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The fourth book in a planned series of thirteen, Dark Tales of Elsewhere is a series of short stories that encapsulates everyone’s favorite things about October, and it’s a perfect read for those who love horror. Set in an overcast and nocturnal world, the stories follow trails of dead leaves and winds of restless spirits, and the whispers of quiet neighbors and the tramping of trick-or-treaters. In its pages, skeletons haunt kitchens, an all-female trio of rockabilly singers vies for fame, and the Devil himself lurks in the shadows. Horror creeps within every page, and there's no escaping the darkness once you crack open the cover.
Widely regarded as one of the foremost cultural critics of the last century, Walter Benjamin's relation to Modernism has largely been understood in the context of his reception of the aesthetic theories of Early German Romanticism and his associated interest in avant-garde Surrealism. But this Romantic understanding only gives half the picture. Running through Benjamin's thought is also a critique of Romanticism, developed in conjunction with a positive engagement with the philosophical, artistic and historical writings of J. W. von Goethe. In demonstrating the significance of these Goethean elements, this book challenges the dominant understanding of Benjamin's philosophy as essentially Rom...
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Sketches of opera composers, opera synopses, and CD reviews.
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
This new completely revised edition of the Penguin Guidesurveys the major classical recordings issued and reissued over the past five decades, many of which have dominated the catalogue because of their sheer excellence, irrespective of their recording dates. More thorough than ever before, it indicates key recordings on CD, as well as on DVD, with their extra video dimension, and enhanced SACD, including those in surround sound. If you want the finest available version of any major classical work (including DVDs of opera and ballet) you will find it listed and acutely assessed in these pages. THE PENGUIN GUIDE TO RECORDED CLASSICAL MUSIC OFFERS- The pick of the latest releases, as well as all key established recordings The greatest historic recordings, many in outstanding new transfers (including the very first recording of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony) An in-depth survey of the best of the budget-priced CDs, including countless new issues A comprehensive new collection of 'Portraits' of the major artists - singers, conductors and instrumentalists
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