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LOVE In The Taming of the Shrew, Katharina learns to love Petruchio only after she has learnt to be an obedient wife. Romeo and Juliet’s love is destined to end in tragedy. In Twelfth Night, love is romantic but also painful, while in Othello love turns into jealousy. And in the final story, Antony and Cleopatra’s passionate love has tragic consequences. Dossiers: The Life of William Shakespeare Courtship and Marriage in Elizabethan Times

The contributions gathered in this volume take a fresh look at the medieval history of women, revealing the many faces of female reality during an extremely dynamic period—while individuality was on the rise, new linguistic codes (vernacular languages) and innovative literary genres were emerging, and the political situation was undergoing deep changes. The book is structured in three interrelated sections: The first is dedicated to "Historical femininity" and documents the cultural and literary activities carried out by women from the nobility. The second is about "Authorial femininity"...

Aprender Alemán divirtiéndose En alemán, cuando alguien se ha muerto, se dice que está “empujando las margaritas hacia arriba” (Die Radieschen von unten betrachten). Cuando alguien toma el pelo a un amigo, se dice que está “arrastrándolo en la mierda” (Durch den Kakao ziehen). ¡Memorice más de 250 modismos, proverbios y expresiones populares en alemán, y diviértase comparándolos con sus respectivas versiones en español!

Presents English definitions of over four thousand Spanish language idioms and colloquialisms, grouped according to Spanish key word, and includes example sentences, matching English expressions, and a Spanish-English index.