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Celtic Literatures in the Twentieth Century
Автор: Сборник статей
Год издания:
«The Centre for Irish and Celtic Studies at the University of Ulster hosted at Coleraine, between the 24th and 26th August 2000, a very successful and informative conference on ‘Celtic Literatures in the Twentieth Century’. The lectures and the discussions were of a high standard, and it was the intention of the organisers to edit and publish the proceedings as soon as possible thereafter. Unfortunately, due to dif culties in assembling some of the papers, this was not possible and, consequently, publication has been delayed much longer than was originally anticipated. Despite this delay, we feel that those papers which we have received merit publication at this time, not only because of their intrinsicmerits, but also because they represent the views of the authors on their respective topics at the turn of the twenty rst century and will hopefully be of value to those interested in the state of the modern Celtic literatures.»
Unpublished letters of the eighteenth century
Автор: Группа авторов
Год издания:
Полный вариант заголовка: «Unpublished letters of the eighteenth century : illustrative of the Herbert family ; and of the latter part of king William's and the earlier part of queen Anne's reigns : with notes / edited by Rebecca Warner».
The oriental geography of Ebn Haukal, an Arabian traveller of the tenth century
Автор: Haukal Ebn
Год издания:
Полный вариант заголовка: «The oriental geography of Ebn Haukal, an Arabian traveller of the tenth century / translated from a manuscript in his own possession, collated with one preserved in the library of Eton College, by Sir William Ouseley».
The sports and pastimes of the people of England
Автор: Joseph Strutt
Год издания:
Полный вариант заголовка: «The sports and pastimes of the people of England : including the rural and domestic recreations, May games, mummeries, shows, processions, pageants, and pompous spectacles, from the earliest period to the present time : illustrated by 140 engravings, in which are represented most of the popular diversions : selected from ancient paintings / by Joseph Strutt ; a new edition, with a copious index, by William Hone».
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