuns, priests, goliards, Spielleute, middle-class singers, and noblemen from the twelfth to the fifteenth century together with historical background, biographical sketches, and comments on individual poems. At the time of its original publication it was the largest such collection in English.
To the medievalist, Tannhauser is the author of ironical and highly original lyrical verse, to the folklorist, the subject of one of Germany's oldest ballads, to the musicologist, the composer of the only extant music for a Tanzleich and the hero of several operas.J. W. Thomas examines the content and style of Tannhauser's verse, discusses his sources and his influence on other medieval poets, and gives a history of the ballad material in whic...