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Author : William S. Walsh
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Classical, mediaeval, legendary written by William S. Walsh and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William S. Walsh
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)
Download or read book Heroes and Heroines of Fiction ... Philadelphia: Classical, mediaeval, legendary written by William S. Walsh and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William S. Walsh
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book Heroes and Heroines of Fiction, Classical Mediæval, Legendary written by William S. Walsh and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Porter Lander MacClintock, William Darnall MacClintock
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
ISBN 13 : 1465507361
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (655 download)
Download or read book Song and Legend From the Middle Ages written by Porter Lander MacClintock, William Darnall MacClintock and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Margaret Hutchins
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Guide to the Use of Libraries written by Margaret Hutchins and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Scott Fraser
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004484973
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)
Download or read book A Politic Theatre: The Drama of David Hare written by Scott Fraser and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-06-08 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This analysis of twenty published texts by David Hare employs definitions from contemporary semiotic literary theory as a means of describing typologies of political drama. By tracing the incorporation of stylistic devices from agitational propaganda (caricature, self-referentiality, the frisson between oral and visual signification) throughout the typologies, the study illustrates how each text subverts audience expectation based on established dramatic genres. The collection of texts is seen as inherently self-referential and politically subversive. At the centre of each typology is a protagonist who functions as a martyr to or parodic emblem of contemporary society. Consistently, the hermeticism of public institutions which represent the political status quo makes them immune from any form of individual protest from the Left or Right. In the satirical anatomy, the emblem of political dissent is coopted by involvement within the institution, or the stage is dominated by a conservative who controls the action. In the demythology, private individuals are seen as incapable of altering the public frame of history; but here private suffering subverts the collective mythology of the historical construct. In the martyrology, the emblem of dissent is associated with a moral virtue which is inimical to contemporary society, the audience's expectation of the triumph of the individual being subverted when he/she is expelled from the onstage world on the grounds of political ideology. It is only in the final typology, the conversion, that a conservative emblem is seen as directly influenced by such martyrdom, and the audience is provided with an actual example of political change. Thus, the study describes how each typology builds on the construction of the previous, and all generate from agitational propaganda.
Author : R. M. Wilson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429536933
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (295 download)
Download or read book Early Middle English Literature written by R. M. Wilson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-07-08 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1939, Early Middle English Literature is a comprehensive overview of various aspects of early Middle English literature. The book examines authorship and provenance and the effect this had upon the literature of the period. This text examines literature from the period of 1066 to 1300 and addresses the transition between Old and Middle English and looks at the effect the transition of language during this period from Anglo-French to English, had on the literature of the time.
Author : Arthur Milton Young
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre
ISBN 13 : 0822975521
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (229 download)
Download or read book Troy and Her Legend written by Arthur Milton Young and published by University of Pittsburgh Pre. This book was released on 1948-03-15 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The power of legend is that it is never simply an old tale retold. Though the legend may be old, its meaning and influence is new in each retelling and for each new group of listeners.Young provides here a "biography" of the greatest of the classical legends, the story of the fall of Troy. As he states in his book, the greatness of the legend does not depend on its relation to historical reality, but "lies rather in the beauty and variety it has called out of the creative imaginations of artists, from Homer down to modern times, artists who with varied skill and in many forms have expressed their individual genius." Young's text is beautifully illustrated with examples of art inspired by the legend, from literature, painting, ceramics, tapestry, sculpture, and the opera, with fresh interpretations of their meaning. The legend of Troy has survived more than 3,000 years in the art of many-from Quintus of Smyrna to Tennyson to Christopher Morley, Guerin to Baroccio to Strauss-and archaeological excavations in our own time have only enriched the imaginations of contemporary artists and scholars. In deepening our knowledge of classic texts and their changing interpretations over time, Young argues, we enhance our understanding both of the classics and of the successive civilizations they have influenced.
Author : Velma Bourgeois Richmond
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476666172
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book The Faerie Queene as Children's Literature written by Velma Bourgeois Richmond and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-07-11 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edmund Spenser's vast epic poem The Faerie Queene is the most challenging masterpiece in early modern literature and is praised as the work most representative of the Elizabethan age. In it he fused traditions of medieval romance and classical epic, his religious and political allegory creating a Protestant alternative to the Catholic romances rejected by humanists and Puritans. The poem was later made over as children's literature, retold in lavish volumes and schoolbooks and appreciated in pedagogical studies and literary histories. Distinguished writers for children simplified the stories and noted artists illustrated them. Children were less encouraged to consider the allegory than to be inspired to the moral virtues. This book studies The Faerie Queene's many adaptations for a young audience in order to provide a richer understanding of both the original and adapted texts.
Author : Theresa Bane
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786478489
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Imaginary and Mythical Places written by Theresa Bane and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-03-04 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The heavens and hells of the world's religions and the "far, far away" legends cannot be seen or visited, but they remain an integral part of culture and history. This encyclopedia catalogs more than 800 imaginary and mythological lands from all over the world, including fairy realms, settings from Arthurian lore, and kingdoms found in fairy tales and political and philosophical works, including Sir Thomas More's Utopia and Plato's Atlantis. From al A'raf, the limbo of Islam, to Zulal, one of the many streams that run through Paradise, entries give the literary origin of each site, explain its cultural context, and describe its topical features, listing variations on names when applicable. Cross-referenced for ease of use, this compendium will prove useful to scholars, researchers or anyone wishing to tour the unseen landscapes of myth and legend.
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Total Pages : 918 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book The Dial written by and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 918 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Antonina Harbus
Publisher : DS Brewer
ISBN 13 : 9780859916257
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (162 download)
Download or read book Helena of Britain in Medieval Legend written by Antonina Harbus and published by DS Brewer. This book was released on 2002 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: St Helena, mother of Constantine the Great and legendary finder of the True Cross, was appropriated in the middle ages as a British saint. The rise and persistence of this legend harnessed Helena's imperial and sacred status to portray her as a romance heroine, source of national pride, and a legitimising link to imperial Rome. This study is the first to examine the origins, development, political exploitation and decline of this legend, tracing its momentum and adaptive power from Anglo-Saxon England to the twentieth century. Using Latin, English, and Welsh texts, as well as church dedications and visual arts, the author examines the positive effect of the British legend on the cult of St Helena and the reasons for its wide appeal and durability in both secular and religious contexts. Two previously unpublished vitae of St Helena are included in the volume: a Middle English verse vita from the South English Legendary, and a Latin prose vita by the twelfth-century hagiographer, Jocelin of Furness. Antonina Harbus is Professor in the Department of English at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
Author : W. L. Bevan
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3368194224
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (681 download)
Download or read book Mediaeval Geography an Essay in Illustration of the Hereford Mappa Mundi written by W. L. Bevan and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-09-26 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1873.
Author : John E WordSlinger
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1304119785
Total Pages : 672 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (41 download)
Download or read book Poetry Train America written by John E WordSlinger and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-06-09 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A colorful combination of storytelling, poets, poetry, and railways presented using America's fifty states as a backdrop. 3 men who travel the U.S.A. in the year of 2012... To write a written documentary on Poets and the Railroad in our times... When they sleep they get taken back in time to the 19th Century, when the roads were built, and they have such great experiences, and meet key Poets, and figures... Upon waking they have conversations about Poets from the 20th Century, and RxR events... Then it goes into their written documentary on Poetry and Poets now... Main Characters that Andy and Red and Train Marshal Charlie journey within their Dreams, and they are Alphonso G. Newcomer, Mad Bear, Jung Hem Sing, Mr. Welchberry, Patrick O'Hara, Jimmy New Orleans, and many more
Author : James De Quincey Donehoo
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Total Pages : 600 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book The Apocryphal and Legendary Life of Christ written by James De Quincey Donehoo and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Earle Broadus Fowler
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Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Spenser and the Courts of Love written by Earle Broadus Fowler and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alan Dundes
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN 13 : 0299131149
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (991 download)
Download or read book The Blood Libel Legend written by Alan Dundes and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 1991-10-15 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alan Dundes, in this casebook of an anti-Semitic legend, demonstrates the power of folklore to influence thought and history. According to the blood libel legend, Jews murdered Christian infants to obtain blood to make matzah. Dundes has gathered here the work of leading scholars who examine the varied sources and elaborations of the legend. Collectively, their essays constitute a forceful statement against this false accusation. The legend is traced from the murder of William of Norwich in 1144, one of the first reported cases of ritualized murder attributed to Jews, through nineteenth-century Egyptian reports, Spanish examples, Catholic periodicals, modern English instances, and twentieth-century American cases. The essays deal not only with historical cases and surveys of blood libel in different locales, but also with literary renditions of the legend, including the ballad “Sir Hugh, or, the Jew’s Daughter” and Chaucer’s “The Prioress’s Tale.” These case studies provide a comprehensive view of the complex nature of the blood libel legend. The concluding section of the volume includes an analysis of the legend that focuses on Christian misunderstanding of the Jewish feast of Purim and the child abuse component of the legend and that attempts to bring psychoanalytic theory to bear on the content of the blood libel legend. The final essay by Alan Dundes takes a distinctly folkloristic approach, examining the legend as part of the belief system that Christians developed about Jews. This study of the blood libel legend will interest folklorists, scholars of Catholicism and Judaism, and many general readers, for it is both the literature and the history of anti-Semitism.
