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Strange Tales from The Strand / edited by Jack Adrian. - Oxford; New York : Oxford University Press, 1991. - 373 pages ; 22 cm.

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Adrian Jack (1945- ) Redakcja

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Książki Proza

Demographic Group

Literatura angielska

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Opowiadanie angielskie

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short story horror supernatural macabre

Containing 29 stories all originally published in the "Strand", this collection provides a rich mix of horror and the supernatural for all lovers of the macabre. In addition to ghost stories, there are tales of unnatural disasters, of horrifying monsters, of madness and revenge, and even comic fantasies. As well as chilling contributions from Graham Greene, Conan Doyle, H.G.Wells, Villiers de l'Isle Adam, and Sapper, there are unsettling stories from the more unlikely pens of Beverley Nichols, D.H.Lawrence, and children's writer E.Nesbit.

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Biblioteka Główna. Magazyny

There are copies available to loan: sygn. 722.XXVIII.1 [Magazyn 1] (1 egz.)

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The Natural and the Supernatural middle ages / Robert Bartlett. - Cambridge, New York : Cambridge University Press, cop. 2008. - X, 170 s. : il. ; 23 cm.

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Bartlett Robert (1950- ).

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Książki

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BACON, ROGER (1214?-1294) EUROPA DUCHOWOŚĆ CHRZEŚCIJAŃSKA- Europa MAGIA ASTROLOGIA PRZYRODA NAUKA RELIGIA FILOZOFIA

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Middle Ages science religion history civilization nature supernatural

Bibliografia s. 149-164, ined s. 165-170

How did people of the medieval period explain physical phenomena, such as eclipses or the distribution of land and water on the globe? What creatures did they think they might encounter: angels, devils, witches, dogheaded people? This fascinating book explores the ways in which medieval people categorized the world, concentrating on the division between the natural and the supernatural and showing how the idea of the supernatural came to be invented in the Middle Ages. Robert Bartlett examines how theologians and others sought to draw lines between the natural, the miraculous, the marvelous and the monstrous, and the many conceptual problems they encountered as they did so. The final chapter explores the extraordinary thought-world of Roger Bacon as a case study exemplifying these issues. By recovering the mentalities of medieval writers and thinkers the book raises the critical question of how we deal with beliefs we no longer share.

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Biblioteka Główna. Czytelnie

Copies are only available in the library: sygn. 10098.XXIV.1 [Czytelnia A] (1 egz.)