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Book The Rose and Geryon

    Book Details:
  • Author : Gabriella I. Baika
  • Publisher : CUA Press
  • Release : 2014
  • ISBN : 0813226090
  • Pages : 304 pages

Download or read book The Rose and Geryon written by Gabriella I. Baika and published by CUA Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rose and Geryon examines patterns of verbal behavior in works by Jean de Meun and Dante (with a focus on the Romance of the Rose and the Divine Comedy) in relationship with the most influential systems of verbal sins in the Middle Ages, systems elaborated by William Peraldus, Thomas Aquinas, Domenico Cavalca, and Laurent of Orléans. The book begins with a presentation of these four systems, and from there proceeds to analyze Jean de Meun's Testament as a possible source of influence for the Divine Comedy and take a closer look at Dante's prose works in search for a comprehensive theory of sinful speech. Furthermore Baika discusses verbal transgressions such as flattery, evil counsel, double talk, sowing of discord, and falsifying of words, under the heading Lingua dolosa "The Guileful Tongue," and the relationship between violence and the poetic discourse. The myriad ways in which the two iconic poets of medieval France and Italy absorb the tradition of peccata linguae in their works prove that abusive speech was not the exclusive sphere of interest of the ecclesiastical writers; secular poetry in the vernacular enriched in original ways the medieval debate on verbal vices. The Rose and Geryon addresses scholars and students of French and Italian literatures, as well as readers interested in ethics and women's studies.

Book About the Rose

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  • Author : Elizabeth Ferrell
  • Publisher : Yale University Press
  • Release : 2022-02-22
  • ISBN : 0300256523
  • Pages : 249 pages

Download or read book About the Rose written by Elizabeth Ferrell and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2022-02-22 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A remarkable portrait of a web of artistic connections, traced outward from Jay DeFeo's uniquely generative work of art Through deep archival research and nuanced analysis, Elizabeth Ferrell examines the creative exchange that developed with and around The Rose, a monumental painting on which the San Francisco artist Jay DeFeo (1929-1989) worked almost exclusively from 1958 to 1966. From its early state to its dramatic removal from DeFeo's studio, the painting was a locus of activity among Fillmore District artists. Wallace Berman, Bruce Conner, Wally Hedrick, and Michael McClure each took up The Rose in their photographs, films, paintings, and poetry, which DeFeo then built upon in turn. The resulting works established a dialogue between artists rather than seamless cooperation. Illustrated with archival photographs and personal correspondence, in addition to the artworks, Ferrell's book traces how The Rose became a stage for experimentation with authorship and community, defying traditional definitions of collaboration and creating alternatives to Cold War America's political and artistic binaries.

Book A Warrior from Heaven

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  • Author : Rudayn Qaqish
  • Publisher : Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency
  • Release : 2014-10-09
  • ISBN : 1631352415
  • Pages : 89 pages

Download or read book A Warrior from Heaven written by Rudayn Qaqish and published by Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency. This book was released on 2014-10-09 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kaine, a highly successful FBI agent living in New York, dies after criminals he put behind bars take revenge. After his death, he wakes up in Heaven, and surprisingly, Heaven was waiting for him. The story begins when Masters of Angels pass onto Kaine limitless powers from God as a gift. This was his fate because he was a pure-hearted person who always hoped for peace and love around this cruel world. But his existence in Heaven won’t be easy; he will face the Devil and Hell on earth as evil forces try to rise up and stop him. Kaine will face two great and powerful demons who make him understand why he was given such powers. Because of his limitless powers that he has learned to use, he beats them back. The Devil doesn’t like seeing that an angel defeated the two demons he sent, so he goes down to Earth along with his demon army to defeat Kaine once and for all. But the Devil and his army won’t only face Kaine, but also a united humanity. How did Kaine achieve what has never been done before, and who will win the ultimate battle?

Book An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Famous Collection of Antique Gems Possessed by the Late Prince Poniatowski

Download or read book An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Famous Collection of Antique Gems Possessed by the Late Prince Poniatowski written by James Prendeville and published by . This book was released on 1841 with total page 854 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Stesichoros s Geryoneis

Download or read book Stesichoros s Geryoneis written by Paul Curtis and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-09-09 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph focuses solely on the Stesichoros’s Geryoneis. The main feature to the book is its full-length commentary. As well as providing a detailed analysis on the poet’s language and style, the song is considered in its wider religious context.

Book Explanatory Catalogue of the Proof impressions of the Antique Gems Possessed by the Late Prince Poniatowski  and Now in the Possession of John Tyrrell

Download or read book Explanatory Catalogue of the Proof impressions of the Antique Gems Possessed by the Late Prince Poniatowski and Now in the Possession of John Tyrrell written by James Prendeville and published by . This book was released on 1842 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Larv   of the British Butterflies and Moths

Download or read book The Larv of the British Butterflies and Moths written by William Buckler and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Entomologist s Monthly Magazine

Download or read book The Entomologist s Monthly Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Autobiography of Red

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  • Author : Anne Carson
  • Publisher : Vintage
  • Release : 2013-03-05
  • ISBN : 0345807014
  • Pages : 317 pages

Download or read book Autobiography of Red written by Anne Carson and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The award-winning poet reinvents a genre in a stunning work that is both a novel and a poem, both an unconventional re-creation of an ancient Greek myth and a wholly original coming-of-age story set in the present. Geryon, a young boy who is also a winged red monster, reveals the volcanic terrain of his fragile, tormented soul in an autobiography he begins at the age of five. As he grows older, Geryon escapes his abusive brother and affectionate but ineffectual mother, finding solace behind the lens of his camera and in the arms of a young man named Herakles, a cavalier drifter who leaves him at the peak of infatuation. When Herakles reappears years later, Geryon confronts again the pain of his desire and embarks on a journey that will unleash his creative imagination to its fullest extent. By turns whimsical and haunting, erudite and accessible, richly layered and deceptively simple, Autobiography of Red is a profoundly moving portrait of an artist coming to terms with the fantastic accident of who he is. A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist "Anne Carson is, for me, the most exciting poet writing in English today." --Michael Ondaatje "This book is amazing--I haven't discovered any writing in years so marvelously disturbing." --Alice Munro "A profound love story . . . sensuous and funny, poignant, musical and tender." --The New York Times Book Review "A deeply odd and immensely engaging book. . . . [Carson] exposes with passionate force the mythic underlying the explosive everyday." --The Village Voice

Book Or What You Will

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  • Author : Jo Walton
  • Publisher : Tor Books
  • Release : 2020-07-07
  • ISBN : 1250309018
  • Pages : 320 pages

Download or read book Or What You Will written by Jo Walton and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2020-07-07 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Or What You Will is an utterly original novel about how stories are brought forth from Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Award-winning author Jo Walton. He has been too many things to count. He has been a dragon with a boy on his back. He has been a scholar, a warrior, a lover, and a thief. He has been dream and dreamer. He has been a god. But “he” is in fact nothing more than a spark of idea, a character in the mind of Sylvia Harrison, 73, award-winning author of thirty novels over forty years. He has played a part in most of those novels, and in the recesses of her mind, Sylvia has conversed with him for years. But Sylvia won't live forever, any more than any human does. And he's trapped inside her cave of bone, her hollow of skull. When she dies, so will he. Now Sylvia is starting a new novel, a fantasy for adult readers, set in Thalia, the Florence-resembling imaginary city that was the setting for a successful YA trilogy she published decades before. Of course he's got a part in it. But he also has a notion. He thinks he knows how he and Sylvia can step off the wheel of mortality altogether. All he has to do is convince her. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Book Photographic Facsimiles of the Antique Gems Formerly Possessed by the Late Prince Poniatowski  Accompanied by a Description and Poetical Illustrations of Each Subject

Download or read book Photographic Facsimiles of the Antique Gems Formerly Possessed by the Late Prince Poniatowski Accompanied by a Description and Poetical Illustrations of Each Subject written by James Prendeville and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Giants Monsters and Dragons

Download or read book Giants Monsters and Dragons written by Carol Rose and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2001-12-04 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains alphabetically arranged entries that describe the imaginary creatures found in legends, religions, folklore, oral history, and theologies around the world.

Book The Rose in the Steel Dust

Download or read book The Rose in the Steel Dust written by Walter Baumann and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Ancient Art from Cyprus

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  • Author : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
  • Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Release : 2000
  • ISBN : 0870999443
  • Pages : 320 pages

Download or read book Ancient Art from Cyprus written by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2000 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art is the richest and most varied representation, outside Cyprus, of Cypriot antiquities. These works were purchased by the newly established Museum in the mid-1870s from General Luigi Palma di Cesnola, a Civil War cavalry officer who had amassed the objects while serving as the American consul on Cyprus." "This catalogue is published on the occasion of the opening of the Museum's four permanent galleries for ancient art from Cyprus. It is also the first scholarly publication since 1914 devoted to the Cesnola Collection (which totals approximately six thousand objects). The volume features some five hundred pieces from the collection, illustrated in new color photography. Dating from about 2500 B.C. to about A.D. 300, these works rank among the finest examples of Cypriot art from the prehistoric, Geometric, Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, and Roman periods. Among the objects are monumental sculpture; weapons, tools, and domestic utensils; vases, lamps, and ritual paraphernalia; dedicatory figurines; engraved sealstones and jewelry; and luxury objects."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Book A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera

Download or read book A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera written by James William Tutt and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Pantheon  or  Ancient History of the Gods of Greece and Rome     For the use of schools  and young persons of both sexes     With engravings  etc

Download or read book The Pantheon or Ancient History of the Gods of Greece and Rome For the use of schools and young persons of both sexes With engravings etc written by William Godwin and published by . This book was released on 1809 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: