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Facing Down the Furies

Author : Edith Hall
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300277326
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Facing Down the Furies written by Edith Hall and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2024-03-19 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An award-winning classicist turns to Greek tragedies for the wisdom to understand the damage caused by suicide and help those who are contemplating suicide themselves In Sophocles’ tragedy Oedipus the Tyrant, a messenger arrives to report that Jocasta, queen of Thebes, has killed herself. To prepare listeners for this terrible news, he announces, “The tragedies that hurt the most are those that sufferers have chosen for themselves.” Edith Hall, whose own life and psyche have been shaped by such loss—her mother’s grandfather, mother, and first cousin all took their own lives—traces the philosophical arguments on suicide, from Plato and Aristotle to David Hume and Albert Camus. In this deeply personal story, Hall explores the psychological damage that suicide inflicts across generations, relating it to the ancient Greek idea of a family curse. She draws parallels between characters from Greek tragedy and her own relatives, including her great-grandfather, whose life and death bore similar motivations to Sophocles’ Ajax: both men were overwhelmed by shame and humiliation. Hall, haunted by her own periodic suicidal urges, shows how plays by Sophocles and other Greek dramatists helped her work through the loss of her grandmother and namesake Edith and understand her relationship with her own mother. The wisdom and solace found in the ancient tragedies, she argues, can help one choose survival over painful adversity and offer comfort to those who are tragically bereaved.

Facing the Furies

Author : Daniel DiStasio
Publisher : Vagabondage Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 1452408866
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (524 download)

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Download or read book Facing the Furies written by Daniel DiStasio and published by Vagabondage Press LLC. This book was released on with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s hurricane season, and for one Keys community, the weather isn’t the only thing in turmoil. “It’s starting already. There’s something fierce out there stirring everybody up. This wind is going to blow the earth into the sea.” At 86 years old, Opal, Bahamian matriarch and purported seer, tries to guide her family through the coming storms: JoBe, the nephew to whose drug activities she casts a blind eye; T.C., her teenage granddaughter who’s experiencing her sexual awakening, and Pearl, her niece whose marriage is its own tempest. The Thompson family isn’t fairing much better. For Jessica, strung out and determined to make peace with her past, returning to Key West is, perhaps, the worst decision she’d ever make, but it is the only thing she can do. Her husband, Mark, mailman, dreamer, now single father, struggles to maintain a sense of family for his teenage daughter Mia. Coming to grips with the loneliness and responsibility of a single parenthood, he finds his life turned upside by Jessica’s return. And for octogenarians Bud and Caroline Johnson, they’re just trying to weather one more summer of life’s storms.

A People's History of Classics

Author : Edith Hall
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315446588
Total Pages : 586 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (154 download)

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Download or read book A People's History of Classics written by Edith Hall and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-02-26 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A People’s History of Classics explores the influence of the classical past on the lives of working-class people, whose voices have been almost completely excluded from previous histories of classical scholarship and pedagogy, in Britain and Ireland from the late 17th to the early 20th century. This volume challenges the prevailing scholarly and public assumption that the intimate link between the exclusive intellectual culture of British elites and the study of the ancient Greeks and Romans and their languages meant that working-class culture was a ‘Classics-Free Zone’. Making use of diverse sources of information, both published and unpublished, in archives, museums and libraries across the United Kingdom and Ireland, Hall and Stead examine the working-class experience of classical culture from the Bill of Rights in 1689 to the outbreak of World War II. They analyse a huge volume of data, from individuals, groups, regions and activities, in a huge range of sources including memoirs, autobiographies, Trade Union collections, poetry, factory archives, artefacts and documents in regional museums. This allows a deeper understanding not only of the many examples of interaction with the Classics, but also what these cultural interactions signified to the working poor: from the promise of social advancement, to propaganda exploited by the elites, to covert and overt class war. A People’s History of Classics offers a fascinating and insightful exploration of the many and varied engagements with Greece and Rome among the working classes in Britain and Ireland, and is a must-read not only for classicists, but also for students of British and Irish social, intellectual and political history in this period. Further, it brings new historical depth and perspectives to public debates around the future of classical education, and should be read by anyone with an interest in educational policy in Britain today.

Enraged

Author : Emily Katz Anhalt
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300217374
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Enraged written by Emily Katz Anhalt and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of remedies for violent rage rediscovered in ancient Greek myths Millennia ago, Greek myths exposed the dangers of violent rage and the need for empathy and self-restraint. Homer's Iliad, Euripides' Hecuba, and Sophocles' Ajax show that anger and vengeance destroy perpetrators and victims alike. Composed before and during the ancient Greeks' groundbreaking movement away from autocracy toward more inclusive political participation, these stories offer guidelines for modern efforts to create and maintain civil societies. Emily Katz Anhalt reveals how these three masterworks of classical Greek literature can teach us, as they taught the ancient Greeks, to recognize violent revenge as a marker of illogical thinking and poor leadership. These time-honored texts emphasize the costs of our dangerous penchant for glorifying violent rage and those who would indulge in it. By promoting compassion, rational thought, and debate, Greek myths help to arm us against the tyrants we might serve and the tyrants we might become.

The Furies

Author : Niven Busch
Publisher : eNet Press
ISBN 13 : 1618869159
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (188 download)

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Download or read book The Furies written by Niven Busch and published by eNet Press. This book was released on 2014-01-13 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thundering saga of the American west of the late 19th century filled with complex and twisted characters and vibrant scenes of the rugged New Mexico landscape. It was also turned into a film of the same name starring Barbara Stanwyck.

Furies of Calderon

Author : Jim Butcher
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780441012688
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (126 download)

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Download or read book Furies of Calderon written by Jim Butcher and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2005-06-28 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this extraordinary fantasy epic, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Dresden Files leads readers into a world where the fate of the realm rests on the shoulders of a boy with no power to call his own... For a thousand years, the people of Alera have united against the aggressive and threatening races that inhabit the world, using their unique bond with the furies—elementals of earth, air, fire, water, wood, and metal. But in the remote Calderon Valley, the boy Tavi struggles with his lack of furycrafting. At fifteen, he has no wind fury to help him fly, no fire fury to light his lamps. Yet as the Alerans’ most savage enemy—the Marat horde—return to the Valley, Tavi’s courage and resourcefulness will be a power greater than any fury, one that could turn the tides of war...

Buzz Books2024: Spring/Summer

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Publisher : Publishers Lunch
ISBN 13 : 1948586630
Total Pages : 1050 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (485 download)

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Download or read book Buzz Books2024: Spring/Summer written by and published by Publishers Lunch. This book was released on 2024-01-16 with total page 1050 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buzz Books 2024: Spring/Summer is the 24th volume in our popular sampler series. This Buzz Books presents passionate readers with an insider’s look at nearly sixty of the buzziest books due out this season. Such major bestselling authors as Ally Condie, Christina Dodd, and Emiko Jean are featured, along with literary figures like Mateo Askaripour, Abi Daré, Alison Espach, Peter Nichols and more. Buzz Books has had a particularly stellar track record with highlighting the most talented, exciting and diverse debut authors, and this edition is no exception. Rita Bullwinkel, editor at large for McSweeney’s and deputy editor of The Believer, offers a novel on women boxer, while Lily Samson’s title has already been preempted by Sony Pictures Television. One YA and two nonfiction authors make their adult fiction debuts: Kristen Perrin, Mary Annaïse Heglar and Kate Young, respectively. Among others are Essie Chambers, Katelyn Doyle, Alejandro Puyana, and Rachel Rueckert. Our robust nonfiction section covers such important subjects as suicide and combating racist biases; several memoirs about harrowing childhoods and illnesses; and a biography of the first Asian-American woman pilot to fly during World War II. Finally, we present early looks at new work from young adult authors, including the New York Times bestselling Tracey Baptiste and Morgan Matson. The YA titles also represent more diversity than ever, with Aboriginal, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Malaysian and Trinidadian novelists. And be sure to look out for Buzz Books 2024: Fall/Winter, coming in May, for next season’s most talked about books.

The Furies

Author : Suzy McKee Charnas
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312866068
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (66 download)

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Download or read book The Furies written by Suzy McKee Charnas and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2001-09-28 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alldera the Conqueror leads an army back over the mountains, hoping to end the tyranny and free the slaves she left behind.

The Furies

Author : Mark Alpert
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1250022770
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The Furies written by Mark Alpert and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-04-22 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mark Alpert's The Furies weaves cutting-edge science into an ingenious thriller, showing how a simple genetic twist could have inspired tales of witchcraft and sorcery, and how the paranormal could indeed be possible. For centuries, the Furies have lived among us. Long ago they were called witches and massacred by the thousands. But they're human just like us, except for a rare genetic mutation that they've hidden from the rest of the world for hundreds of years. Now, a chance encounter with a beautiful woman named Ariel has led John Rogers into the middle of a secret war among the Furies. Ariel needs John's help in the battle between a rebellious faction of the clan and their elders. The grand prize in this war is a chance to remake the human race.

The Furies

Author : Janet Hobhouse
Publisher : New York Review of Books
ISBN 13 : 9781590170854
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book The Furies written by Janet Hobhouse and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2004-09-30 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A SELECTION OF THE LOST BOOKS CLUB An exhilarating, fiercely honest, ultimately devastating book, The Furies confronts the claims of family and the lure of desire, the difficulties of independence, and the approach of death. Janet Hobhouse's final testament is beautifully written, deeply felt, and above all utterly alive.

The Order of the Furies

Author : Niklas Natt och Dag
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982145978
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book The Order of the Furies written by Niklas Natt och Dag and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-04-30 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The spellbinding and eerie finale to the #1 internationally bestselling “cerebral, immersive” (The Washington Post) historical trilogy follows two unlikely allies as they struggle to end the reign of a powerful cabal of depraved hedonists in 18th-century Stockholm. For more than a year, Emil Winge has dedicated himself to capturing the diabolical Tycho Ceton, with the invaluable assistance of one-armed army veteran and watchman Jean Michael Cardell. Their mission is made more difficult by the ever-increasing paranoia gripping Sweden’s royal family, who fear that a bloody revolution is brewing. A letter with the names of the revolutionary conspirators is said to be in the possession of Anna Stina Knapp, a good friend to Cardell. Now, Anna is missing and Cardell is determined to find her before the secret police take her into custody. While Winge and Cardell fight for justice and for life, they find themselves caught between powerful enemies—those who will do anything to maintain the status quo, and those who will only be satisfied with its total destruction. Writing with “thrilling, unnerving, clever, and beautiful” (Fredrik Backman) vigor and style, Niklas Natt och Dag brilliantly concludes his immersion into the dark and turbulent waters of 18th-century Stockholm.

Stories from the Italian Poets

Author : Leigh Hunt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 636 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Stories from the Italian Poets written by Leigh Hunt and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Works ...

Author : Leigh Hunt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 596 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Works ... written by Leigh Hunt and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Saturnalia

Author : Adam Alexander Haviaras
Publisher : Adam Alexander Haviaras
ISBN 13 : 1988309204
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (883 download)

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Download or read book Saturnalia written by Adam Alexander Haviaras and published by Adam Alexander Haviaras. This book was released on 2018-10-11 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long before Ebenezer Scrooge, there was Catus Pompilius, the meanest man in Rome. It is the time of Saturnalia, the most highly-anticipated festival across the whole of the Roman Empire. In the ancient city of Rome, citizens and slaves are preparing to honour the gods and to enjoy a time of freedom and revelry among family and friends. Saturnalia truly is the best of days for all! That is, for all except the wickedest landlord in Rome: Catus Pompilius. With a blatant disregard for gods and men alike, Catus Pompilius moves through the streets of Rome spreading misery wherever he can, dousing the Saturnalian light of the world around him. However, this Saturnalia, the gods have decided that Catus’ time has come. Judgment is upon him! Will Catus Pompilius be able to redeem himself and prevail upon the gods’ mercy? Or will their divine wrath hurl him into the darkest depths of Tartarus for all eternity? Read this dark tale of gods and men, wickedness and redemption, to find out! Saturnalia is an exciting retelling of Charles Dickens’ classic tale. It is also a story for fans of ancient Rome, of tales of gods and men, and stories that make one examine the quality of the life we lead as mortals. If you are a fan of A Christmas Carol, stories about life and redemption against all odds, then you will love Saturnalia!

Peloubet's Select Notes on the International Bible Lessons for Christian Living

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Peloubet's Select Notes on the International Bible Lessons for Christian Living written by and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Furies

Author : Keith Roberts
Publisher : Gateway
ISBN 13 : 0575104244
Total Pages : 123 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (751 download)

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Download or read book The Furies written by Keith Roberts and published by Gateway. This book was released on 2011-09-29 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America and Russian both explode huge H-bombs simultaneously. The tests go wrong, cracking the seabed, rupturing continents and engulfing cities. The Thames flattens into a flood plain, London is drowned. Now comes cosmic retribution - giant wasps, monstrous and deadly, directed by a supernatural intelligence, invade a reeling world. In England, isolated guerrillas fight on¿

The Furies

Author : Natalie Haynes
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1466848308
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book The Furies written by Natalie Haynes and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2014-08-26 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Steady pacing paired with well-timed foreshadowing and fully realized characters make this one compelling from the beginning. Fans of Donna Tartt's The Secret History (1992), Erin Kelly's The Poison Tree (2011), and Tana French's The Likeness (2008) will likely enjoy the new perspective Haynes' conversational style offers to similar material." —Booklist After losing her fiancé in a shocking tragedy, Alex Morris moves from London to Edinburgh to make a break with the past. Formerly an actress, Alex accepts a job teaching drama therapy at a school commonly referred to as "The Unit," a last-chance learning community for teens expelled from other schools in the city. Her students have troubled pasts and difficult personalities, and Alex is an inexperienced teacher, terrified of what she's taken on and drowning in grief. Her most challenging class is an intimidating group of teenagers who have been given up on by everyone before her. But Alex soon discovers that discussing the Greek tragedies opens them up in unexpected ways, and she gradually develops a rapport with them. But are these tales of cruel fate and bloody revenge teaching more than Alex ever intended? And who becomes responsible when these students take the tragedies to heart, and begin interweaving their darker lessons into real life with terrible and irrevocable fury? Natalie Haynes' The Furies is a psychologically complex, dark and twisting novel about loss, obsession and the deep tragedies that can connect us to each other even as they blind us to our fate.