https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/47487 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:08:03 GMT 2026-04-16T21:08:03Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/41270 Title: Arthur Koestler and mysticism Abstract: Arthur Koestler was an influential writer during the first years after the war. His attacks on communism got a world-wide echo, in particular among intellectuals. To the reading public he was in the first place a political writer. But according to himself the political content is only one aspect of his literary production from his first years as an author. As important were some mystical experiences he had while sitting in one of Franco's prisons awaiting execution during the Spanish Civil War. Thu, 01 Jan 1976 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/41270 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/41269 Title: Balzac's historical reliability Abstract: The revival of interest in Balzac among the English-reading public in the late 1960' s and in the 1970's - attested to, for example, by the success of new translations by Donald Adamson, Marion Crawford, Herberc J. Hunt, Rayner Heppenstall, and others - has raised once again the question of how reliable Balzac is as a student of historical manners. Though Balzac has never been considered a mere historical impressionist doubts have sometimes been expressed about the authenticity of some of his portraiture. Usually it is for 'exaggeration' that Balzac is faulted. Thu, 01 Jan 1976 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/41269 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/41268 Title: Selected poems [JFA, 6(3)] Abstract: A selection of poems written by J. Aquilina: 'Dying', 'The bondsmen', 'Epitaph on a fanatic politician', 'Burial', 'Political power', 'Les betes', 'Gloria mundi', Epitaph', 'Faces', and 'Love's mistake'. Thu, 01 Jan 1976 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/41268 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/41267 Title: Renaissance in France, its history and its literature : an interdisciplinary study Abstract: The trend toward interdisciplinary study is becoming well-established, despite inevitable conflicts arising from our traditional university divisions. The development of a course or seminar attempting to draw parallels between the political and literary behavior of a given period and country might well have been opposed by either or both of the departments of history and language, not to mention curriculum committees. New structures, however, now facilitate such investigations, both within and outside existing terms and programs. Thus, during the regular term, General Studies, Honors Classes, or similar relatively recent additions to the curriculum roster offer courses created by groups of instructors or even by students and instructors. Interim Terms, on the other hand, as a sort of pause in the academic calendar, more easily lend themselves to the pooling of students and instructors wishing to widen their experience in particular subjects or periods without draining the staff or equipment necessary for the maintenance of operating programs. Thu, 01 Jan 1976 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/41267 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z