Allegro

Allegro
Author: David W. Miles
Publisher: Familius
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018-10
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781641700382

Meet Allegro, an ordinary boy who can't stand practicing the piano. Those black dots on the page drive him crazy--until the music itself whisks him away on a breathtaking journey through 11 beloved classical pieces.

The Orpheus Myth in Milton's “L’Allegro”, “Il Penseroso”, and “Lycidas”

The Orpheus Myth in Milton's “L’Allegro”, “Il Penseroso”, and “Lycidas”
Author: Luiz Fernando Ferreira Sá
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 173
Release: 2018-06-11
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1527512983

In this study of John Milton’s “L’Allegro”, “Il Penseroso”, and “Lycidas”, the perspective of an interpreting sign serves as the basis for analysis of the poems’ allusions to the Orpheus myth. The idea of an interpretant proposed by Charles Sanders Peirce and the semiotic relations theorized by Jorgen Dines Johansen work as a lens that enables the reader to see the extent to which Milton recreated the Orpheus myth and used its recreating powers in his poems. Since the three poems have different and opposing voices, the Orpheus myth is the trigger behind the change of voices, as well as the modeling frame that underlies the transitions from an innocent to an enlightened viewpoint. Furthermore, readers in general and critics of all persuasions will have the chance to appreciate the presence of the Orpheus myth in Milton’s work as the fragmented configuration of consciousness in the process of defining two orders of existence: the human and the divine.

Mount Allegro

Mount Allegro
Author: Jerre Mangione
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Total Pages: 340
Release: 1998-03-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780815604297

Mount Allegro is an extraordinary memoir, a celebration of Sicilian life, an engaging sociological portrait, a moving reminiscence of a fledgling writer’s escape from the restrictive culture in which he grew up. Jerre Mangione’s autobiographical chronicle of his youth in a Sicilian community in Rochester is one of the truly enduring books about the immigrant experience in this country. Family squabbles, soul-nourishing food, and the casting of evil eyes are only some of the ingredients of this richly textured book, although they must all take second place to its unforgettable characters. As Eugene Paul Nassar writes in the book’s Foreword, “Mount Allegro . . . gave a literary visibility and identity, amiable and appealing, to a poorly understood ethnic group in America, and did so at a very high level of artistry.”

Is There a Text in This Class?

Is There a Text in This Class?
Author: Stanley Fish
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 412
Release: 1980
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780674467262

A collection of essays concerning language, literature, reading, writing and the reader.

The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross

The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross
Author: John M. John M. Allegro
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2014-12-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9781505452808

This book is the first published statement of the fruits of some years' work of a largely philological nature. It presents a new appreciation of the relationship of the languages of the ancient world and the implication of this advance for our understanding of the Bible and of the origins of Christianity.

The End of a Road

The End of a Road
Author: John M Allegro
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
Total Pages: 215
Release: 2013-05-13
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0989328007

In 1970, John M. Allegro published The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross, arguing that the early Christians belonged to a drug cult, their sacrament consisting of hallucinogenic mushrooms. The book contained a large amount of linguistic data to support Allegro's speculations. In his follow-up book, The End of a Road, Allegro considered the philosophical ramifications of having undermined Christianity and hence, for many people, religion altogether. He argued that abandoning religion is not tantamount to abandoning morality; rather, it should enable a more honest and straightforward approach to morality. This new edition includes a new foreword by Judith Anne Brown, author of John Marco Allegro: The Maverick of the Dead Sea Scrolls, as well as two new essays. These are an essay by Franco Fabbro discussing a mushroom mosaic in an early Christian church in Aquileia; and an essay by John Bolender discussing the vagueness of the concept of religion, which raises questions about the precise target of Allegro's polemic and challenges attempts to defend religion as a biological adaptation.