Poetry Signs And Magic
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Author | : Thomas M. Greene |
Publisher | : University of Delaware Press |
Total Pages | : 342 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780874138801 |
Poetry, Signs, and Magic brings together in a single volume fourteen new and previously published essays by the eminent Renaissance scholar and literary critic Thomas M. Greene. This collection looks back toward two earlier volumes by Greene, his first essay collection The Vulnerable Text: Essays on Renaissance Literature, and Poesie et Magie, whose theme is here explored again at greater length and depth, from linguistic and literary critical perspectives. Greene argues that certain poetic gestures draw their peculiar strengths by serving as vestiges of poetry's ancestral acts - magic, prayer, and invocation. Poetry, in other words, feigns an earlier power, but in this diminishment there occurs a verbal subtlety, and figural poignancy, commonly associated with art's aesthetic pleasures. Greene employs his well-known skills as a close reader to texts by a range of writers including a variety of contemporary theorists. in diverse contexts the distinction between disjunctive and conjunctive linguistics, dual theories of sound and meaning of crucial importance to Plato and Aristotle, to Catholic and Protestant debates on the sacraments, to the more recent skeptical methodologies of Derrida and de Man. Thomas M. Greene was a Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Yale University.
Author | : Atticus |
Publisher | : St. Martin's Griffin |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2019-09-10 |
Genre | : Poetry |
ISBN | : 1250232805 |
The instant New York Times bestseller from the mysterious and romantic poet Atticus, Instagram sensation and author of Love Her Wild and the Dark Between Stars In his third collection of poems, Atticus takes us on adventure to discover the truth about magic. Through heartbreak and falling in love, looking back and looking inward, he writes about finding ourselves, finding our purpose, and the simple joys of life with grace, wit, and longing. Whether it’s drinking wine out of oak barrels, laughing until you cry, dancing in old barns until the sun comes up, or making love on sandy beaches, Atticus reminds us that magic is everywhere—we simply have to look for it.
Author | : Lee Bennett Hopkins |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Children's poetry, American |
ISBN | : 9780525478621 |
Poet and anthologist Lee Bennett Hopkins takes readers from sunrise to sunset as he presents poems that pay tribute to the sun, moon, and stars.
Author | : Florence Welch |
Publisher | : Crown Archetype |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2018-07-10 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0525577165 |
Lyrics and never-before-seen poetry and sketches from the iconic musician of Florence and the Machine Songs can be incredibly prophetic, like subconscious warnings or messages to myself, but I often don't know what I'm trying to say till years later. Or a prediction comes true and I couldn't do anything to stop it, so it seems like a kind of useless magic.
Author | : Thomas M. Greene |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 254 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Family & Relationships |
ISBN | : 9780231062466 |
This third edition of Manchester includes a new chapter on the city's future, covering economic regeneration, urban redevelopment, and Manchester's place in Europe.
Author | : Sabrina Benaim |
Publisher | : Button Poetry |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 2017-07-26 |
Genre | : Poetry |
ISBN | : 1943735263 |
Depression & Other Magic Tricks is the debut book by Sabrina Benaim, one of the most-viewed performance poets of all time, whose poem "Explaining My Depression to My Mother" has become a cultural phenomenon with over 50,000,000 views. Depression & Other Magic Tricks explores themes of mental health, love, and family. It is a documentation of struggle and triumph, a celebration of daily life and of living. Benaim's wit, empathy, and gift for language produce a work of endless wonder.
Author | : Upile Chisala |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015-09-04 |
Genre | : African poetry |
ISBN | : 9781516967889 |
'soft magic.' is the debut collection of prose and poetry by Malawian writer, Upile Chisala. This book explores the self, joy, blackness, gender, matters of the heart, the experience of Diaspora, spirituality and most of all, how we survive. 'soft magic.' is a shared healing journey.
Author | : Dallas Clayton |
Publisher | : Candlewick Press |
Total Pages | : 107 |
Release | : 2013-04-23 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 0763665894 |
From from an exciting new face in children’s literature, Dallas Clayton, comes a book of illustrated poems full of wisdom, wonder, and whimsy. A boy with a beard tries to stay six forever. A frightful monster lives a million miles away, but is equally scared of you. A magic rope hangs from the sky, next to a sign saying "Give me a try." In this brightly illustrated selection of playful, often provocative poems, ideas run the gamut from stopping your lightning-fast running to help others keep up, imagining a store that sells colors never before made, or admitting you’ll never know all the answers (and sleeping better at night). Following the runaway success of his self-published debut, Dallas Clayton’s quirky, captivating collection makes it clear that this rising talent, whose work has evoked comparisons to Dr. Seuss, Maurice Sendak, and Shel Silverstein, exudes a spirit and style all his own.
Author | : Robert Fisher |
Publisher | : Faber & Faber |
Total Pages | : 70 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Children's poetry |
ISBN | : 9780571163199 |
A collection of poetry dealing with witches and their magic, including "The Witch's Song," "Hallowe'en Fright," "The Hag," "Frogday," and more.
Author | : Nigel Pennick |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2014-06-16 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 1620553163 |
An in-depth study of the sacred meanings behind ancient and enduring symbols • Explains the multiple forms and uses of symbols from ancient times to the present day, reflecting their roots in folk magic and the Western Mystery tradition • Examines more than 40 glyphs, such as the cross, fleur de lis, and pentagram, as well as several families of symbols, such as craftsmen’s marks and runes • Includes more than 300 unique woodcuts, drawings, calligraphy, and photographs--many never before reproduced From ancient rock and cave art to the contemporary brand logos of politics and business, human beings have always created symbols to denote specific ideas, groups, or important objects as well as to convey deeper information than can be communicated in words. Many glyphs have retained their meanings over millennia whereas some have modern meanings vastly different from the original connotation. In this study of symbols, Nigel Pennick explores glyphs as agents of higher consciousness and ports of access to the collective unconscious, acknowledging the continuity of tradition, both deliberate and not, as well as how interpretations of some symbols, such as the swastika, have changed dramatically. With more than 300 unique woodcuts, drawings, calligraphy, and photographs--many never before reproduced--Pennick examines ancient and enduring glyphs in detail, such as the circle, cross, eye, pentagram, fleur de lis, tree of life, and horseshoe, as well as several families of symbols, such as craftsmen’s marks, runes, symbolic beasts, human heads and skulls, and the sigils of Mammon. The author explains the multiple forms and uses of each from ancient times to the present day, reflecting their roots in the Western Mystery tradition. He explores the symbols of high magic such as the glyph of John Dee’s monad, those of folk magic such as the traditional cock on the weather vane, and the creation of modern glyphs such as the peace sign and the anarchy symbol. Contrasting the hi-jacked use of power symbols in modern advertising with the vital role of symbols in traditional arts and crafts, Pennick reveals how symbols link the cosmic with the terrestrial and allow us to infuse the mundane with the numinous.