Fisher Folk-lore
Author : Peter Frederick Anson
Publisher : London : Faith Press
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 14,85 MB
Release : 1965
Category : Fishers
ISBN :
The Fisher Folk of Late Imperial and Modern China
Author : Xi He
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 21,46 MB
Release : 2016-01-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1317409655
Book Description
Although most studies of rural society in China deal with land villages, in fact very substantial numbers of Chinese people lived by the sea, on the rivers and the lakes. In land villages, mostly given to farming, people lived in permanent houses, whereas on the margins of the waterways many people lived in boats and sheds, and developed their own marked features, often being viewed as pariahs by the rest of Chinese society. This book examines these boat and shed living people. It takes an "historical anthropological" approach, combining research in official records with investigations among surviving boat and shed living people, their oral traditions and their personal records. Besides outlining the special features of the boat and shed living people, the book considers why pressures over time drove many to move to land villages, and how boat and shed living people were gradually marginalised, often losing their fishing rights to those who claimed imperial connections. The book covers the subject from Ming and Qing times up to the present.
The Folk-lore Journal
Author : Folklore Society (Great Britain)
Publisher :
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 32,17 MB
Release : 1883
Category : Folklore
ISBN :
Book Description
“The” Folk-lore Journal
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 34,85 MB
Release : 1886
Category :
ISBN :
Book Description
Fisher King
Author : Don Nigro
Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 10,26 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Arthurian romances
ISBN : 9780573629846
Book Description
Arthurian legends are reborn in the Civil War era in this addition to the author's Pendragon cycle of plays. In the autumn of 1864, Major Pendragon and some of his men wander in a dark forest, unable to find their way back to the Union Army. They encounter a young man who wants to become a soldier, a tattered revival tent where a demented preacher speaks gibberish while his daughter operates a pump organ, and an old man fishing near a haunted mansion who leads them to the Holy Grail. This eerie play offers new insights into characters also seen in Armitage, Green Man and Sorceress. The author was awarded a Playwriting Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts for Fisher King.
Folk-lore in the Old Testament
Author : James George Frazer
Publisher :
Page : 604 pages
File Size : 32,57 MB
Release : 1918
Category : Bible
ISBN :
Book Description
Folk-Lore in the Old Testament
Author : Frazer, Sir James George FRS, FBA
Publisher :
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 50,5 MB
Release : 1923
Category :
ISBN :
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Folklore
Author : Joseph Jacobs
Publisher :
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 21,17 MB
Release : 1908
Category : Electronic journals
ISBN :
Book Description
Most vols. for 1890- contain list of members of the Folk-lore Society.
A Dictionary of English Folklore
Author : Jacqueline Simpson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 1046 pages
File Size : 31,56 MB
Release : 2003-10-09
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0191578525
Book Description
This dictionary is part of the Oxford Reference Collection: using sustainable print-on-demand technology to make the acclaimed backlist of the Oxford Reference programme perennially available in hardback format. An engrossing guide to English folklore and traditions, with over 1,250 entries. Folklore is connected to virtually every aspect of life, part of the country, age group, and occupation. From the bizarre to the seemingly mundane, it is as much a feature of the modern technological age as of the ancient world. BL Oral and Performance genres-Cheese rolling, Morris dancing, Well-dressingEL BL Superstitions-Charms, Rainbows, WishbonesEL BL Characters-Cinderella, Father Christmas, Robin Hood, Dick WhittingtonEL BL Supernatural Beliefs-Devil's hoofprints, Fairy rings, Frog showersEL BL Calendar Customs-April Fool's Day, Helston Furry Day, Valentine's DayEL
Terence Fisher
Author : Paul Leggett
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 31,80 MB
Release : 2010-06-28
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786481118
Book Description
Some critics in England and France have long maintained that British director Terence Fisher, whose films dominated world markets in the 1950s and 60s, was one of the greatest directors of fantasy films in history. Since his death in 1980, Fisher's reputation has grown from relative obscurity and his influence on the development of the modern horror film has been widely recognized. However, Fisher's importance should not be limited to the context of the fantasy and horror film genres. His films should also be recognized as expressions of his generalizations about human spirituality. This critical study of Fisher's films begins with an introduction that provides biographical information on his film career, summaries of all of the films he directed and examples of his impact on contemporary cinema. All of Fisher's films are analyzed in terms of their Christian and religious themes as well as their mythical sources. Chapters are devoted to Fisher's work on the subjects of Frankenstein, Dracula, curses (The Devil Rides Out), the ancient goddess (The Gorgon), the divided self (The Man Who Could Cheat Death) and the redeemer hero (The Stranglers of Bombay). The concluding chapter analyzes the role and influence of Biblical narratives in Fisher's films. Also included is a filmography; the work is fully indexed.
