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Divine Fury

Author : Darrin M. McMahon
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0465069916
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book Divine Fury written by Darrin M. McMahon and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Genius. With hints of madness and mystery, moral license and visionary force, the word suggests an almost otherworldly power: the power to create, to divine the secrets of the universe, even to destroy. Yet the notion of genius has been diluted in recent times. Today, rock stars, football coaches, and entrepreneurs are labeled 'geniuses,' and the word is applied so widely that it has obscured the sense of special election and superhuman authority that long accompanied it. As acclaimed historian Darrin M. McMahon explains, the concept of genius has roots in antiquity, when men of prodigious insight were thought to possess -- or to be possessed by -- demons and gods. Adapted in the centuries that followed and applied to a variety of religious figures, including prophets, apostles, sorcerers, and saints, abiding notions of transcendent human power were invoked at the time of the Renaissance to explain the miraculous creativity of men like Leonardo and Michelangelo. Yet it was only in the eighteenth century that the genius was truly born, idolized as a new model of the highest human type. Assuming prominence in figures as varied as Newton and Napoleon, the modern genius emerged in tension with a growing belief in human equality. Contesting the notion that all are created equal, geniuses served to dramatize the exception of extraordinary individuals not governed by ordinary laws. The phenomenon of genius drew scientific scrutiny and extensive public commentary into the 20th century, but it also drew religious and political longings that could be abused. In the genius cult of the Nazis and the outpouring of reverence for the redemptive figure of Einstein, genius achieved both its apotheosis and its Armageddon. The first comprehensive history of this elusive concept, Divine Fury follows the fortunes of genius and geniuses through the ages down to the present day, showing how -- despite its many permutations and recent democratization -- genius remains a potent force in our lives, reflecting modern needs, hopes, and fears.

Divine Fury

Author : Darrin McMahon
Publisher : Constellation
ISBN 13 : 0465003257
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book Divine Fury written by Darrin McMahon and published by Constellation. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Genius. With hints of madness and mystery, moral license and visionary force, the word suggests an almost otherworldly power: the power to create, to divine the secrets of the universe, even to destroy. Yet the notion of genius has been diluted in recent times. Today, rock stars, football coaches, and entrepreneurs are labeled ‘geniuses,’ and the word is applied so widely that it has obscured the sense of special election and superhuman authority that long accompanied it. As acclaimed historian Darrin M. McMahon explains, the concept of genius has roots in antiquity, when men of prodigious insight were thought to possess—or to be possessed by—demons and gods. Adapted in the centuries that followed and applied to a variety of religious figures, including prophets, apostles, sorcerers, and saints, abiding notions of transcendent human power were invoked at the time of the Renaissance to explain the miraculous creativity of men like Leonardo and Michelangelo. Yet it was only in the eighteenth century that the genius was truly born, idolized as a new model of the highest human type. Assuming prominence in figures as varied as Newton and Napoleon, the modern genius emerged in tension with a growing belief in human equality. Contesting the notion that all are created equal, geniuses served to dramatize the exception of extraordinary individuals not governed by ordinary laws. The phenomenon of genius drew scientific scrutiny and extensive public commentary into the 20th century, but it also drew religious and political longings that could be abused. In the genius cult of the Nazis and the outpouring of reverence for the redemptive figure of Einstein, genius achieved both its apotheosis and its Armageddon. The first comprehensive history of this elusive concept, Divine Fury follows the fortunes of genius and geniuses through the ages down to the present day, showing how—despite its many permutations and recent democratization—genius remains a potent force in our lives, reflecting modern needs, hopes, and fears.

Literary Criticism

Author : Allan H. Gilbert
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814311608
Total Pages : 724 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (116 download)

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Download or read book Literary Criticism written by Allan H. Gilbert and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 1967 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology of literary criticism is no simple collection of fragments from great critics. It is, in a way, a documentary history of literary taste, or better, a documentary history of the taste of literary critics ... It contains material that is inaccessible in many university libraries and an index which ties together the various selections and gives the book a unity which most anthologies unfortunately lack ..." [Cover].

Sacred Fury

Author : Charles Selengut
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442276851
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Sacred Fury written by Charles Selengut and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-01-12 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From ISIS attacks to the conflict between Israel and Palestine, Sacred Fury explores the connections between faith and violence in world religions. Author Charles Selengut looks at religion as both a force for peace and for violence, and he asks key questions such as how “religious” is this violence and what drives the faithful to attack in the names of their beliefs? Revised throughout, the third edition features new material on violence in Buddhism and Hinduism, the rise of ISIS, “lone wolf terrorists,” and more. This up-to-date edition draws on a variety of disciplines to comprehend forms of religious violence both historically and in the present day. The third edition of Sacred Fury is an essential resource for understanding the connections between faith and violence.

Immortal From Another World

Author : Ai ShangYuWeiWen
Publisher : Funstory
ISBN 13 : 1636661513
Total Pages : 641 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (366 download)

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Download or read book Immortal From Another World written by Ai ShangYuWeiWen and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-09-25 with total page 641 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ye Fei, who brought along his father's flying immortal from outer space, came to the continent after surviving for 500 years. Even though he was called an idiot by others, his family love and love made him truly feel the warmth of his family.

Dante and Renaissance Florence

Author : Simon A. Gilson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521841658
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (416 download)

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Download or read book Dante and Renaissance Florence written by Simon A. Gilson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-01-13 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simon Gilson explores Dante's reception in his native Florence between 1350 and 1481. He traces the development of Florentine civic culture and the interconnections between Dante's principal 'Florentine' readers, from Giovanni Boccaccio to Cristoforo Landino, and explains how and why both supporters and opponents of Dante exploited his legacy for a variety of ideological, linguistic, cultural and political purposes. The book focuses on a variety of texts, both Latin and vernacular, in which reference was made to Dante, from commentaries to poetry, from literary lives to letters, from histories to dialogues. Gilson pays particular attention to Dante's influence on major authors such as Boccaccio and Petrarch, on Italian humanism, and on civic identity and popular culture in Florence. Ranging across literature, philosophy and art, across languages and across social groups, this study fully illuminates for the first time Dante's central place in Italian Renaissance culture and thought.

Socrates and the Irrational

Author : James S. Hans
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
ISBN 13 : 9780813925530
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book Socrates and the Irrational written by James S. Hans and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For those who have a philosophical interest in the foundation of Western thought as well as those whose interests in the humanities encompass the nature of the examined life, Socrates and the Irrational is both an accessible and an erudite journey into the mind of this central figure of our civilization.

English Mythography in its European Context, 1500-1650

Author : Anna-Maria Hartmann
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192534742
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (925 download)

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Download or read book English Mythography in its European Context, 1500-1650 written by Anna-Maria Hartmann and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-02-02 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Greco-Roman mythology and its reception are at the heart of the European Renaissance, and mythographies-texts that collected and explained ancient myths-were considered indispensable companions to any reader of literature. Despite the importance of this genre, English mythographies have not gained sustained critical attention, largely because they have been wrongly considered mere copies of their European counterparts. This volume focuses on the English mythographies written between 1577 and 1647 by Stephen Batman, Abraham Fraunce, Francis Bacon, Henry Reynolds, and Alexander Ross: it places their texts into a wider, European context to reveal their unique English take on the genre and also unfolds the significant role myth played in the broader culture of the period, influencing not only literary life, natural philosophy and poetics, but also religious conflicts and Civil War politics. In doing so it demonstrates, for the first time, the considerable explanatory value classical mythology holds for the study of the English Renaissance and its literary culture in particular, and how early modern England answered a question we still find fascinating today: what is myth?

DIVINE FURY.

Author : D. V. BISHOP
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781529096552
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (965 download)

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Download or read book DIVINE FURY. written by D. V. BISHOP and published by . This book was released on 2025 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Genius on Television

Author : Ashley Lynn Carlson
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786497734
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Genius on Television written by Ashley Lynn Carlson and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-07-09 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether it's Sherlock Holmes solving crimes or Sheldon and Leonard geeking out over sci-fi, geniuses are central figures on many of television's most popular series. They are often enigmatic, displaying superhuman intellect while struggling with mundane aspects of daily life. This collection of new essays explores why TV geniuses fascinate us and how they shape our perceptions of what it means to be highly intelligent. Examining series like Criminal Minds, The Big Bang Theory, Bones, Elementary, Fringe, House, The Mentalist, Monk, Sherlock, Leverage and others, scholars from a variety of disciplines discuss how television both reflects and informs our cultural understanding of genius.

Leone Leoni and the Status of the Artist at the End of the Renaissance

Author : KelleyHelmstutlerDi Dio
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351560352
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)

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Download or read book Leone Leoni and the Status of the Artist at the End of the Renaissance written by KelleyHelmstutlerDi Dio and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The late Renaissance sculptor Leone Leoni (1509-1590) came from modest beginnings, but died as a nobleman and knight. His remarkable leap in status from his humble birth to a stonemason's family, to his time as a galley slave, to living as a nobleman and courtier in Milan provide a specific case study of an artist's struggle and triumph over existing social structures that marginalized the Renaissance artist. Based on a wealth of discoveries in archival documents, correspondence, and contemporary literature, the author examines the strategies Leoni employed to achieve his high social position, such as the friendships he formed, the type of education he sought out, the artistic imagery he employed, and the aristocratic trappings he donned. Leoni's multiple roles (imperial sculptor, aristocrat, man of erudition, and criminal), the visual manifestations of these roles in his house, collection, and tomb, the form and meaning of the artistic commissions he undertook, and the particular successes he enjoyed are here situated within the complex political, social and economic contexts of northern Italy and the Spanish court in the sixteenth century.

Classical Rhetoric and the German Poet

Author : Anna Carrdus
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351199293
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (511 download)

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Download or read book Classical Rhetoric and the German Poet written by Anna Carrdus and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-12-02 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This study relates theory to the details of poetic practice. it presents Opitz, Burger and Aichendorff as representatives of their times and demonstrates how they adapt the classical arts to their particular talents and beliefs. All three poets are shown at work within a tradition flexible enough to persist even into the present. The author shows how the influence of rhetoric on German poetry did not vanish in the mid-18th century, as is widely supposed. The firts chapter briefly comapres theoretical statements by martin Opitz and the 20th century poet peter Ruhmkorf. it uses the comaprison to introduce two main arguments: thta classical rhetoric and poetics exert a persistent though constantly changing influence on the composition of german poetry; and that the theoretical precepts and natural talent are mutually interdependant. These arguments are developed through the examination of works by three German poets, taken from periods of major literary change. Opitz is representative of the Baroque, Burger of the ""Sturm and Drang"", and eichendorff of Romanticism. Three main chapters reconstruct the working method of each poet, applying his own theory and that of near contemporaries to detailed analysis of one of two of his poems. This procedure illustrates how each poet adapts rhetorical and poetic traditions to his own personal talent and to the literary preoccupations of his time."

Pléiade Poetics

Author : Grahame Castor
Publisher : CUP Archive
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pléiade Poetics written by Grahame Castor and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1964 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Speaking of Love: The Love Dialogue in Italian and French Renaissance Literature

Author : Reinier Leushuis
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004343717
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Speaking of Love: The Love Dialogue in Italian and French Renaissance Literature written by Reinier Leushuis and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2017-03-27 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Speaking of Love: The Love Dialogue in Italian and French Renaissance Literature, Reinier Leushuis examines a corpus of sixteenth-century love dialogues that exemplifies the dialogue’s mimetic qualities and validates its place in the literary landscape of the Italian and French Renaissance.

Proofs of Genius

Author : Amanda Gailey
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472052756
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Proofs of Genius written by Amanda Gailey and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2015-10-19 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first extensive study of the collected edition as an editorial genre and its obscured role in shaping the American literary canon

The Philosophical Works of the Late Right Honorable Henry St. John, Lord Viscount Bolingbroke

Author : Bolingbroke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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The Philosophical Works of the Late Right Honorable Henry St. John, Lord Viscount Bolingbroke

Author : Henry St. John Bolingbroke (Viscount)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book The Philosophical Works of the Late Right Honorable Henry St. John, Lord Viscount Bolingbroke written by Henry St. John Bolingbroke (Viscount) and published by . This book was released on 1754 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: