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Selma Lagerlöf Jerusalem

Biography & Autobiography
English
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As Yet The Only Woman Winner Of The Nobel Prize For Literature, The Prize Awarded To Kipling, Maeterlinck, And Hauptmann, Is The Swedish Author Of This Book, "Jerusalem." The Swedish Academy, In Recognizing Miss Selma Lagerlöf, Declared That They Did So "For Reason Of The Noble Idealism, The Wealth Of Imagination, The Soulful Quality Of Style, Which Characterize Her Works." Five Years Later, In 1914, That August Body Elected Doctor Lagerlöf Into Their Fellowship, And She Is Thus The Only Woman Among Those Eighteen "Immortals." [more]

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C. R. Oliver What of Jerusalem

Religion
English
4760 Words
No Age Recommendation
550
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The center of the universe for the Jews is Jerusalem. The current geo-political battle over that city is challenging Israel's claim and seeking to universalize it. Strong powers are laying claim to its parts and seeking to divide it in order to weaken its Jewish heritage and diminish its place in history. However, the focus on this ancient city, which has been in the plan of God from the beginning, is nothing short of an end time indicator of the returning Savior. [more]

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Selma Lagerloef Jerusalem

Fiction
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Ages 18 and up
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This novel is an exploration of that universal dilemma, the angst shared across countries, across generations, gender and race, which is the conflict between satisfaction with life as it is and the desire for something more, and of the tonic provided by religion to soothe and ease the dilemma. Lagerlof shows both the benefits and the limits of religion in her portrayal of the hopes and trials of rural town in turn of the century Sweden. The people of the town struggle to live by the word of the Lord as preached down by their uninspired pastor and the local lofty school teacher. Bound tightly in traditions, restricted by the rules and eyes of small town life where everyone knows everyone's business, the life choices of each villager, whether rich or poor, are only as good as the neighbors judge them to be, and the only protection against harsh judgment is to do everything in terms of "As God wills." The ruling family of the village always fall back on the phrase, "[a]ll we Ingmars need do is walk in the ways of God " to justify their actions but what guidance does such a phrase really provid [more]

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Selma Lagerloef Jerusalem

Biography & Autobiography
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Ages 18 and up
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A Young Farmer Was Plowing His Field One Summer Morning. The Sun Shone, The Grass Sparkled With Dew, [more]

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Torquato Tasso Jerusalem Delivered

Fiction
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Torquato Tasso (Italian pronunciation: [torˈkwato ˈtasso]; 11 March 1544 – 25 April 1595) was an Italian poet of [more]

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TORQUATO TASSO JERUSALEM DELIVERED

Poetry
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Torquato Tasso (Italian: [torˈkwato ˈtasso]; 11 March 1544 – 25 April 1595) was an Italian poet of the [more]

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TORQUATO TASSO JERUSALEM DELIVERED

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Torquato Tasso 11 March 1544 – 25 April 1595) was an Italian poet of the 16th century, [more]

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Torquato Tasso Jerusalem Delivered

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(Italian pronunciation: [torˈkwato ˈtasso]; 11 March 1544 – 25 April 1595) was an Italian poet of the 16th century, best known for his poem La Gerusalemme liberata (Jerusalem Delivered, 1580), in which he depicts a highly imaginative version of the combats between Christians and Muslims at the end of the First Crusade, during the siege of Jerusalem. He suffered from mental illness and died a few days before he was due to be crowned as the king of poets by the Pope. Until the beginning of the 20th century, Tasso remained one of the most widely read poets in Europe. [more]

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Selma Lagerlöf Jerusalem, Teil 1: In Dalarne

Fiction
German
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295
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Das Werk "Jerusalem" ist der Titel eines zweibändigen Romans der schwedischen Schriftstellerin Selma Lagerlöf. Er erschien 1901 und 1902 und behandelt – ausgehend von einem realen Ereignis – das Schicksal einiger Bauern aus dem schwedischen Dalarna, die infolge eines religiösen Erweckungserlebnisses nach Jerusalem auswandern, um sich dort einer von amerikanischen Sektenmitgliedern gegründeten Kolonie anzuschließen. Bei dieser Ausgabe handelt es sich um Teil 1 des Romans. [more]

Keywords: selma lagerlöf, jerusalem, in dalarne, nils holgersson, wunderbare reise des kleinen nils holgersson mit den wildgänsen, nobelpreisträger, nobelpreis für literatur

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Selma Lagerlöf Jerusalem, Teil 2: Im Heiligen Land

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German
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Das Werk "Jerusalem" ist der Titel eines zweibändigen Romans der schwedischen Schriftstellerin Selma Lagerlöf. Er erschien 1901 und 1902 und behandelt – ausgehend von einem realen Ereignis – das Schicksal einiger Bauern aus dem schwedischen Dalarna, die infolge eines religiösen Erweckungserlebnisses nach Jerusalem auswandern, um sich dort einer von amerikanischen Sektenmitgliedern gegründeten Kolonie anzuschließen. Bei dieser Ausgabe handelt es sich um Teil 2 des Romans. [more]

Keywords: selma lagerlöf, jerusalem, im heiligen land, nils holgersson, wunderbare reise des kleinen nils holgersson mit den wildgänsen, nobelpreisträger, nobelpreis für literatur

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