Download or read book The Gorgon s Head written by William R. Brashear and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2008-05-01 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William R. Brashear deals with tragedy, not as a dramatic literary genre, but as a basic way of experiencing the universe and of reacting to it. The writer of tragedy forces readers to confront much more than a tragic flaw in a single character; he forces them to confront the gorgon's head itself, the ultimate chaos of the universe. For him, Aristotle's intellectualization of tragedy distorted it for centuries because the tragic sense of life is experiential and intuitive rather than logical and syllogistic. In the later works of Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, and Spangler, Brashear finds the beginnings of the understanding of tragedy that developed in nineteenth- and twentieth-century literature. In careful considerations of such writers as Shakespeare, Tennyson, Conrad, Housman, Shaw, O'Neill, and Arthur Miller, Brashear refines his views of tragedy and tests their validity. The chapter on Tennyson supersedes and goes well beyond The Living Will, his earlier study of the poet. Brashear's discussions of individual writers reinforce each other and point to several important conclusions about the tragic vision and tragic art. Most significant among his conclusions is that tragedy is often taken to be more benign and positive than it really is and that if the tragic experience is essentially healthy and rewarding, it is so because it involves a confrontation that broadens, strengthens, and stabilizes and not because it suggests any ultimate solution to the human condition.
Download or read book Head of a Gorgon written by Raegen Pietrucha and published by . This book was released on 2022-05-13 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Head of a Gorgon is a narrative in poems that reimagines the myth of Medusa, transporting this ancient tale of sexual violence into contemporary times and examining it through a survivor-centric, feminist lens. Via persona poems that enable readers to hear this story primarily and directly from a protagonist often sidelined or silenced in other tellings, this devastating collection brings the visceral physical and psychological experiences and effects of sexual trauma out of the shadows and into the spotlight, revealing a path along which survivors might reimagine themselves within the societal structures that work against them.
Download or read book The Gorgon s Head written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-18 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perseus was the son of Danae, who was the daughter of a king. And when Perseus was a very little boy, some wicked people put his mother and himself into a chest, and set them afloat upon the sea. The wind blew freshly, and drove the chest away from the shore, and the uneasy billows tossed it up and down; while Danae clasped her child closely to her bosom, and dreaded that some big wave would dash its foamy crest over them both. The chest sailed on, however, and neither sank nor was upset; until, when night was coming, it floated so near an island that it got entangled in a fisherman's nets, and was drawn out high and dry upon the sand. The island was called Seriphus, and it was reigned over by King Polydectes, who happened to be the fisherman's brother.
Download or read book The Gorgon s Head and Other Literary Pieces written by James George Frazer and published by ICON Group International. This book was released on 2000-07-01 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sir James G. Frazer (1854-1941) is famous as the author of The Golden Bough, but his work ranged widely across classics, cultural history, folklore and literary criticism as well as anthropology. A Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, for 62 years, Sir James G. Frazer devoted his life to research. With a preface by Anatole France, this book was first published in 1927.
Download or read book Medusa written by Stephen R. Wilk and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2007-11-15 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medusa, the Gorgon, who turns those who gaze upon her to stone, is one of the most popular and enduring figures of Greek mythology. Long after many other figures from Greek myth have been forgotten, she continues to live in popular culture. In this fascinating study of the legend of Medusa, Stephen R. Wilk begins by refamiliarizing readers with the story through ancient authors and classical artwork, then looks at the interpretations that have been given of the meaning of the myth through the years. A new and original interpretation of the myth is offered, based upon astronomical phenomena. The use of the gorgoneion, the Face of the Gorgon, on shields and on roofing tiles is examined in light of parallels from around the world, and a unique interpretation of the reality behind the gorgoneion is suggested. Finally, the history of the Gorgon since tlassical times is explored, culminating in the modern use of Medusa as a symbol of Female Rage and Female Creativity.
Download or read book Virginals written by Larissa Szporluk and published by . This book was released on 2021-04 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poetry. "Szporluk has often been read and praised as a visionary surrealist, but her body of work, evinced by VIRGINALS, shows her also as a powerful dramatist, enacting scenes rooted in very real moments of tension and danger. These shocking stanzas lay bare their speakers' violent psyches, and take poet and reader to new, honest spaces cleared of niceties and decorum. In sequences of poems, Szporluk acknowledges and explores the dissonance of art and love, in narrow, unruly lines that are disarmingly direct, except the direction is towards a kind of madness. It's a relentless and overwhelming lyricism, persuasive and unforgettable."--Ed Skoog
Download or read book A Wonder book for Girls and Boys written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Adventures of Omicron the Gorgon s Head written by Ekaterina Botziou and published by . This book was released on 2020-08 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his third adventure to prove his worth to the gods and rejoin Athena, Omicron finds himself fighting alongside Queen Myrina and her fearless tribe of warrior women known as the Amazons. Sent to protect Pandora and her mysterious box, the Amazon warriors will surely fight off any danger. But this time their enemy is far more powerful than any foe they have encountered before. And with Hades making trouble, Omicron will find his faith in the gods shaken. Will he ever return to Mount Olympus?
Download or read book Gorgon written by Peter Douglas Ward and published by Penguin (Non-Classics). This book was released on 2005 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on more than a decade's research in South Africa's Karoo Desert, this remarkable journey of discovery and real-life adventure deep into Earth's history is offered by a renowned scientist. Photo insert.
Download or read book Pandora s Box and Perseus and the Gorgon s Head written by Marcia Williams and published by . This book was released on 2017-11 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Gorgon s Head From A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-29 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nathaniel Hawthorne, an English writer interested in Greek philosophy, had an opinion that many of the classical myths were capable of being rendered into interesting reads for children. Thus, he compiled a book of 12 stories of Greek mythology with the aim to meet the comprehension of children. The story presented here is a part of the collection.
Download or read book Written In Red written by Anne Bishop and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enter the world of the Others in the first novel in New York Times bestselling author Anne Bishop’s thrilling fantasy series: a place where unearthly entities—vampires and shape-shifters among them—rule the Earth and prey on the human race. As a cassandra sangue, or blood prophet, Meg Corbyn can see the future when her skin is cut—a gift that feels more like a curse. Meg’s Controller keeps her enslaved so he can have full access to her visions. But when she escapes, the only safe place Meg can hide is at the Lakeside Courtyard—a business district operated by the Others. Shape-shifter Simon Wolfgard is reluctant to hire the stranger who inquires about the Human Liaison job. First, he senses she’s keeping a secret, and second, she doesn’t smell like human prey. Yet a stronger instinct propels him to give Meg the job. And when he learns the truth about Meg and that she’s wanted by the government, he’ll have to decide if she’s worth the fight between humans and the Others that will surely follow.
Download or read book Six Drawing Lessons written by William Kentridge and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2014-09-01 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the last three decades, the visual artist William Kentridge has garnered international acclaim for his work across media including drawing, film, sculpture, printmaking, and theater. Rendered in stark contrasts of black and white, his images reflect his native South Africa and, like endlessly suggestive shadows, point to something more elemental as well. Based on the 2012 Charles Eliot Norton Lectures, Six Drawing Lessons is the most comprehensive collection available of Kentridge’s thoughts on art, art-making, and the studio. Art, Kentridge says, is its own form of knowledge. It does not simply supplement the real world, and it cannot be purely understood in the rational terms of traditional academic disciplines. The studio is the crucial location for the creation of meaning: the place where linear thinking is abandoned and the material processes of the eye, the hand, the charcoal and paper become themselves the guides of creativity. Drawing has the potential to educate us about the most complex issues of our time. This is the real meaning of “drawing lessons.” Incorporating elements of graphic design and ranging freely from discussions of Plato’s cave to the Enlightenment’s role in colonial oppression to the depiction of animals in art, Six Drawing Lessons is an illustration in print of its own thesis of how art creates knowledge. Foregrounding the very processes by which we see, Kentridge makes us more aware of the mechanisms—and deceptions—through which we construct meaning in the world.
Download or read book Perseus and the Gorgon written by Rob Lloyd Jones and published by Usborne Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gorgon is a hideous creature, with snakes for hair and a deadly glare – and she's fighting Perseus to the death. Specially written for children growing in reading confidence, this thrilling retelling of the Greek myth is brought to life with full colour illustrations. Includes links to recommended websites to find out more about Ancient Greece. "Crack reading and make confident and enthusiastic readers with this fantastic reading programme." - Julia Eccleshare
Download or read book Perseus and the Gorgon s Head written by Gareth MacKenzie and published by . This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perseus wants to serve the King of Seriphos, but the King is jealous and sends him on an impossible errand. He is to bring back the head of Medusa.- Filled with monsters, gods, & heroes.
Download or read book The Gorgon s Head written by James George Frazer and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Perseus written by Paul D. Storrie and published by Graphic Universe. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In graphic novel format, retells the story of how King Polydectes planned to get rid of young Perseus so he could wed his mother, Danae, by tricking him into slaying Medusa--a snake-haired monster whose look turns humans into stone.
