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Book Polyphemus   The Giant Who Loved A Sea Nymph

Download or read book Polyphemus The Giant Who Loved A Sea Nymph written by Grace Harriet Kupfer and published by Fabio Ardizzone. This book was released on 2021-06-23 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The giant who loved a sea nymph” tells of Polyphemus and his unsuccessful love for the nymph Galatea. This version written in a simple, fairy-tale style by Grace Harriet Kupfer in 1897 is derived from the Greek myth that originally appeared in Ovidʼs Metamorphoses. With notes.

Book Polyphemus   The Giant Who Loved A Sea Nymph by Grace Harriet Kupfer

Download or read book Polyphemus The Giant Who Loved A Sea Nymph by Grace Harriet Kupfer written by Grace Harriet Kupfer and published by . This book was released on 2019-07-04 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The giant who loved a sea nymph" tells of Polyphemus and his unsuccessful love for the nymph Galatea. This version written in a simple, fairy-tale style by Grace Harriet Kupfer in 1897 is derived from the Greek myth that originally appeared in Ovidʼs Metamorphoses.

Book Greek and Roman Mythology A to Z

Download or read book Greek and Roman Mythology A to Z written by Kathleen N. Daly and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alphabetically listed entries identify and explain the characters, events, important places, and other aspects of Greek and Roman mythology.

Book Quoting Shakespeare

    Book Details:
  • Author : Douglas Bruster
  • Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
  • Release : 2000-01-01
  • ISBN : 9780803213036
  • Pages : 286 pages

Download or read book Quoting Shakespeare written by Douglas Bruster and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Shakespeare is perhaps the most frequently quoted author of the English-speaking world. His plays, in turn, "quote" a wide variety of sources, from books and ballads to persons and events. In this dynamic study of Shakespeare's plays, Douglas Bruster demonstrates that such borrowing can illuminate the world in which Shakespeare and his contemporary playwrights lived and worked, while also shedding light on later cultures that quote his plays. In contrast to the New Historicism's sometimes arbitrary linkage of literary works with elements drawn from the surrounding culture, Quoting Shakespeare focuses on the resources that writers used in making their works. Bruster shows how this borrowing can give us valuable insight into the cultural, historical, and political positions of writers and their works. Because Shakespeare's plays have often been quoted by other writers, this study also examines what subsequent uses of Shakespeare's plays reveal about the writers and cultures that use them. In this way, Quoting Shakespeare insists that literary production and reception are both integral to a historical approach to literature.

Book Epigrams from the Anthologia Latina

Download or read book Epigrams from the Anthologia Latina written by and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-11-06 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new scholarly edition consists of the Latin text, with translation and detailed commentary, of a sequence of epigrams from the Anthologia Latina (Shackleton Bailey 78-188). The introduction discusses whether these epigrams constitute a unified collection and are the work of a single author, examines their likely date and place of composition – which, it is argued, is North Africa under Vandal rule –, and sets them in their cultural context. The line-by-line commentary covers issues of literary, linguistic and historical significance. Although text and interpretation of these pieces present frequent difficulties, the author confirms that they make up a fascinating collection of considerable importance and merit, contrary to the low reputation generally associated with the Anthologia Latina. The book will be of great interest to students of Latin literature and language in general, the epigram tradition in particular, and the culture of Vandal Africa.

Book The Complete Idiot s Guide to Classical Mythology

Download or read book The Complete Idiot s Guide to Classical Mythology written by Kevin Osborn and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1998-07-01 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You're no idiot, of course. You can find Greece on a map, know that Kevin Sorbo stars as Hercules on TV, and have heard of Freud's Oedipus theory. But when it comes to classical mythology, you feel like you've been foiled by the gods. Don't curse Zeus yet! The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Classical Mythology has all you need for a working knowledge of the timeless world of Greek and Roman myths.

Book Mythical Monsters in Classical Literature

Download or read book Mythical Monsters in Classical Literature written by Paul Murgatroyd and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-12-12 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This engaging, readable yet impeccably scholarly investigation of monsters in Classical literature will entertain and stimulate as well as inform. It covers all the major mythical monsters mentioned by Greek and Roman authors (Medusa, Hydra, Polyphemus, the Minotaur, Sphinx, Harpies, Sirens, Cerberus, Chimaera, Centaurs, and many more) along with Classical precursors of vampires, werewolves and the living dead. Versions of these creatures that appear in later literature and film are also discussed. Mythical Monsters is original in considering monsters squarely from a literary standpoint, introducing elements of literary analysis gradually as the work progresses, and building up to quite a sophisticated approach. This will increase readers' critical appreciation and plain enjoyment of these stories, which continue to fascinate today. To facilitate browsing, each chapter can be read independently. There is a useful bibliography, and the book is enlivened by illustrations from ancient and more recent art.

Book Delphi Works of Andrew Lang  Illustrated

Download or read book Delphi Works of Andrew Lang Illustrated written by Andrew Lang and published by Delphi Classics. This book was released on 2013-11-17 with total page 12305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As well as editing the famous Fairy Books, Andrew Lang created a diverse oeuvre of short story collections, novels, poetry and a scholarly corpus of essays and non-fiction books. This Delphi edition offers a comprehensive range of Lang’s prolific works, with thousands of beautiful illustrations, as well as the usual bonus texts. (Current version: 2) * the complete Fairy Books, all fully-illustrated with their original Victorian artwork – first time in digital print * special contents table for the Fairy Books * ALL the novels, with contents tables * images of how the books first appeared, giving your eReader a taste of the Victorian texts * many short story collections, with beautiful illustrations * ARABIAN NIGHTS fully illustrated – first time in digital print * 13 poetry collections, with contents tables and illustrations * special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry – find that special poem quickly and easily! * features 29 non-fiction books, each with contents tables * includes two biographical essays on Lang – explore the writer’s literary life! * many images relating to Lang’s life and works * scholarly ordering of texts in chronological order and literary genres, allowing easy navigation around Lang’s immense oeuvre CONTENTS: The Fairy Books THE BLUE FAIRY BOOK THE RED FAIRY BOOK THE GREEN FAIRY BOOK THE YELLOW FAIRY BOOK THE PINK FAIRY BOOK THE GREY FAIRY BOOK THE VIOLET FAIRY BOOK THE CRIMSON FAIRY BOOK THE BROWN FAIRY BOOK THE ORANGE FAIRY BOOK THE OLIVE FAIRY BOOK THE LILAC FAIRY BOOK The Fairy Tales LIST OF THE TALES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER LIST OF THE TALES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER Other Story Collections MUCH DARKER DAYS IN THE WRONG PARADISE AND OTHER STORIES HE THE GOLD OF FAIRNILEE PRINCE PRIGIO THE TRUE STORY BOOK PRINCE RICARDO OF PANTOUFLIA ANGLING SKETCHES THE BOOK OF DREAMS AND GHOSTS ARABIAN NIGHTS THE DISENTANGLERS THE RED TRUE STORY BOOK TALES OF TROY AND GREECE THE ANIMAL STORY BOOK THE BOOK OF ROMANCE THE RED ROMANCE BOOK THE RED BOOK OF HEROES by Mrs. Lang TALES OF ROMANCE THE STRANGE STORY BOOK by Mrs. Lang The Novels THE MARK OF CAIN THE WORLD’S DESIRE PARSON KELLY The Poetry Collections BALLADS, LYRICS, AND POEMS OF OLD FRANCE THE ODYSSEY THEOCRITUS BION AND MOSCHUS BALLADS IN BLUE CHINA HELEN OF TROY THE ILIAD RHYMES A LA MODE AUCASSIN AND NICOLETE A COLLECTION OF BALLADS GRASS OF PARNASSUS BAN AND ARRIERE BAN THE NURSERY RHYME BOOK NEW COLLECTED RHYMES The Poetry LIST OF POEMS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER LIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER The Non-Fiction OXFORD THE LIBRARY and many more - too many to list The Biographies ANDREW LANG by Edmund Gosse SPENCER WALPOLE AND ANDREW LANG by Horace G. Hutchinson

Book Stories of Long Ago in a New Dress

Download or read book Stories of Long Ago in a New Dress written by Grace H. Kupfer and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Ulysses Annotated

    Book Details:
  • Author : Don Gifford
  • Publisher : Univ of California Press
  • Release : 2008-01-14
  • ISBN : 9780520253971
  • Pages : 700 pages

Download or read book Ulysses Annotated written by Don Gifford and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2008-01-14 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rev. ed. of: Notes for Joyce: an annotation of James Joyce's Ulysses, 1974.

Book Dictionary of Classical Mythology

Download or read book Dictionary of Classical Mythology written by Jennifer R. March and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2014-05-31 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jenny March’s acclaimed Dictionary of Classical Mythology, first published in 1998 but long out of print, has been extensively revised and expanded including a completely new set of beautiful line-drawing illustrations for this Oxbow edition. It is a comprehensive A – Z guide to Greek and Roman mythology. All major myths, legends and fables are here, including gods and goddesses, heroes and villains, dangerous women, legendary creatures and monsters. Characters such as Achilles and Odysseus have extensive entries, as do epic journeys and heroic quests, like that of Jason and the Argonauts to win the Golden Fleece, all alongside a plethora of information on the creation of the cosmos, the many metamorphoses of gods and humans, and the Trojan War, plus more minor figures – nymphs, seers, kings, rivers, to name but a few. In this superbly authoritative work the myths are brilliantly retold, along with any major variants, and with extensive translations from ancient authors that give life to the narratives and a sense of the vibrant cultures that shaped the development of classical myth. The 172 illustrations give visual immediacy to the words, by showing how ancient artists perceived their gods and heroes. The impact of myths on ancient art is also explored, as is and their influence in the postclassical arts, emphasising the ongoing inspiration afforded by the ancient myths. Also included are two maps of the ancient world, a list of the ancient sources and their chronology, the more important genealogies, and an index of recurrent mythical motifs.

Book Authentic Sicily

    Book Details:
  • Author : Touring Club of Italy
  • Publisher : Touring Editore
  • Release : 2005
  • ISBN : 9788836534036
  • Pages : 262 pages

Download or read book Authentic Sicily written by Touring Club of Italy and published by Touring Editore. This book was released on 2005 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When her stepfather dies, Lois Cayley finds herself alone in the world with only twopence in her pocket. Undaunted, the intelligent, attractive, and infinitely resourceful young woman decides to set off in search of adventure. Her travels take he...

Book Myths of greece and rome

Download or read book Myths of greece and rome written by H. A. Guerber and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Myths Of Greece And Rome   Narrated With Special Reference To Literature And Art

Download or read book Myths Of Greece And Rome Narrated With Special Reference To Literature And Art written by H. A. Guerber and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2014-12-03 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic book comprehensively details the myths of Greece and Rome. Beautifully illustrated and with many chapters including 'Neptune', 'The Trojan War' and an 'Analysis of Myths', this book would be an excellent addition to the bookshelf of anyone with an interest in the subject. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Book Myths of Greece and Rome  Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art

Download or read book Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art written by Hélène Adeline Guerber and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Myths of Greece and Rome

Download or read book Myths of Greece and Rome written by Hélène Adeline Guerber and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Mythology

    Book Details:
  • Author : Edith Hamilton
  • Publisher : Little, Brown
  • Release : 2012-06-25
  • ISBN : 0316032166
  • Pages : 512 pages

Download or read book Mythology written by Edith Hamilton and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2012-06-25 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world-renowned classic that has enthralled and delighted millions of readers with its timeless tales of gods and heroes. Edith Hamilton's mythology succeeds like no other book in bringing to life for the modern reader the Greek, Roman and Norse myths that are the keystone of Western culture-the stories of gods and heroes that have inspired human creativity from antiquity to the present. We follow the drama of the Trojan War and the wanderings of Odysseus. We hear the tales of Jason and the Golden Fleece, Cupid and Psyche, and mighty King Midas. We discover the origins of the names of the constellations. And we recognize reference points for countless works for art, literature and culture inquiry-from Freud's Oedipus complex to Wagner's Ring Cycle of operas to Eugene O'Neill's Mourning Becomes Electra Both a reference text for scholars of all ages and a book to simply enjoy, Mythology is a classic not to be missed.