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View Rights PortalMMC EDIZIONI is a publishing house based in Rome.Born in 2001 as a generalist, along the time it has specialized almost exclusively in non-fiction, dedicated in particular (but not only) to the city of Rome.The main series, called "A walk with history" offers an alternative vision of the city through the historical reconnaissance and analysis of some of its urban furnishings that are not taken into consideration such as small fountains, clocks, inscriptions, sacred shrines, plaques. This series stands out for a particular graphic style and for the abundance of photographs, specially made for these books.Other series on Rome are instead dedicated to in-depth studies on specific historical and customs themes, or on the mysterious aspects of the city that also reveal its dark side.In the MMC catalogue are other non-fiction books on topics such as Music, Interculture, Anthropology and a series of stories for children encouraging solidarity, non-violence and respect for the environment
View Rights PortalA Vision of Battlements is the first novel by the writer and composer Anthony Burgess, who was born in Manchester in 1917. Set in Gibraltar during the Second World War, the book follows the fortunes of Richard Ennis, an army sergeant and incipient composer who dreams of composing great music and building a new cultural world after the end of the war. Following the example of his literary hero, James Joyce, Burgess takes the structure of his book from Virgil's Aeneid. The result is, like Joyce's Ulysses, a comic rewriting of a classical epic, whose critique of the Army and the postwar settlement is sharp and assured. The Irwell Edition is the first publication of Burgess's forgotten masterpiece since 1965. This new edition includes an introduction and notes by Andrew Biswell, author of a prize-winning biography of Anthony Burgess.
"Aeneid" is a Ukrainian burlesque-travesty poem written by the writer Ivan Kotlyarevsky, based on the plot of the classic poem of the same name by the Roman poet Virgil. It consists of six parts, in contrast to the twelve parts of Virgil. Written in four-foot iambic. The poem was written during the formation of romanticism and nationalism in Europe, against the background of nostalgia of the Ukrainian elite for the Cossack state, which was liquidated by Russia in 1775-1786. The Aeneid is the first large-scale monument of Ukrainian writing in the spoken Ukrainian language. The poem initiated the formation of modern Ukrainian literature.
Mit Vergil durchwandert Dante die Hölle und das Fegefeuer. Mit Beatrice durchfliegt er die Himmel des Paradieses. Dieser Weg durch die Trichter der Hölle bis zum Höchsten des Himmels – unüberbotene Horrorvision und unendlicher Traum vom Glück – ist eines der lustvollsten Leseabenteuer der abendländischen Dichtkunst. Dante schuf mit der »Divina Commedia« »eines der paar großen Jahrtausendbücher der Menschheit« (Hermann Hesse).
Mit Vergil durchwandert Dante die Hölle und das Fegefeuer. Mit Beatrice durchfliegt er die Himmel des Paradieses. Dieser Weg durch die Trichter der Hölle bis zum Höchsten des Himmels – unüberbotene Horrorvision und unendlicher Traum vom Glück – ist eines der lustvollsten Leseabenteuer der abendländischen Dichtkunst. Dante schuf mit der »Divina Commedia« »eines der paar großen Jahrtausendbücher der Menschheit« (Hermann Hesse).