Everyman Bücher

Dieser Reiseführer enthält einen enzyklopädischen und historischen Abschnitt über Istanbul sowie 232 Routen. Ein praktischer Abschnitt listet Adressen und Telefonnummern, Öffnungszeiten von Museen sowie Details zu Hotels, Bars, Restaurants, Nachtleben, Theatern und Einkaufsmöglichkeiten auf. Der enzyklopädische und historische Abschnitt betrachtet die Naturgeschichte Istanbuls, den Bosporus und das Marmarameer; die Geschichte der Region von Byzanz und dem östlichen Reich über Konstantinopel, das Osmanische Reich bis ins 20. Jahrhundert; die Ursprünge der türkischen Sprache; Architektur - ein thematisches Wörterbuch der byzantinischen und osmanischen Architektur, die Gebäude von Suleiman dem Prächtigen und Sinan sowie den Topkapi-Palast; Lebensstil - Islam, Musik, Theater, türkische Bäder, dekorative Kunst, Kilims, Teppiche, Iznik, türkische Küche und Cafés; Malerei - türkische Miniaturen, europäische Orientalisten. Das Buch betrachtet Istanbul auch aus der Perspektive von Mary Montague, Flaubert, Kemal und Guersel. Es gibt außerdem 10 detaillierte Routen, darunter die sieben Hügel der Stadt, den Topkapi, das Serail, die Hagia Sophia, die Blaue Moschee, die Moschee von Suleiman, den Basar und das Goldene Horn. Zudem gibt es 6 Routen außerhalb der Stadt, einschließlich des Bosporus und der Inseln, der osmanischen Hauptstädte Bursa und Edirne, der Dardanellen und Troja.

German Romantic poetry is both fluid and formed, and it is full of song: the poems themselves are often intrinsically lyrical, and many of them inspired some of the best-known musical compositions of the nineteenth century. In this collection, we see German Romantic poets confronting life's greatest moments and greatest challenges - love, loss, death - and producing beautiful, and sometimes witty, works in response. Admiration for nature, in for particular the dramatic forests which still cover large areas of Germany, is also prominent in their work. Characters from myth and folklore abound too, most famously Lorelei, an enchantress who is associated with the River Rhine, and who features in several poems in this volume. Gathered here are favourites such as Goethe's 'Erl King', Eichendorff's 'Night of Moon', Heine's 'In May, the magic month of May', along with works by some of the most famous women writers of the period, Sophie Mereau, Karoline von Günderrode and Annette von Droste-Hülshoff. The works have been recreated in English verse by a range of poets and scholars

What makes Shakespeare's sonnets exceptional and original? Primarily, it lies in the fact that Shakespeare was, unlike most other sonnet authors, primarily a dramatic and theatrical poet. The sonnet's confined space, measuring five feet wide and fourteen lines high, serves as a small Shakespearean stage where every word acts as a performer and each line represents a theatrical part. Within this limited, precisely defined space, Shakespeare showcases his artistry. The originality of his sonnets is rooted in their extraordinarily wide range of emotions and passions, encapsulating nearly the entirety of love's experience. Shakespeare's sonnets explore both joyful and painful love, erotic and platonic love, faithful and unfaithful love, pure love and love that is betrayed and constantly wounded, selfish love as well as selfless, sacrificial love. Each sonnet can be seen as a conversation or a letter in verse, with the entire collection resembling poetic correspondence. It is not grand art but rather occasional poetry, akin to poetic letters—Shakespearean mail that conveys the paradoxes of concrete existence.

All the famous sights of Paris are touched on here, from Notre Dame to the Eiffel Tower, as are such classic Parisian themes as food and drink, art and love, and famous events from the Revolution to the Resistance.

Classic adventure stories by Joseph Conrad, Rudyard Kipling, Stephen Crane, Robert Louis Stevenson and Jack London mix with marvellously imaginative tales by Isak Dinesen, Patricia Highsmith and J.

The unforgettable canines gathered here include Kipling's heroically faithful 'Garm', Bret Harte's irrepressible scoundrel of a 'yaller dog' and the aggressively affectionate three-legged pit bull who lives in a block of flats for dogs in Jonathan Lethem's 'Ava's Apartment'.

Playful kittens and ruthless predators, beloved pets and witches' familiars - cats of all kinds come alive in these stories. The essential unknowableness of cats inspires the most exotic flights of fancy: Calvino's secret city of cats in 'The Garden of Stubborn Cats', the disappearing animal in Ursula K.

In the eighteenth century, Laurence Sterne explores the temptations of the French capital in a teasing study of foreign mores and Restif de la Bretonne provides an eye-witness account of the Revolution. číst celé