Author : Adrienne Munich
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 25,94 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Art
ISBN : 0231068735
Applying feminist theory to some lesser-known works by well known authors and painters, Munich (English, SUNY, Stony Brook) explores the psychological and cultural implications of the Victorian (male) treatment of the Perseus and Andromeda myth and its medieval analog, the legend of St. George and the dragon. With 31 photographs of the works discussed. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Mathew James
Publisher : Dog Ear Publishing
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 36,87 MB
Release : 2011
Category :
ISBN : 1608444635
There is an amazing story being told by the stars every night. They began telling it a long time ago. The story was carried down through many generations but it eventually became lost. The story that the stars tell has not been told for thousands of years until now. The names of the stars in each of the original forty eight constellations all have very special meanings to their names. When the original names of the stars are combined together into sentences they begin telling their story. Each constellation tells a short story. And when all of the constellations are combined together they tell the story written in our night sky. This story has not been told for many generations and it is far from any thing most people have ever heard.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 12,76 MB
Release : 1869
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Guy Stanton Ford
Publisher :
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 39,27 MB
Release : 1922
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN :
Author : Ann Suter
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 29,28 MB
Release : 2008-02-05
Category : History
ISBN : 0190450681
Lament seems to have been universal in the ancient world. As such, it is an excellent touchstone for the comparative study of attitudes towards death and the afterlife, human relations to the divine, views of the cosmos, and the constitution of the fabric of society in different times and places. This collection of essays offers the first ever comparative approach to ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern traditions of lament. Beginning with the Sumerian and Hittite traditions, the volume moves on to examine Bronze Age iconographic representations of lamentation, Homeric lament, depictions of lament in Greek tragedy and parodic comedy, and finally lament in ancient Rome. The list of contributors includes such noted scholars as Richard Martin, Ian Rutherford, and Alison Keith. Lament comes at a time when the conclusions of the first wave of the study of lament-especially Greek lament-have received widespread acceptance, including the notions that lament is a female genre; that men risked feminization if they lamented; that there were efforts to control female lamentation; and that a lamenting woman was a powerful figure and a threat to the orderly functioning of the male public sphere. Lament revisits these issues by reexamining what kinds of functions the term lament can include, and by expanding the study of lament to other genres of literature, cultures, and periods in the ancient world. The studies included here reflect the variety of critical issues raised over the past 25 years, and as such, provide an overview of the history of critical thinking on the subject.
Author : Valeria Finucci
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 43,67 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780804720458
"The Lady Vanishes focuses on the representation of women in two key works of the Italian Renaissance: Baldassarre Castiglione's treatise Il libro del cortegiano (The Book of the Courtier) and Ludovico Ariosto's chivalric romance Orlando Furioso. Using feminist, deconstructive, and psychoanalytical arguments, the author investigates power relations and the construction of women's subjectivities in sixteenth-century debates on women and popular narratives." "The book examines the construction of women in different modes: woman as exemplary model and as ridiculed object; woman as narcissistically self-centered and as masochistically altruistic; woman as subject of desire and as object of desire; woman as ambiguously gendered and as radical spectacle of femininity. Because they offer an array of characters ranging from masculine women to feminized men and experiment with many forms of transgressive desire, Castiglione and Ariosto provide the perfect arena for problematizing the Italian Renaissance discourses on gender and sexual difference, on the production of pleasure and theories of selfhood, and on the body and modes of spectatorship." "The author argues that women are indispensable to Castiglione's conversation on the courtier and the court lady not because, as is often contended, he was sympathetic toward women, but because he found women useful for their central role in the male construction of men's own image. As for Ariosto, he resolves his narrative by subsuming women to culture and society, thus sealing out disorder. Although at times portraying female rebellion and resentment as empowering, in the end he punishes women displaying these qualities by banishing them from the text. In contrast, he celebrates the acquiescent woman in the figure of the lady warrior Bradamante, who, upon resuming a properly feminine role, becomes the progenitrix of a dynasty." "The Italian Renaissance discourse on women cast them in both assertive and docile roles. In the end, however, they were restrained or expelled; their society could envision a freer order for men but not for women."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Author : William Tyler Olcott
Publisher :
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 14,93 MB
Release : 1911
Category : Constellations
ISBN :
Star Lore recounts the origins and histories of star groups as well as the stories of individual constellations: Pegasus, the winged horse; Ursa Major, the Greater Bear; the seven daughters of Atlas known as the Pleiades; the hunter Orion, accompanied by his faithful dogs, Canis Major and Canis Minor; the signs of the Zodiac; and minor constellations such as the ship Argo, the Giraffe, and the Unicorn. Fifty-eight black-and-white images include photographs of the actual stars as well as scenes from their related myths portrayed by Michelangelo, Rubens, Veronese, and other artists. This edition features a new introduction by astronomer Fred Schaaf, in addition to an extensive appendix and index.
Author : Barbara Hunt
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 107 pages
File Size : 11,95 MB
Release : 2011-03-16
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1456864858
Author : Geraldine McCaughrean
Publisher :
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 19,55 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780192741974
A retelling of the Greek tale of how Perseus, a good and brave young man, is helped by the gods to cut off the head of the monster Gorgon Medusa. Suggested level: primary.
Author : Charlotte Mary Yonge
Publisher : Delphi Classics
Page : 24941 pages
File Size : 20,75 MB
Release : 2015-10-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Charlotte M. Yonge’s novels helped spread the influence of the Oxford Movement, while exploring many genres of fiction. Her novel ‘The Heir of Redclyffe’ was one of the great financial successes of the Victorian era, tantalising readers with the story of the Byronic Guy Morville. Yonge’s success enabled her to donate large amounts of her royalties to missionary work. For the first time in publishing history, this comprehensive eBook presents Yonge’s complete novels, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Yonge’s life and works * Original introductions to the major novels * ALL 53 novels, with individual contents tables * Many rare novels appear here for the first time in digital publishing, including ASTRAY, Yonge’s collaborative novel * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Many novels are fully illustrated with their original artwork * A range of short fiction, available in no other collection, including THE CHRISTMAS MUMMERS * Includes Yonge’s rare play – first time in digital print * Features a comprehensive selection of Yonge’s non-fiction - spend hours exploring the author’s varied works * Also provides a bonus biography - discover Yonge’s literary life * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles and download your FREE copy of ‘The Heir of Redclyffe’ from our Yonge product page. CONTENTS: The Novels ABBEYCHURCH SCENES AND CHARACTERS THE RAILROAD CHILDREN HENRIETTA’S WISH KENNETH LANGLEY SCHOOL THE TWO GUARDIANS THE HEIR OF REDCLYFFE THE CASTLE BUILDERS HEARTSEASE THE LITTLE DUKE THE LANCES OF LYNWOOD THE DAISY CHAIN BEN SYLVESTER’S WORD DYNEVOR TERRACE FRIARSWOOD POST OFFICE HOPES AND FEARS THE PIGEON PIE THE STOKESLEY SECRET THE YOUNG STEPMOTHER COUNTESS KATE THE TRIAL THE CLEVER WOMAN OF THE FAMILY THE DOVE IN THE EAGLE’S NEST THE PRINCE AND THE PAGE THE SIX CUSHIONS THE CHAPLET OF PEARLS THE CAGED LION LITTLE LUCY’S WONDERFUL GLOBE THE PILLARS OF THE HOUSE LADY HESTER MY YOUNG ALCIDES THE THREE BRIDES UNKNOWN TO HISTORY STRAY PEARLS THE ARMOURER’S PRENTICES NUTTIE’S FATHER THE TWO SIDES OF THE SHIELD MAGNUM BONUM LOVE AND LIFE CHANTRY HOUSE ASTRAY A MODERN TELEMACHUS UNDER THE STORM BEECHCROFT AT ROCKSTONE A REPUTED CHANGELING THE LONG VACATION TWO PENNILESS PRINCESSES THAT STICK GRISLY GRISELL THE CARBONELS THE HERD BOY AND HIS HERMIT MODERN BROODS The Shorter Fiction THE CHRISTMAS MUMMERS A BOOK OF GOLDEN DEEDS OF ALL TIMES AND ALL LANDS AUNT CHARLOTTE’S STORIES OF GREEK HISTORY FOR THE LITTLE ONES SOWING AND SEWING MORE BYWORDS The Play THE APPLE OF DISCORD The Non-Fiction PIONEERS AND FOUNDERS YOUNG FOLKS’ HISTORY OF ENGLAND YOUNG FOLKS’ HISTORY OF ROME LIFE OF JOHN COLERIDGE PATTESON HISTORY OF FRANCE CAMEOS FROM ENGLISH HISTORY OLD TIMES AT OTTERBOURNE LADY GEORGIANA FULLERTON. MRS. STRETTON. ANNE. MANNING THE CHOSEN PEOPLE JOHN KEBLE’S PARISHES The Biography CHARLOTTE MARY YONGE by Edith Sichel Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks
