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Book Synopsis Gargoyles, Grotesques & Green Men by : Gary R. Varner
Download or read book Gargoyles, Grotesques & Green Men written by Gary R. Varner and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2007-04-10 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The symbols and strange images that we find in our cemeteries, religious structures, banks and in our parks are the same symbols that have been part of the framework of the human psyche for thousands of years. While contemporary man may think that they are simply decorative manifestations of a by-gone era, they represent the fears, dreams, ideas, beliefs and struggles that humankind has endured since we began to walk upright. This book surveys many of these icons and will give a meaning for them both in the context of ancient history and folklore as well as a meaning that is suitable for our contemporary times. Illustrated with dozens of photographs, this book will be of interest to anyone interested in historic preservation, ancient symbolism, the Green Man and the universal application of imagery. Gary R. Varner has written numerous books on ancient traditions, folklore, the environment and contemporary issues. He is a member of the American Folklore Society and the Foundation for Mythological Studies.
Book Synopsis Gargoyles and Grotesques by : Alex Woodcock
Download or read book Gargoyles and Grotesques written by Alex Woodcock and published by Shire Publications. This book was released on 2011-05-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gargoyles are an architectural feature designed to throw rainwater clear of the walls of a building. Widely used on medieval churches, these water spouts were often richly decorated, and fashioned as serpents' heads and other fanciful shapes. Today, the term gargoyle is also popularly applied to any carved decorative head or creature high up on a building and this book is an exploration of all of these enchanting features. Written by an academic and stonecarver, it is the perfect introduction to this fascinating subject. Gargoyles aims to provide a concise introduction to the stone carvings often found on religious and secular buildings in Britain from the medieval period to the modern. It will explore the typical imagery, some of the theories put forward to explain them, as well as consider the carvings within their architectural and social contexts. Incorporating recent and current research, the book will nevertheless be accessible to the general reader.
Book Synopsis A New Book of the Grotesques by : Robert Dunne
Download or read book A New Book of the Grotesques written by Robert Dunne and published by Kent State University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sherwood Anderson, remembered chiefly as a writer of short stories about life in the Midwest at the turn of the century, was acknowledged as an innovator of the short story form. This book looks at Anderson's early fiction from contemporary interpretative methodologies, particularly from poststructuralist approaches.
Download or read book Grotesque written by Natsuo Kirino and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2007-03-13 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life at the prestigious Q High School for Girls in Tokyo exists on a precise social axis: a world of insiders and outsiders, of haves and have-nots. Beautiful Yuriko and her unpopular, unnamed sister exist in different spheres; the hopelessly awkward Kazue Sato floats around among them, trying to fit in.Years later, Yuriko and Kazue are dead — both have become prostitutes and both have been brutally murdered. Natsuo Kirino, celebrated author of Out, seamlessly weaves together the stories of these women’s struggles within the conventions and restrictions of Japanese society. At once a psychological investigation of the pressures facing Japanese women and a classic work of noir fiction, Grotesque is a brilliantly twisted novel of ambition, desire, beauty, cruelty, and identity by one of our most electrifying writers.
Book Synopsis Gargoyles and Grotesques by : A. Raguenet
Download or read book Gargoyles and Grotesques written by A. Raguenet and published by . This book was released on 2010-06-17 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enter a mysterious world of fantasy, beauty, and horror with this historic collection of architectural details from centuries-old structures — gargoyles, busts, cartouches, pedestals, more. Bonus CD-ROM includes all images from the book.
Book Synopsis Monsters and Grotesques in Medieval Manuscripts by : Alixe Bovey
Download or read book Monsters and Grotesques in Medieval Manuscripts written by Alixe Bovey and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Images of monstrosities pervade art and culture in the Middle Ages, and for medieval people they must have been a tantalizing suggestion of unknown worlds and unthinkable dangers.
Book Synopsis Grotesques and Other Reflections by : Mary Cass Canfield
Download or read book Grotesques and Other Reflections written by Mary Cass Canfield and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Nightmares in the Sky by : Stephen King
Download or read book Nightmares in the Sky written by Stephen King and published by . This book was released on 2014-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Grotesques and Other Reflections on Art and the Theatre by : Mary Cass Canfield
Download or read book Grotesques and Other Reflections on Art and the Theatre written by Mary Cass Canfield and published by Port Washington, N.Y. : Kennikat Press. This book was released on 1927 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Holy Monsters, Sacred Grotesques by : Michael E. Heyes
Download or read book Holy Monsters, Sacred Grotesques written by Michael E. Heyes and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2018-08-10 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Holy Monsters, Sacred Grotesques examines the intersection of religion and monstrosity in a variety of different time periods in the hopes of addressing two gaps in scholarship within the field of monster studies. The first part of the volume—running from the medieval to the Early Modern period—focuses upon the view of the monster through non-majority voices and accounts from those who were themselves branded as monsters. Overlapping partially with the Early Modern and proceeding to the present day, the contributions of the second part of the volume attempt to problematize the dichotomy of secular/religious through a close look at the monsters this period has wrought.
Book Synopsis The Works of Théophile Gautier: The grotesques: François Villon, Théophile de Viau, Saint-Amant, Cyrano de Bergerac, George de Scudéry, Paul Scarron by : Théophile Gautier
Download or read book The Works of Théophile Gautier: The grotesques: François Villon, Théophile de Viau, Saint-Amant, Cyrano de Bergerac, George de Scudéry, Paul Scarron written by Théophile Gautier and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Female Grotesque by : Mary J. Russo
Download or read book The Female Grotesque written by Mary J. Russo and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the grotesque in the light of gender, locating the role of the woman's body in its discourse.
Book Synopsis Guide to Gargoyles and Other Grotesques by : Wendy True Gasch
Download or read book Guide to Gargoyles and Other Grotesques written by Wendy True Gasch and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-31 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Gargoyles and Grotesques by : Ronald Sheridan
Download or read book Gargoyles and Grotesques written by Ronald Sheridan and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Grotesque written by Justin Edwards and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-29 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grotesque provides an invaluable and accessible guide to the use (and abuse) of this complex literary term. Justin D. Edwards and Rune Graulund explore the influence of the grotesque on cultural forms throughout history, with particular focus on its representation in literature, visual art and film. The book: presents a history of the literary grotesque from Classical writing to the present examines theoretical debates around the term in their historical and cultural contexts introduce readers to key writers and artists of the grotesque, from Homer to Rabelais, Shakespeare, Carson McCullers and David Cronenberg analyses key terms such as disharmony, deformed and distorted bodies, misfits and freaks explores the grotesque in relation to queer theory, post-colonialism and the carnivalesque. Grotesque presents readers with an original and distinctive overview of this vital genre and is an essential guide for students of literature, art history and film studies.
Download or read book The Grotesque written by Harold Bloom and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains twenty critical essays that explore themes of the grotesque in various works, such as Voltaire's "Candide," Shelley's "Frankenstein," "Gogol's "The Overcoat," and Kafka's "The Metamorphosis."
Book Synopsis American Gargoyles by : Anthony Di Renzo
Download or read book American Gargoyles written by Anthony Di Renzo and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Di Renzo compares the bizarre comedy in O'Connor's stories and novels to that of medieval narrative, art, folklore, and drama. Noting a strong kinship between her characters and the grotesqueries that adorn the margins of illuminated manuscripts and the facades of European cathedrals, he argues that O'Connor's Gothicism brings her tales closer in spirit to the English mystery cycles and the leering gargoyles of medieval architecture than to the Gothic fiction of Poe and Hawthorne. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
