The Francis who emerges here is both more complex and more conflicted than that of older biographies

den dramaturgiska grundmodellen och den mer avancerade berättartekniken behandlas också

But the city owes its importance not to them but to the fact that it is the birthplace of monotheism

the volume contains essays on a range of objets d'art

Intentionen med boken är att med Bibeln och den kristna traditionen som grund beskriva det som varit centralt inom kristendomen under lång tid

Romances, Ballads and Melodramas apostlar & helgon The Francis who emerges hereRobert Schumanns literary background and cultivated taste is revealed in his choice of texts for musical setting. The emphasis in this collection is on songs with a narrative character, such as the tragic tale of Die feindlichen Bruder in which two brothers kill each other in a duel for love of the same girl. Further stories are drawn from those by Hans Christian Andersen. In around 1850 Schumann embarked on a series of melodramas with dramatic spoken