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Author | : John L. Greenway |
Publisher | : University of Georgia Press |
Total Pages | : 238 |
Release | : 2008-06-01 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0820332577 |
As an introduction to modern myth, The Golden Horns masterfully encompasses a wide circle of historical and literary materials. John Greenway first establishes the theoretical base of his discussion by examining the nature of time in Norse mythic consciousness. After suggesting several ways in which the mythic apprehension of reality conditioned medieval Icelandic narrative, he then elaborates on the dialectical relationship between myth and reason. Maintaining that myth is neither true nor false but always either expressive or not, the author then traces the origin, rise, and fall of two great modern myths of northern birth: seventeenth century Swedish Gothicism and the Ossianic craze of the eighteenth century--both of which illustrate the singular tension in the modern mind between mythic imperatives and the impulse to de-mythologize. Finally, The Golden Horns traces the romantic belief in a "new mythology" which synthesizes myth and reason from its early acceptance through its eventual repudiation. In his conclusions about the state of myth in the modern world, Greenway postulates that we have inherited the romantic respect for myth as truth but lack the romantic faith in transcendence necessary to establish myth's reality. Consequently, we express our mythic consciousness of who we are in quasi-scientific language, consciously manipulating mythic symbols for social control.
Author | : Lauren Dempsey Plaskonos |
Publisher | : Archway Publishing |
Total Pages | : 42 |
Release | : 2017-05-24 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1480846538 |
Set as an Old Englishstyle poem, this fantasy picture book for children explores the many possibilities of what could be in the heart of a unicorn. Written and illustrated by Lauren Dempsey Plaskonos, Golden Horns, Silver Hooves offers a whimsical, rhyming poem accented with charming and delightful imagery that features the story of a beautiful unicorn. Through words and pictures, Plaskonos encourages the examination of our own lives. But my horn shalt Thou exalt like the horn of a unicorn (Psalm 92:10).
Author | : Mary Wortley Montagu |
Publisher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 105 |
Release | : 2007-02-01 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 0141963239 |
Travelling through the wartorn Balkans with her husband on what proved to be a wholly useless diplomatic mission to Constantinople, Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762) left a vivid, informative, clever account of her adventures in the mysterious, sophisticated culture of Ottoman palaces, bathing places and courts which - even as her husband's career was falling apart - she could not have enjoyed more. Great Journeys allows readers to travel both around the planet and back through the centuries – but also back into ideas and worlds frightening, ruthless and cruel in different ways from our own. Few reading experiences can begin to match that of engaging with writers who saw astounding things: Great civilisations, walls of ice, violent and implacable jungles, deserts and mountains, multitudes of birds and flowers new to science. Reading these books is to see the world afresh, to rediscover a time when many cultures were quite strange to each other, where legends and stories were treated as facts and in which so much was still to be discovered.
Author | : Phyllis A. Whitney |
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Release | : 1972 |
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Author | : Henri Cornélus |
Publisher | : Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
Total Pages | : 22 |
Release | : 1973 |
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ISBN | : 9780706313437 |
Author | : John Hejduk |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 310 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Architecture |
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"Published to coincide with the exhibition 'Other soundings: selected works by John Hejduk, 1954-1997' at the Canadian Centre for Architecture"--Front flap.
Author | : Henry Martyn Field |
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Total Pages | : 350 |
Release | : 1896 |
Genre | : Europe |
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Author | : Charles James Monk |
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Total Pages | : 348 |
Release | : 1851 |
Genre | : Egypt |
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Author | : Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman |
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Total Pages | : 133 |
Release | : 1892 |
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Author | : Michael Wescott Loder |
Publisher | : America Star Books |
Total Pages | : 190 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Fiction |
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In the Balkan country of Starnovia, a land of roses and dust, memories and hatreds run deep, and poor families sell their daughters to city brothels. Here, over one long summer, an American boy and a Starnovian girl discover the power of truth and love. For Jim Gailey, the excavation of the ancient fortress of Castelschtop begins as just a job promising extra college credits. But for Jonnie Gilenhoff, the native girl he rescues from a bar and hires as his assistant, the archaeological dig means far moreafor it promises a new future for both her country and herself. As the excavating progresses, Jim and Jonnie struggle to maintain proprieties yet help each other. A death vendetta, ancient lies, stolen equipment and growing affection all come together in a fatal climax, sparked by the recovery of a national treasure believed lost in an invasion 400 years earlier.