[11 elegii este] debutul meu ... . Debutul meu este, evident, ntr-o criz de timp. A fost ntr-o criz de timp ... , debutul s-a produs ntr-o criz de timp interior, dar ... dar ntr-o maxim contemplare exterioar. 11 elegii, cel puin pentru mine, snt dovada nceputului poeziei mele.“ – Nichita Stnescu

P?rintele Dimitrie Bejan a r?mas ?n con?tiin?a posterit??ii drept unul din pu?inii martori p?timitori ai holocaustului comunist care a l?sat ?n urma sa o m?rturie scris? ce poart? amprenta unei autentice valori literare. Ca ?i celelalte c?r?i ale P?rintelui Bejan, Hotarul cu cet??i r?m?ne ?n cadrul memorialisticii, ?ns?, ?n paginile sale nu mai ?nt?lnim cutremur?toarele relat?ri zugr?vite ?n Oranki – Amintiri din captivitate. Aceast? carte este jurnalul c?l?toriei t?n?rului Dimitrie, membru al echipelor de cercetare sociologic? ale reputatului Dimitrie Gusti, trimis ?n Basarabia pentru a observa ?i consemna specificul locurilor. Mai mult dec?t simple ?nsemn?ri zilnice, Hotarul cu cet??i prezint? secven?e istorico-memorialistice, impresii de c?l?torie, observa?ii sociologice despre Basarabia perioadei interbelice.

“Mid Day Soul” a poetry collection. This is my first English poetry collection , After 17 hindi books. So please Don’t take seriously. You can say this is a effort to work with English language. I always wanted to write something for English readers. So this is for you. Thank you.

Facerea unei case necesit? voin?a ?i pricepere, cu at?t mai mult facerea unei lumi. Acum, cred ca Muzulie Ceatpat avea geniu. ?mprejur?rile ?ns? i-au fost neprielnice. Amintirile mele legate de proiectul lui se pierd ?n tenebrele Templului s?pat, mai ?nainte de to?i vecii, ?n st?nca hercinic?, de natur?, de oamenii primitivi, ori de c?tre sfin?ii atra?i prin lucarna surprinz?toare a cupolei, ?n str?dania lor de a comunica cu o lume mai presus de fire. Templul Celui Foarte Mare, Bai Ulgun, cum se pomene?te el din str?vechime, este o caverna uria?? ascuns? vederii ?n inima gorganului ?nalt acoperit de zmeuri? ?i tufe de alun printre grohoti?uri. Calota lui, deschisa lumii de un trepan uria?, permite accesul ?n interior pe traseul ?erpuitor al unei sc?ri?e s?pat? ?n t?mpla de piatra p?n? la arhitrava care ?ncercuie?te naosul. De aici se ajunge la platforma principala mult mai u?or, pe scara solida de stejar, ce coboar? ?n fr?nturi de cate ?apte trepte, ?n jurul unei coloane de sus?inere, p?n? la locul unde se petrec toate: jertfe, impreca?ii, rug?ciuni. De jur ?mprejur, delimit?nd parca secven?ial spa?iul ?i timpul, pe suprafa?? concav? a platformei dou?sprezece ?an?uri sub?iri pornesc ?n raze, ca spi?ele unei ro?i ce se unesc ?ntr-un un punct virtual din mijlocul chepengului p?trat aflat ?n opozi?ie cu lucarna rotund? din acoperi?, ?i care prelungit sub podeaua naosului, duce ?ntr-un h?u b?nuit, unind astfel cerul cu p?m?ntul. (Ileana Cudalb) Un roman senza?ional.

Volumul reune?te c?teva studii ?i eseuri care interogheaz? rela?ia controversat? ?n ?tiin?a actual? dintre comparatism ?i germanistic?, respectiv noua paradigm? cu preten?ii salvatoare, ?germanistica intercultural?“, aduc?nd ?n scen? c?teva analize consacrate scriitorilor germani mai vechi ?i mai noi sau unor probleme de estetic? a crea?iei. Incitante sunt perspectivele deschise de investigarea fenomenologiei faustice ?n hermeneutica lui Ernst Bloch ?i Constantin Noica ?i nu mai pu?in interesante sunt spa?iile de cercetare asupra operei lui Lucian Blaga ?n context german ?i cele dedicate lui Heidegger ?i implica?iei sale politice.Reflex al dublei direc?ii pe care o reprezint? de fapt toate volumele lui Vasile Voia, cartea de fa?? este expresia unei dimensiuni de profunzime ?i, desigur, am putea spune, a unicit??ii ei ?n cultura noastr? actual?. Ea ?mbin? inspirat un comparatism al ideilor cu estetic? ?i filosofia, realiz?nd interferen?a ?i unitatea la nivelul superior al discursului critic.

O confesiune ?i o medita?ie despre mediul evreiesc din Rom?nia de dup? al doilea r?zboi mondial, pornind de la propria experien?? ?i biografie a autorului, ?n prezent conferen?iar la Universitatea Ebraic? din Ierusalim. Av?nd ca nucleu un dialog cu t?n?rul filozof Sandu Frunz?, de la Universitatea din Cluj, cartea reconstituie via?a evreilor din Ia?i (ora?ul natal al autorului), de dup? r?zboi, adolescen?a ?n perioada stalinist?, dilemele ?i reflec?iile stimulate de op?iunile mediului evreiesc din Rom?nia ?n noile condi?ii de dup? r?zboi, av?nd de ales ?ntre integrarea ?n viata social? ?i intelectual? rom?neasc? marcat? de tenta?ia ?i pervertirea comunist? sau, dimpotriv?, alternativa stabilirii ?n Israel. O semnificativ? parte a c?r?ii se concentreaz? asupra evolu?iei acelor intelectuali evrei care au p?r?sit Rom?nia ?n perioada ceau?ist?, dificult??ile ?i dramele adapt?rii la o noua ambian?? cultural?, ca ?i complexa rela?ie cu mediul ?i cultura ?n care s-au format. Pe parcursul a c?teva decenii, amintirile ?i reflec?iile autorului reconstituie, dintr-un unghi inedit ?i foarte personal, mediul universitar ie?ean, ca ?i universul spiritual al intelectualilor israelieni originari din Rom?nia.O medita?ie despre comunism ?i antisemitism, despre dramele dublei apartenen?e culturale, despre emigra?ie, despre tensiuni ?i interferen?e rom?no-evreie?ti, despre lumea v?zut? de la Ia?i ?i de la Ierusalim.

Demersul exegetic al lui Constantin Cuble?an vine ?ntr-o perioad? ?n care scriitorii nu sunt trata?i a?a cum se cuvine ?n societatea actuala. Cartea include eseuri docte, ample, axate pe crea?ia unor importan?i scriitori ca, bun?oara, Valeriu Anania, Ioan Alexandru, Ion Barbu, Ana Blandiana, Nicolae Breban, Emil Brumaru, Augustin Buzura s.a. Un fragment important, sugestiv, din peisajul literaturii de dup? 1989. ?i nu numai.

Cea mai inconfortabil? carte a anului editorial 2009. (?tefan Borbely)Tr?darea criticii este o excelent? nara?iune eseistic?, o nara?iune subiectiv?, inevitabil iritant? (fiind vorba de via?a literar? ?i de opiniile radicale ale unui prozator care nu ezit? s? scrie ceea ce crede despre colegii s?i), cu portrete ce se ?in minte, uneori foarte crude, alteori luminoase, dominate de superlative… Meritul ei, dincolo de calit??ile literare, este acela de a deschide o dezbatere real? despre via?a noastr? literar? ?n care grupurile se confrunt? ?i ??i confec?ioneaz? propria istorie ?i propria mitologie. Nicolae Breban vine ?i tulbur? apele, enerv?nd, probabil, pe mul?i, dac? nu pe to?i. (Eugen Simion)Cartea lui Breban e una puternic?, neconcesiv?, sulfuroas?, emo?ionant? prin miza ei optimist?, prin militantismul ei pa?optist ?i prin dorin?a autorului de a ?nfrunta prejudec??ile ?i ridicolul ?n numele idealului tinere?ii lui, care era idealul autonomiei esteticului, ?n numele marii crea?ii – spre care a aspirat continuu – ?i ?n numele na?iunii romane, de care nu ?i e ru?ine s? vorbeasc?. Dar e o carte greu de clasat. Surprinz?toare prin oralitatea ei debordant?, prin colocvialitatea ei dezl?n?uit?. (…) Seam?n? cu un aeropag al destinelor tr?date, preschimbat ?n pledoarie ?i discurs de ?mb?rb?tare. ?i, totu?i, ceva, ?n ?inuta de condotier a autorului m? ?ndeamn? s? asociez discursul acestei c?r?i cu acela al unui general rom?n dup? o b?t?lie pierdut? sau indecis?, undeva ?n Nordul germanic, sau ?n fa?a altei b?talii care ar trebui cu orice pre? c??tigat?. (…) ?ntregul discurs se ?ntemeiaz? pe ideea de dec?dere a spiritului ofensiv, pe ideea de pierdere a vechilor virtu?i; ?i aser?iunile par a veni din partea celui care a cunoscut ?n tinere?e o glorie ?i o m?re?ie greu de egalat. (…) Enun?ul patetic, ?nvolburat, al discursului lui Breban – marcat de furie, de candoare, de dezn?dejde ?i de speran?? – este capabil s? absoarb? portrete, minunatele lui portrete, ?nso?ite de celebrele jerbe de epitete brebaniene. ?n aparteu sunt limpezite situa?ii literare (de exemplu, rolul Europei Libere ?i al Grupului de Dialog Social este foarte atent ?i nemilos analizat); ne sunt oferite amintiri nepre?uite pentru istoria literar?, cu nu pu?ine idei. Pe unele dintre ele le-am adoptat deja pentru c? m-au convins. (Eugen Negrici)Crea?ia literar?, spiritul critic au fost profund afectate de polarizarea etica ?i politic?, dup? sf?r?itul comunismului rom?nesc. Etica ?i politica ?i-au dep??it limitele, chiar f?r? ca ele s? ajung? la o reala putere ?i autonomie. Publicul literar, sub?iat de noile interese proprii unei lumi deschise, s-a risipit ?i asist?nd la luptele fratricide ale scriitorilor ?i criticilor care, sub tiranie, fraternizaser? ?n numele impunerii sau cel pu?in al men?inerii criteriilor de art? ?i valoare. Prozatorul scrie o carte de cunosc?tor, g?ndit? cu o ?n?elegere vie, o carte necesar? realit??ii noastre literare, de ultima or?, dar ?i pentru un timp foarte larg, despre o literatur? ?i o critic? ?tr?date“ ?i mai pu?in traduse. Pentru c? ?tr?dare“ a fost, o ?tim bine, doar nu e vreun secret fer(m)ecat. (Marian Victor Buciu)

O ilustrare elocvent a poziiei pe care poetul Vasko Popa o ocup, la ora actual, pe plan mondial, este faptul c Barack Obama, n campania sa electoral pentru preedenia SUA (pe care a i ctigat-o), a afirmat, n 27 octombrie 2008, pe blogul Fundaiei internaionale Harriet, c poetul su preferat este Vasko Popa cu volumul Cutia mic, fiindc Vasko Popa: Este contient i responsabil de lumea n care triete i de propriul sine“. Nici John McCain nu s-a dus prea departe, preferndu-l pe confratele lui Vasko i, pn la un punct, modelul su – Henri Michaux. Aceasta este partea bun i frumoas a lucrurilor, care se datoreaz celor doi stlpi de susinere internaional a lui Vasko Popa, de aducere permanent a poeziei lui Popa n spaiul vast, universal, al limbii engleze: Anne Pennington, traductoarea i prietena familiei Popa (ale crei traduceri, i dup moartea ei, sunt, n continuare publicate), dar mai ales Charles Simic, unul din poeii americani de frunte, de origine srb (a emigrat n SUA la aisprezece ani), ctigtorul Premiului Pulitzer n anul 1991, i care n-a ncetat nici o clip s susin destinul de poet universal al lui Vasko Popa. De cealalt parte ns, politicul a jucat i n cazul lui Popa, ca i n cazul altor lideri, fie ei i formatori de opinie poetica, un rol nefast...“Liubia Raichici

Cosmoza, demonstrat? aproape matematic ?ntr-o construc?ie original?, este drumul sacru al ?mplinirii. Iubirea cosmic? e ideea de raport ?ntre Dumnezeu ?i lume, un raport ?ntemeiat pe compatibilitate ?i justificat prin deosebire. F?r? ea, crea?ia s-ar destr?ma. Cu ea, cele dep?rtate se apropie, se unesc, se ?nal?? ?i devin asemenea. Un parcurs temerar al g?ndului ?ntre generarea, degenerarea ?i regenerarea noastr?.Un demers care une?te prin metafizic? ?i metafor? trecutul cu viitorul, Orientul cu Occidentul, credin?a cu ?tiin?a, matematica cu teologia. Un eseu holistic profund ?i liric pres?rat cu sentin?e ingenue ?i disec?ii nemiloase. O carte despre cunoa?tere, care se cite?te cu creionul ?n m?n?...

Se poate comunica i e necesar sǎ se comunice cu valorile literaturii universale, pǎstrandu-se o perspectivǎ istoricǎ, citindu-l pe Sofocle ca pe contemporanul lui Pericle. Dar, am nceput sǎ nelegem, spre deosebire de secolul trecut, istoricist, cǎ tot att de necesarǎ, ba poate chiar mai fecundǎ, e o comunicare cu trecutul, adoptndu-se o perspectivǎ actualizatoare, citindu-l pe Sofocle ca pe contemporanul nostru. Dincolo de aceastǎ perspectivǎ care, n cele din urmǎ, e i ea oarecum istoricistǎ, doar cǎ istoria e localizatǎ n actualitate, se deschide o perspectivǎ a sincroniei literare care dispune sǎ-l citim pe Sofocle ca pe contemporanul nimǎnui ori al tuturor, ca pe un martor al esenialitǎii umane i nu numai al unei existene istoric cantonate. ncercare ambiioasǎ, ce nǎzuiete sǎ derelativizeze valorile literar-artistice, pǎstrnd totodatǎ contiina unei relativitǎi a formelor i figurilor pe care o hermeneuticǎ a textelor se cuvine sǎ o punǎ n luminǎ. Relativitate impusǎ chiar de prezena autorului, a cititorului interpret, a scriitorului i hermeneutului n comentariile sale. n cartea aceasta a attor cǎri, scribul interpret apare n textele sale ca i pictorul ce se zugrǎvete pictnd n propriile sale tablouri. Sǎ-i fie iertatǎ aceastǎ ultimǎ deertǎciune.” (Nicolae Balot)

Vd n Aura Christi scriitoarea romnc exponenial la nivel nalt pentru era globalismului (mondialismului), pentru europenismul multinaional, ntruct, asemenea unui arbore simbolic, axial, are rdcinile n Basarabia (fost component a Uniunii Sovietice, actual Republica Moldova) i coroana n Romnia, ar membr a Uniunii Europene din 2007.Scrisul su integral devine n mod constant o expresie a unui dramatic destin personal i colectiv. Prin identitatea sa creatoare, acest scris dobndete o inconfundabil expresivitate literar. El poart marca cert a anvergurii canonice.“ (Marian Victor Buciu) Aura Christi a gsit limbajul n care s toarne experiene ce preau s se afle dincolo de posibilitatea articulrii discursive: prbuirea umanitii pn la nivelul la care cineva ucide cu aprobarea deplin a contiinei n numele unei idei, procesul de nlocuire a omului din om printr-un monstru. Nu statistica crimei, impresionant aa cum e ea, o intereseaz pe Aura Christi. Ea l toarn pe Dostoievski n Nietzsche pentru a face anatomia rului absolut. Rul din inima omului. Titlurile crilor sale sunt gritoare n privina geografiei lor morale: Casa din ntuneric, Sfera frigului, Cercul slbatic. n Vest, filosoful Nietzsche a fost cel care a influenat epistemologia postmodern prin deconstrucia logocentrismului. n Romnia, Nietzsche al moralei demistificate e cel care a influenat dou mini strlucite ale literaturii contemporane: Nicolae Breban i Aura Christi. Romancierul Nicolae Breban l-a ales pe un Nietzsche masculin, al voinei de putere i al sufletelor de stpni. Aura Christi a fost atras de Nietzsche al aporiilor, cel care, n Ecce homo, i suprapune pe Christ i Dionisos. Dup cum spune Aura Christi, blndeea sfrind n gheare“. Ea este o scriitoare a unui Est czut, care i mai include pe Ismail Kundera, Bashkim Shehu, sau pe Fraii Strugatski, deoarece la toi o realitate comaresc e redat prin frnturi de suflet omenesc.“ (Maria-Ana Tupan)

n noaptea dinaintea zilei n care mplinea 40 de ani, Rich Roll a avut revelaia nspimnttoare a viitorului su. Cntrind cu aproape 25 de kilograme mai mult dect normalul i incapabil s urce cteva scri fr s gfie, a putut s vad care era rezultatul stilului su de via complet sedentar – i ce fel de schimbare trebuie s adopte pentru a obine rezultate reale. Adoptnd o nou rutin care punea pe primul loc nutriia din plante si antrenamentele zilnice, Rich s-a transformat – n doar cteva luni – dintr-un brbat total ieit din form, ntr-o adevrat mainrie“ destinat sportului de anduran. Omul ultra relateaz cltoria remarcabil a lui Rich spre linia de start a competiiei de elit Ultraman, care i supune pe cei mai n form oameni din lume la un calvar de peste 500 de kilometri strbtui not, pe biciclet i n alergare. i, dup acest test, Rich a trecut cu succes de unul chiar mai dificil: EPIC5 – cinci triatloane pe distana folosit la competiia Ironman, fiecare dintre ele pe o insul diferit din arhipelagul Hawaii, toate finalizate n mai puin de o sptmn. Omul ultra este un portret minunat despre ceea ce poate realiza puterea voinei. Ne provoac pe toi s ne gndim din nou la ce suntem capabili s realizm i ne ndeamn, implicit i explicit, s trecem la treab“.

ALTHOUGH Rouen is now very far before all the other cities of Normandy in point of magnitude and importance, and though Rollo, in his conquest of the country, made it his principal headquarters and his main stronghold, it did not continue exclusively the residence of the dukes of Normandy in after years. The father of William the Conqueror was Robert, who be-came subsequently the duke, the sixth in the line. He resided, at the time when William was born, in a great castle at Falaise. Falaise, as will be seen upon the map, is west of Rouen, and it stands, like Rouen, at some distance from the sea. The castle was built upon a hill, at a little distance from the town. It has long since ceased to be habitable, but the ruins still remain, giving a picturesque but mournful beauty to the eminence which they crown. They are often visited by tra-velers, who go to see the place where the great hero and conqueror was born.??It was about 870 that Rollo was banished from Norway, and a few years after that, at most, that he landed in France. It was not, however, until 912 that he concluded his treaty of peace with Charles, so as to be fully invested with the title of Duke of Normandy. He was advanced in age at this time, and, after spending five years in settling the affairs of his realm, he resigned his dukedom into the hands of his son, that he might spend the remainder of his days in rest and peace. He died in 922, five years after his resignation.??He was only ten years old when his father was assassinated. He became involved in long and arduous wars with the King of France, which compelled him to call in the aid of more Northmen from the Baltic. His new allies, in the end, gave him as much trouble as the old enemy, with whom they came to help William contend; and he found it very hard to get them away. He wanted, at length, to make peace with the French king, and to have them leave his dominions; but they said, "That was not what they came for." Richard had a beautiful daughter, named Emma, who afterward became a very important political personage, as will be seen more fully in a subsequent chapter.?Richard died in 996, after reigning fifty-four years.

?Raluca Feher e o rockeri?? a scrisului, din cel pu?in dou? motive. Unu: lucreaz? ?n publicitate, unde cuvintele scap?r? ?i pocnesc din c?lc?ie. Doi: ?n literatura conven?ional? (?i prost) denumit? ?de c?l?torie“, blues-ul nu invit? la ?nfierbin?irea s?ngelui, ci la picoteal?. Pe rastelul din care ea ??i ia armamentul scrie, cu litere electrice, ?Rock’n roll over, Beethoven“. Dac? i-a?i citit p??aniile din Argentina, Uruguay ?i Chile, ?ti?i la ce s? v? a?tepta?i: ritm de TGV, fraze trepidante ?i un cocktail afectiv cu o re?et? u?or de transcris ?i greu de nimerit: ironie, insolen??, bravad?, ni?ic? exasperare ?i credin?a c? po?i lua la bord orice pasager f?r? riscul de a-l pierde de client. Mul?umesc, Raluca Feher. Fiindc? scrii cum scrii, dar ?i fiindc? ai umblat dup? vize ?i pentru mine.“ – Radu Paraschivescu ?Terapie curat?. Func?ioneaz? ?i ?n intimidate ?i ?n grup, citit? cu voce tare. O recomand cu toat? ?ncrederea ?i f?r? prescrip?ie medical?. Nu promit c? vindec?, dar sigur alin?. Are o singur? problem?. Provoac? invariabil r?sul ?i, se ?tie, r?sul ?ngra??.“ – Andi Moisescu

Tudomásom szerint csak a ?A walesi bárdok” angol fordítása létezik, ezt t?bben is lefordították. Célom a fordításokkal az, hogy az angol nyelvterületen él?k is élvezhessék Arany verseit és remélem a fordítások megfelelnek ennek az igénynek. A Zichy-rajzok hozzájárulhatnak a k?tetben megjelen? versek ?fogyaszthatóságához”. – Tomschey Ottó As far as I know only the translation of ?The Welsh bards” exists, this was made by several translators. My aim with these translation was to make ?consumable” the ballads of Arany for people living in the English-speaking world and I do hope that my work will meets therequirements. The Zichy-drawings may contribute to the ?consumability” of the poems of this volume. – Otto Tomschey

Книжка ?Прода?ться все. Джефф Безос та ера Amazon? — не лише ?стор?я усп?ху найб?льш ?нновац?йно? св?тово? компан??, а й свого роду пос?бник, ?нструкц?я для тих, хто хоче створити св?й б?знес. ??Автор книжки, Бред Стоун, майстерно пише про зародження та розвиток Amazon — в?д моменту створення компан?? на Волл-Стр?т на початку 1990-х ? дотепер. Ця компан?я одн??ю з перших побачила необмежен? можливост? ?нтернету та назавжди зм?нила те, як ми купу?мо ? чита?мо.??Також автор розкрива? та?мниц? тр?умфу засновника Amazon Джеффа Безоса, одного ?з найвидатн?ших кер?вник?в, невтомного генератора ?дей. Стоун розпов?да?, як Безос дисципл?новано ? подекуди педантично вт?лю? новаторськ? ?де? у життя, як лама? стереотипи, не визна? загальноприйнятих правил, а запроваджу? сво?.??

Oliver Cromwell, the future Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, was born at Huntingdon on April 25, 1599, receiving his baptismal name from his uncle, Sir Oliver Cromwell of Hinchingbrooke, a mansion hard by the little town. It was at Huntingdon that the father of the infant, Robert Cromwell, had established himself, farming lands and perhaps also adding to his income by the profits of a brewhouse managed by his wife, Elizabeth—a descendant of a middle-class Norfolk family of Steward—originally Styward—which, whatever writers of authority may say, was not in any way connected with the Royal House of Scotland. "I was," said Cromwell in one of his later speeches, "by birth a gentleman, living neither in any considerable height nor yet in obscurity. I have been called to several employments in the nation, and—not to be overtedious—I did endeavour to discharge the duty of an honest man in those services to God and His people's interest, and to the Commonwealth." The open secret of Cromwell's public life is set forth in these words:—his aim being: first, to be himself an honest man; secondly, to serve God and the people of God; and thirdly, to fulfil his duty to the Commonwealth. In this order, and in no other, did his obligations to his fellow-creatures present themselves to his eyes. For the work before him it could not be otherwise than helpful that his position in life brought him into contact with all classes of society. What powers and capacities this infant—or indeed any other infant—may have derived from this or the other ancestor, is a mystery too deep for human knowledge; but at least it may be noted that the descent of the Cromwells from Sir Richard Williams, the nephew of Thomas Cromwell, the despotic Minister of Henry VIII., brought into the family a Welsh strain which may have shown itself in the fervid idealism lighting up the stern practical sense of the warrior and statesman.Of Oliver's father little is known; but his portrait testifies that he was a man of sober Puritanism, not much given to any form of spiritual enthusiasm—very unlike his elder brother, Sir Oliver, who had inherited not only the estate, but the splendid ways of his father, Sir Henry Cromwell—the Golden Knight—and who, after running through his property, was compelled to sell his land and to retire into a more obscure position. As the little Oliver grew up, he had before his eyes the types of the future Cavalier and Roundhead in his own family. So far as parental influence could decide the question, there could be no doubt on which side the young Oliver would take his stand. His education was carried on in the free school of the town, under Dr. Beard, the author of The Theatre of God's Judgments Displayed, in which a belief in the constant intervention of Providence in the punishment of offenders was set forth by numerous examples of the calamities of the wicked. Though Oliver afterwards learned to modify the crudeness of this teaching, the doctrine that success or failure was an indication of Divine favour or disfavour never left him, and he was able, in the days of his greatness, to point unhesitatingly to the results of Naseby and Worcester as evidence that God Himself approved of the victorious cause.

Jedan od najve?ih poznavatelja hrvatske knji?evnosti Tvrtko Zane, poznatiji pod pseudonimom Branimir Donat, u svojem je prou?avanju hrvatske knji?evne ba?tine duljem od pola stolje?a objavio veliki broj tekstova i knjiga, a broj kartica koje je napisao jednak je njegovu znanju, koje mo?emo zvati enciklopedijskim. Iz goleme ostav?tine na?eg jedinog i najve?eg poznavatelja brojnih, ?esto zaboravljenih autora, ali jednako tako i velikan? knji?evnosti, urednik Goran Rem izabrao je one mo?da najva?nije tekstove. Druga knjiga iz serije Prakseologija hrvatske knji?evnosti posve?ena je modernosti i modernizmu. U njoj su izabrani tekstovi koji se bave autorima 20. stolje?a, simbolizmom, secesijom, dadizmom, eksprezionizmom, ali i - kola?ima, a uz tekstove o djelu hrvatskih autora, Krle?e, Mato?a, Cesarca, Nazora, Kamova i mnogih drugih, u ovaj je svezak uvr?ten i esej o Franzu Kafki. Zajedno s jo? tri sveska izabranih djela Branimira Donata ova ?e knjiga dati maleni uvid u ?irinu tema kojima se Tvrtko Zane bavio.

Nem voltam én szerelmes Adyba, vagy ha voltam, nem tudtam róla. A szerelem féltékeny, ragadozó, osztozni senkivel és semmiben nem tudó érzés, telítve testi vonatkozásokkal, ingerekkel, vágyakkal. ?n ezt a szerelmet nem is ismerhettem. Sohasem fájt, hogy idegen asszonyok szeretik, lányok szédülnek eléje, találkákra megy, vagy áldozó, nagy asszony-szerelmet terítenek lába elé. Deésfalvi Boncza Berta. Bimbi. Csinszka. Múzsa és k?lt?n?, emlékiratíró... Ady Endre, Tabéry Géza, Babits Mihály, Harsányi Zsolt, Márffy ?d?n jegyességek, szerelmek, szakítások, házasságok. Vallomás és kitárulkozás. Kiútkeresés egy nevel?intézet szobájából vagy fiatalon már a végzet asszonya? Románc a Svájcban tartozkodó Tabéryvel, kés?bb találkozás Adyval, de eljegyzés egy erdélyi mérn?k-íróval? Aztán házasság Adyval? Aki Léda szerint csak sovány, mint eserny?nyél, el?l-hátul sexuális duzzanatokkal. Ki is ez a h?lgy, aki végül eléri, hogy 1914. április 23-án találkozhasson Adyval Csucsán? Boncza Berta naplójának néhány részlete el?sz?r 1932-ben jelent meg a Nagyváradi Napló hasábjain, majd négy évtizeddel kés?bb a Magyar Nemzetben látott napvilágot az erdélyi író, újságíró Ruffy Péter tolmácsolásában, aki Csinszka kéziratos füzeteit és Kárpáti Aurél kiegészítéseit dolgozta fel. A memoár nem hiánytalan, hiszen a házasság t?rténetét már nem tudta megírni Csinszka, csupán az Ady halála után írt három Vallomás készült el 1919 és 1922 k?z?tt. A huszonkét fejezetre osztott írás el?sz?r jelenik meg ?nálló k?tetben, Márton István, a Ruffy Péter-hagyaték gondozójának utószavával, valamint néhány kül?nleges gépiratfotó, levél és dokumentum kíséretében, melyek fényt deríthetnek eddig nem vagy kevésbé ismert rejtélyre: mi lett az ?rmindszenten maradt Csinszka-levelekkel? A mendemondák szerint Ady rokonai elégették... Valóban agyvérzésben hunyt el a k?lt?n?, vagy más áll a háttérben? A mendemondák újabb szerelemr?l regéltek... Hova lettek a kiadatlan versek, amelyek nem kerültek be az egyetlen versesk?tetbe 1931-ben? Minden reggel és minden este imádkozott Nagymama velem. Eldolgozott két keze k?zé fogta az én parányi kezemet, és azt a másik imát, amit este a Miatyánk után mondottam el, ? találta ki. R?vid, egyszer? és jó kis ima volt. Kérésb?l és k?sz?netb?l állott. Mindazokért kértem a jó Istent, akik hozzám tartoztak. Apámért els?sorban, de a csucsai virágok, kutyák, madarak is bele lettek sz?ve...

Mayer Antal (1938-2008) magyar-t?rténelem szakos tanár a 2000-es évek elején jegyezte le emlékiratait. A k?nyvének gerincét alkotó családt?rténet szigorúan véve csak tíz év (1938-1948) esményeit ?r?kíti meg, ám kicsiben megtalálhatók benne mindazon események, amelyek a 20. században egy magyarországi, majd vajdasági német családot sújthattak: két világháború, asszimiláció, disszimiláció, a család kettészakadása ideológiák mentén, kollektív b?n?sség elvének alkalmazása, népirtás, el?zés, menekülés, majd a semmib?l t?rtén? újrakezdés. A szerz? – aki a leírtaknak részben szemtanúja volt, részben szóban meg?rz?tt hagyományokat jegyzett le –? mindezen eseményeket a kisgyermek szemével, de az az azóta eltelt sok évtized tapasztalatával ábrázolja, így azok számára is átélhet?vé teszi, akik szül?f?ldje, a bácskai régió t?rténetében kevésbé jártasak. A Mayer család 20. századi t?rténete sok szempontból sajátos, mégis tipikus bácskai sors; a t?rténet f?h?sei a (a szül?k és nagyszül?k) inkább elszenved?i, mintsem alakítói voltak annak. Sorsukon keresztül az olvasó betekintést nyerhet egy sajátos soknemzetiség? régió (a Bácska), két, a család életében meghatározó település (Bezdán és Bátmonostor), valamint a a Trianon után Jugoszláviába került bácskai németség világába is. A családt?rténet mellett a k?tet néhány kisebb írást is tartalmaz; ezek egy része a feln?tt korában tanítóként, majd tanárként dolgozó szerz? helyt?rténeti érdekl?dését mutatják, más része pedig saját, illetve családja t?rténetének a viszszaemékezésben nem tárgyalt szakaszához kapcsolódik. Az olvasó tájékozódását b?séges jegyzetanyag is segíti.