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Author : Berkley Peabody
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780873951593
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (515 download)
Download or read book The Winged Word written by Berkley Peabody and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1975 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Philip Howard
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Winged Words written by Philip Howard and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1988 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Winged Words, Philip Howard, the Literary Editor of The Times of London, examines the incredible flood of new words and phrases that have entered the English language in the last decade. This is the fifth collection of Howard's articles on language and, as ever, he is informative, witty, and entertaining. In the first half of the book he considers words or new meainings that have appeared in the last few years, analyzing their usage and, when possible, explaining their derivation. In the second half, he discusses general matters such as the growth of new metaphors and modern proverbs, Janus words (words that have two, contradictory meanings; for instance, "cleave" can mean both "split apart" and "cling to"), and the "English vice" of repeating famous quotes. Whether skewering pompous medical jargon or offering insightful comments on slang, Philip Howard is always amusing and knowledgeable. Winged Words will delight wordsmiths and logophiles--and anyone else who loves language.
Author : Jeremy Mynott
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191022713
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Birds in the Ancient World written by Jeremy Mynott and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-10 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Birds pervaded the ancient world, impressing their physical presence on the daily experience and imaginations of ordinary people and figuring prominently in literature and art. They provided a fertile source of symbols and stories in myths and folklore and were central to the ancient rituals of augury and divination. Jeremy Mynott's Birds in the Ancient World illustrates the many different roles birds played in culture: as indicators of time, weather and the seasons; as a resource for hunting, eating, medicine and farming; as domestic pets and entertainments; and as omens and intermediaries between the gods and humankind. We learn how birds were perceived - through quotations from well over a hundred classical Greek and Roman authors, all of them translated freshly into English, through nearly 100 illustrations from ancient wall-paintings, pottery and mosaics, and through selections from early scientific writings, and many anecdotes and descriptions from works of history, geography and travel. Jeremy Mynott acts as a stimulating guide to this rich and fascinating material, using birds as a prism through which to explore both the similarities and the often surprising differences between ancient conceptions of the natural world and our own. His book is an original contribution to the flourishing interest in the cultural history of birds and to our understanding of the ancient cultures in which birds played such a prominent part.
Author : Steve Reece
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004174419
Total Pages : 429 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (41 download)
Download or read book Homer's Winged Words written by Steve Reece and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2009 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over 2500 years many of the most learned scholars of the Greek language have concerned themselves with the topic of etymology. The most productive source of difficult, even inexplicable, words was Homer s 28,000 verses of epic poetry. Steve Reece proposes an approach to elucidating the meanings of some of these difficult words that finds its inspiration primarily in Milman Parry s oral-formulaic theory. He proposes that during the long period of oral transmission acoustic uncertainties, especially regarding word boundaries, were continually occurring: a bard uttered one collocation of words, but his audience thought it heard another. The consequent resegmentation of words and phrases is the probable cause of some of the etymologically inexplicable words in our Homeric texts.
Author : Laura Coltelli
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803263512
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (635 download)
Download or read book Winged Words written by Laura Coltelli and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1990-01-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers reflections by such Native American authors as N. Scott Momaday, Joy Harjo, Linda Hogan, and Leslie Marmon Silko
Author : M. A. T.
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3368182900
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (681 download)
Download or read book A Winged Word and other Sketches and Stories written by M. A. T. and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-07-19 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1873.
Author : Zakiah Sayeed
Publisher : Createspace Indie Pub Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781468090109
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Stray Thoughts/Winged Words written by Zakiah Sayeed and published by Createspace Indie Pub Platform. This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For author Zakiah Sayeed, baring her soul to the world, releasing these intensely personal thoughts and feelings, is a freeing experience. Within these pages is solace and inspiration, happiness and sorrow, and a warm feeling of connection and shared understanding. Free verse poetry and flash fiction, it relies on stream of consciousness and ethereal connection cascading into awareness rather than preconceived rhythm and rhyme, her words true to the cadences of being, each a pulse—a reflection—that when viewed in their whole portrays a stunning breadth of emotion with resonance and beauty. Combined with prose and artfully crafted letters that provide insight into her life, her children, and her grandchildren, her fearless honesty displays for all to see the truth of her being.
Author : Casey Dué
Publisher : Hellenic Studies Series
ISBN 13 : 9780674987364
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (873 download)
Download or read book Achilles Unbound written by Casey Dué and published by Hellenic Studies Series. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Casey Dué, coeditor of the Homer Multitext, explores both the traditionality and multiformity of the Iliad. Dué argues this multiform nature gives us glimpses of the very long history of the text, access to even earlier Iliads, and a greater awareness of the mechanisms by which such a remarkable epic poem could be composed in performance.
Author : Piero Boitani
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 : 1459605640
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (596 download)
Download or read book Winged Words written by Piero Boitani and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-10-19 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flight has always fascinated human minds, but until a century ago it remained a dream - the exclusive domain of birds, gods, and mythological heroes. From the myths of the ancients to the poetry of Pindar and Yeats, Winged Words traces the imprint of the human impulse to fly from premodern times to the age of terrorism in both literature and his...
Author : Mary Agnes Tincker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)
Download or read book A Winged Word written by Mary Agnes Tincker and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : M. A. T.
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3368182919
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (681 download)
Download or read book A Winged Word and other Sketches and Stories written by M. A. T. and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-07-19 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1873.
Author : Benjamin E. Sax
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004680217
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (46 download)
Download or read book Winged Words: Benjamin, Rosenzweig, and the Life of Quotation written by Benjamin E. Sax and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-07-24 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book to explore the role of quotation in modern Jewish thought. Weaving back and forth from Benjamin to Rosenzweig, the book searches for the recovery of concealed and lost meaning in the community of letters, sacred scripture, the collecting of books, storytelling, and the life of liturgy. It also explores how the legacy of Goethe can be used to develop new strata of religious and Jewish thought. We learn how quotation is the binding tissue that links language and thought, modernity and tradition, religion and secularism as a way of being in the world.
Author : William Butler Yeats
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (35 download)
Download or read book The Wild Swans at Coole written by William Butler Yeats and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wild Swans at Coole by William Butler Yeats, first published in 1919, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.
Author : Homer
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3375039131
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (75 download)
Download or read book The Iliad of Homer written by Homer and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2022-06-02 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1865. Translated into English Verse in the Spenserian Stanza.
Author : Scott Weidensaul
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393608913
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (936 download)
Download or read book A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds written by Scott Weidensaul and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times Bestseller Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize A Library Journal Best Science and Technology Book of the Year An exhilarating exploration of the science and wonder of global bird migration. In the past two decades, our understanding of the navigational and physiological feats that enable birds to cross immense oceans, fly above the highest mountains, or remain in unbroken flight for months at a stretch has exploded. What we’ve learned of these key migrations—how billions of birds circumnavigate the globe, flying tens of thousands of miles between hemispheres on an annual basis—is nothing short of extraordinary. Bird migration entails almost unfathomable endurance, like a sparrow-sized sandpiper that will fly nonstop from Canada to Venezuela—the equivalent of running 126 consecutive marathons without food, water, or rest—avoiding dehydration by "drinking" moisture from its own muscles and organs, while orienting itself using the earth’s magnetic field through a form of quantum entanglement that made Einstein queasy. Crossing the Pacific Ocean in nine days of nonstop flight, as some birds do, leaves little time for sleep, but migrants can put half their brains to sleep for a few seconds at a time, alternating sides—and their reaction time actually improves. These and other revelations convey both the wonder of bird migration and its global sweep, from the mudflats of the Yellow Sea in China to the remote mountains of northeastern India to the dusty hills of southern Cyprus. This breathtaking work of nature writing from Pulitzer Prize finalist Scott Weidensaul also introduces readers to those scientists, researchers, and bird lovers trying to preserve global migratory patterns in the face of climate change and other environmental challenges. Drawing on his own extensive fieldwork, in A World on the Wing Weidensaul unveils with dazzling prose the miracle of nature taking place over our heads.
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Publisher : Edition Peters
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (77 download)
Download or read book The Lost Words written by and published by Edition Peters. This book was released on 2022-05 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lost Words by composer James Burton takes its inspiration and text from the award-winning 'cultural phenomenon' and book of the same name by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris: a book that was, in turn, a creative response to the removal of everyday nature words like acorn, newt and otter from a new edition of a widely used children's dictionary. Both the book and Burton's 32-minute work, which is written in 12 short movements for upper-voice choir in up to 3 voice parts (with either orchestral or piano accompaniment), celebrates each lost word with a beautiful poem or 'spell', magically brought to life in Burton's music. At its heart, the work delivers a powerful message about the need to close the gap between childhood and the natural world. Burton's piece was co-commissioned by the Hallé Concerts Society for the Hallé Children's Choir and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The piano accompaniment version was premiered at the Tanglewood Festival in 2019 by the Boston Symphony Children's Choir, of which Burton is founder and director. The Hallé Children's Choir will premiere the orchestral version of the full work in Manchester, UK, post-pandemic. Vocal Score Co-commission by Boston Symphony and Hallé Concerts Society for their respective Children's Choirs. Two versions - with orchestral or with piano accompaniment. The vocal score is the same for both versions. James Burton is a composer but also a conductor. He is conductor of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus and choral director of the Boston Symphony. The book The Lost Words, exquisitely designed, has won multiple awards and is an international best-seller. The vocal score includes Jackie Morris's beautiful imagery in its cover design.
Author : Mary Agnes Tincker
Publisher : Sagwan Press
ISBN 13 : 9781340130794
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (37 download)
Download or read book A Winged Word written by Mary Agnes Tincker and published by Sagwan Press. This book was released on 2015-08-24 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
