Kirjailija
Joseph Jacobs
Kirjat ja teokset yhdessä paikassa: 224 kirjaa, julkaisuja vuosilta 1950–2026, suosituimpiin kuuluu The Familiar Letters of James Howell. Vertaile teosten hintoja ja tarkista saatavuus suomalaisista kirjakaupoista.
224 kirjaa
Kirjojen julkaisuvuodet: 1950–2026.
Joseph Jacobs was a thinker and writer of unusual breadth and versatility. Among the subjects to which he gave his attention as early as 1886 was the comparative distribution of Jewish ability, as the result of researches he had undertaken in association with Sir Francis Galton. The present work was the natural outcome of these studies which appeared in the Journal of the Anthropological Institute. Contents: Prefatory Statement Introduction: The Higher Anti-Semitism The People of the Book The Church and the Jews Jews Become Europeans Medieval Jews as Intellectual Intermediaries Influence of Jewish Thought in the Middle Ages Jews and Commerce Jews and Capitalism Excursus on Sombart The Breakdown of the Church Empire Jews and Liberalism Index
Illustrated by John D. Batten. Stories selected by Jennifer Chandler, The Folklore Society. The captivating Irish stories collected in this new edition include both comic tales such as Paddy O'Kelly and the Weasel, and tales of heroes from ancient literature such as How Cormac Mac Art went to Faery. By turns funny, fantastical and mysterious, the stories are matched in liveliness by the original illustrations of John D. Batten. It would be hard to find a better introduction for children to the special magic of Celtic storytelling. The stories in this book are taken from Joseph Jacob's classic two-volume collection Celtic Fairy Tales (1891-2) and More Celtic Fairy Tales (1894)
The two volumes of Celtic folk tales collected by the leading British folklorist Joseph Jacobs (1854-1916) introduced the children of the world to the special vision and color, the unique magic of the Celtic folk imagination. The 26 stories of "Guleesh," "The Horned Women," "King O'Toole and His Goose," "The Sea-Maiden," "The Shee An Gannon and the Gruagach Gaire," "The Lad with the Goat-Skin," the legendary "Dierdre," "Beth Gellert," and the other wonderful characters, the curses and hexes, the broken promises and granted wishes are accompanied by eight full-page plates, 37 drawings, and decorated capitals and endpieces that help make this book the charming one that generations of youngsters have proclaimed it to be.
