The Musician in Literature in the Age of Bach

The Musician in Literature in the Age of Bach PDF

Author: Stephen Rose

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2011-02-24

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 1107004284

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Analysing novels and autobiographies from Bach's Germany, this book presents new insights into the lives, mindset and status of musicians.

Poison Eaters

Poison Eaters PDF

Author: Richard Swiderski

Publisher: Universal-Publishers

Published: 2010-07

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 1599428342

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Testing the boundaries between food, poison and medicine is a public show made into a continuing drama of risk and survival. This book is the first to explore the tradition of deliberate poison eating, its practitioners, and the substances that might nourish or kill them. Readers interested in the human history of drugs and medicine, in feats of endurance usually survived and in the play of controlling and regulatory authorities that always accompanies drug and poison use will find Poison Eaters especially appealing.