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The Progeny

Author : Tosca Lee
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476798702
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)

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Download or read book The Progeny written by Tosca Lee and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-05-24 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author Tosca Lee brings a modern twist to an ancient mystery surrounding Elizabeth Bathory, the most notorious female serial killer of all time. Emily Jacobs is the descendant of a serial killer. Now, she’s become the hunted. She’s on a quest that will take her to the secret underground of Europe and the inner circles of three ancient orders—one determined to kill her, one devoted to keeping her alive, and one she must ultimately save. Filled with adrenaline, romance, and reversals, The Progeny is the present-day saga of a 400-year-old war between the uncanny descendants of “Blood Countess” Elizabeth Bathory, the most prolific female serial killer of all time, and a secret society dedicated to erasing every one of her descendants. It is a story about the search for self filled with centuries-old intrigues against the backdrop of atrocity and hope.

Monstrous Progeny

Author : Lester D. Friedman
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 081357370X
Total Pages : 379 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book Monstrous Progeny written by Lester D. Friedman and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2016-08-01 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein is its own type of monster mythos that will not die, a corpus whose parts keep getting harvested to animate new artistic creations. What makes this tale so adaptable and so resilient that, nearly 200 years later, it remains vitally relevant in a culture radically different from the one that spawned its birth? Monstrous Progeny takes readers on a fascinating exploration of the Frankenstein family tree, tracing the literary and intellectual roots of Shelley’s novel from the sixteenth century and analyzing the evolution of the book’s figures and themes into modern productions that range from children’s cartoons to pornography. Along the way, media scholar Lester D. Friedman and historian Allison B. Kavey examine the adaptation and evolution of Victor Frankenstein and his monster across different genres and in different eras. In doing so, they demonstrate how Shelley’s tale and its characters continue to provide crucial reference points for current debates about bioethics, artificial intelligence, cyborg lifeforms, and the limits of scientific progress. Blending an extensive historical overview with a detailed analysis of key texts, the authors reveal how the Frankenstein legacy arose from a series of fluid intellectual contexts and continues to pulsate through an extraordinary body of media products. Both thought-provoking and entertaining, Monstrous Progeny offers a lively look at an undying and significant cultural phenomenon.

Hideous Progeny

Author : Angela Smith
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231527853
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Hideous Progeny written by Angela Smith and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2012-01-24 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twisted bodies, deformed faces, aberrant behavior, and abnormal desires characterized the hideous creatures of classic Hollywood horror, which thrilled audiences with their sheer grotesqueness. Most critics have interpreted these traits as symptoms of sexual repression or as metaphors for other kinds of marginalized identities, yet Angela M. Smith conducts a richer investigation into the period's social and cultural preoccupations. She finds instead a fascination with eugenics and physical and cognitive debility in the narrative and spectacle of classic 1930s horror, heightened by the viewer's desire for visions of vulnerability and transformation. Reading such films as Dracula (1931), Frankenstein (1931), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931), Freaks (1932), and Mad Love (1935) against early-twentieth-century disability discourse and propaganda on racial and biological purity, Smith showcases classic horror's dependence on the narratives of eugenics and physiognomics. She also notes the genre's conflicted and often contradictory visualizations. Smith ultimately locates an indictment of biological determinism in filmmakers' visceral treatments, which take the impossibility of racial improvement and bodily perfection to sensationalistic heights. Playing up the artifice and conventions of disabled monsters, filmmakers exploited the fears and yearnings of their audience, accentuating both the perversity of the medical and scientific gaze and the debilitating experience of watching horror. Classic horror films therefore encourage empathy with the disabled monster, offering captive viewers an unsettling encounter with their own impairment. Smith's work profoundly advances cinema and disability studies, in addition to general histories concerning the construction of social and political attitudes toward the Other.

Pinocchio's Progeny

Author : Harold B. Segel
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801852626
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (526 download)

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Download or read book Pinocchio's Progeny written by Harold B. Segel and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While Carlo Collodi's internationally revered Pinocchio may not have been the single source of the modernist fascination with puppets and marionettes, the book's appearance on the threshold of the modernist movement heralded a new artistic interest in the making of human likenesses. And the puppets, marionettes, and other forms that figure so vividly and provocatively in modernist and avant-garde drama can, according to Harold Segel, be regarded as Pinocchio's progeny. Segel argues that the philosophical, social, and artistic proclivities of the modernist movement converged in the discovery of an exciting new relevance in the puppet and marionette. Previously viewed as entertainment for children and fairground audiences, puppets emerged as an integral component of the modernist vision. They became metaphors for human helplessness in the face of powerful forces -- from Eros and the supernatural to history, industrial society, and national myth. Dramatists used them to satirize the tyranny of bourgeois custom and convention, to deflate the arrogance of the powerful, and to breathe new life into a theater that had become tradition-bound and commercialized. Pinocchio's Progeny offers a broad overview of the uses of these figures in European drama from 1890 to 1935. It considers developments in France, Spain, Italy, Austria, Germany, Sweden, Russia, Poland and Czechoslovakia. In his introduction, Segel reviews the premodernist literary and dramatic treatment of the puppet and marionette from Cervantes' Don Quixote to the turn-of-the- century European cabaret. His epilogue considers the appearance of puppets and marionettes in postmodern European and American drama by examining worksby such dramatists as Jean-Claude Van Itallie, Heiner MA1/4ller, and Tadeusz Kantor.

The Progeny

Author : Lee Levine
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781627224499
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (244 download)

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Download or read book The Progeny written by Lee Levine and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This compelling work of historical non-fiction focuses on the progeny of the famous New York Times v. Sullivan Supreme Court Decision. It examines how Justice Brennan nurtured and developed the constitutional law of defamation and related claims. It provides the authoritative historical account of how an important body of constitutional law came to be. The Progeny offers fresh insights with respect to both what the law means and the process by which it was formulated.

Kafka’s Italian Progeny

Author : Saskia Elizabeth Ziolkowski
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1487506309
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (875 download)

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Download or read book Kafka’s Italian Progeny written by Saskia Elizabeth Ziolkowski and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2020 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores Kafka's sometimes surprising connections with key Italian writers, from Italo Calvino to Elena Ferrante, who shaped Italy's modern literary landscape.

Organizational Progeny

Author : Tana Johnson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0198717792
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (987 download)

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Download or read book Organizational Progeny written by Tana Johnson and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2014 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While most studies focus on states as principals and international bureaucrats as agents, [the author] demonstrates that many international bureaucrats have mastered the art of insulating themselves from state control.

Magical Progeny, Modern Technology

Author : Swasti Bhattacharyya
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 0791481549
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (914 download)

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Download or read book Magical Progeny, Modern Technology written by Swasti Bhattacharyya and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Magical Progeny, Modern Technology examines Hindu perspectives on assisted reproductive technology through an exploration of birth narratives in the great Indian epic the Mahābhārata. Reproductive technology is at the forefront of contemporary bioethical debates, and in the United States often centers on ethical issues framed by conflicts among legal, scientific, and religious perspectives. Author Swasti Bhattacharyya weaves together elements from South Asian studies, religion, literature, law, and bioethics, as well as experiences from her previous career as a nurse, to construct a Hindu response to the debate. Through analysis of the mythic stories in the Mahābhārata, specifically the birth narratives of the five Pāṇḍava brothers and their Kaurava cousins, she draws out principles and characteristics of Hindu thought. She broadens the bioethical discussions by applying Hindu perspectives to a California court case over the parentage of a child conceived through reproductive technology and compares specific Hindu and Roman Catholic attitudes toward assisted reproductive technology. Magical Progeny, Modern Technology provides insightful ways to explore ethical issues and highlights concerns often overlooked in contemporary discussions occurring within the United States.

Minimum Standards for Progeny-testing Southern Forest Trees for Seed-certification Purposes

Author : Committee on Southern Forest Tree Improvement. Subcommittee on Progeny Testing for Seed Certification Purposes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book Minimum Standards for Progeny-testing Southern Forest Trees for Seed-certification Purposes written by Committee on Southern Forest Tree Improvement. Subcommittee on Progeny Testing for Seed Certification Purposes and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Permissible Progeny?

Author : Sarah Hannan
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190463708
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Permissible Progeny? written by Sarah Hannan and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015-09-03 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contributes to the growing literature on the morality of procreation and parenting. About half of the chapters take up questions about the morality of bringing children into existence. They discuss the following questions: Is it wrong to create human life? Is there a connection between the problem of evil and the morality of procreation? Could there be a duty to procreate? How do the environmental harms imposed by procreation affect its moral status? Given these costs, is the value of establishing genetic ties ever significant enough to render procreation morally permissible? And how should government respond to peoples' motives for procreating? The other half of the volume considers moral and political questions about adoption and parenting. One chapter considers whether the choice to become a parent can be rational. The two following chapters take up the regulation of adoption, focusing on whether the special burdens placed on adoptive parents, as compared to biological parents, can be morally justified. The book concludes by considering how we should conceive of adequacy standards in parenting and what resources we owe to children. This collection builds on existing literature by advancing new arguments and novel perspectives on existing debates. It also raises new issues deserving of our attention. As a whole it is sure to generate further philosophical debate on pressing and rich questions surrounding the bearing and rearing of children.

Progeny

Author : Ron Marz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781607067481
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (674 download)

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Download or read book Progeny written by Ron Marz and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can a mother's love save the universe? In the aftermath of Artifacts, Darkness bearer Jackie Estacado reconstructed the fabric of the universe to save his daughter Hope and resurrect his previously murdered lover, Jenny Romano. What seemed like an innocent transgression to set things right for himself has created cracks that have allowed older, greater evils to enter our world. Rapture bearer and defrocked priest Tom Judge knows what Jackie has done and is assembling an army of Artifacts bearers to stop him and set things right... but will the Witchblade bearer Sara Pezzini be willing to help him?

Plato's Progeny

Author : Melissa Lane
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472502299
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (725 download)

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Download or read book Plato's Progeny written by Melissa Lane and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-03-02 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Socrates wrote nothing; Plato's accounts of Socrates helped to establish western politics, ethics, and metaphysics. Both have played crucial and dramatically changing roles in western culture. In the last two centuries, the triumph of democracy has led many to side with the Athenians against a Socrates whom they were right to kill. Meanwhile the Cold War gave us polar images of Plato as both a dangerous totalitarian and an escapist intellectual. And visions of Plato have proliferated at the heart of postmodern critiques of the very idea of metaphysics and politics. Plato's Progeny begins with an account of modern responses to the trial of Socrates and the controversial question of Socrates' relation to Plato. At its centre are two chapters exploring the idea of Platonic origins in and for philosophy, and of Platonic foundations for philosophical politics. Exploring unfamiliar as well as familiar invocations of Plato, Melissa Lane argues that twentieth-century ideological battles have obscured the importance of Socratic individualism, the nature of Platonic ethics, and the value of Platonic politics. Succinct and clearly written, this is an ideal guide for everyone interested in the way philosophers are still writing footnotes to Plato.

Minimum Standards for Progeny-Testing Southern Forest Trees for Seed-Certification Purposes

Author : United States. Forest Service
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Minimum Standards for Progeny-Testing Southern Forest Trees for Seed-Certification Purposes written by United States. Forest Service and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Progeny

Author : Sayyid Ali Al-Hakeem
Publisher : Mainstay Foundation
ISBN 13 : 9781943393848
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (938 download)

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Download or read book The Progeny written by Sayyid Ali Al-Hakeem and published by Mainstay Foundation. This book was released on 2015-09-30 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, The Progeny: the Prophet and His Household, is a compilation of inspirational lessons and parables taken from the lives of the Grand Prophet Muhammad (s) and His Pure Progeny (a). Greater focus is given to the first five of the Immaculate Leaders - The Grand Prophet (s), Imam Ali (a), Lady Fatima (a), Imam Hassan (a), and Imam Hussain (a). Those chapters are followed by shorter chapters and lessons from the lives of the remainder of our Immaculate Imams, from Imam Ali Zayn Al-Abideen (a) to the Awaited Imam Al-Mahdi (a).

The Progeny of Misinterpretation

Author :
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1434919676
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (349 download)

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Download or read book The Progeny of Misinterpretation written by and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Progeny

Author : R. T. Kaelin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780615421032
Total Pages : 662 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book Progeny written by R. T. Kaelin and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The children of the white lions"--Cover.

The Loeb Classical Library and Its Progeny

Author : Jeffrey Henderson
Publisher : Loeb Classical Monographs
ISBN 13 : 9780674248717
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (487 download)

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Download or read book The Loeb Classical Library and Its Progeny written by Jeffrey Henderson and published by Loeb Classical Monographs. This book was released on 2020-09 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The papers collected in The Loeb Classical Library and Its Progeny explore the legacy for which James Loeb is best known, the Loeb Classical Library, and the three series it inspired, and take stock of these series in light of more general themes bearing on translations of "classical" texts and their audiences.