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Book The Sin of Salome

Download or read book The Sin of Salome written by A. L. Harris and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Salom

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  • Author : Oscar Wilde
  • Publisher : Lindhardt og Ringhof
  • Release : 2022-06-02
  • ISBN : 8726598728
  • Pages : 52 pages

Download or read book Salom written by Oscar Wilde and published by Lindhardt og Ringhof. This book was released on 2022-06-02 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on a story from the Bible, ‘Salomé’ provoked such outrage that it was banned from the British stage for a number of years. However, fiercely defended by academics for its literary worth, that law was finally overturned. In this dark tale, the beautiful Salomé tries to seduce the imprisoned prophet, Iokanaan. When he refuses her advances, Salomé is transformed into the ultimate femme fatale. A lyrical and fascinating play that deals with the themes of love, lust, revenge, murder, and madness, ‘Salomé’ is ideal for those who want to see Wilde at his most bloodthirsty. Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900) was an Irish novelist, poet, playwright, and wit. He was an advocate of the Aesthetic movement, which extolled the virtues of art for the sake of art. During his career, Wilde wrote nine plays, including ‘The Importance of Being Earnest,’ ‘Lady Windermere’s Fan,’ and ‘A Woman of No Importance,’ many of which are still performed today. His only novel, ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ was adapted for the silver screen, in the film, ‘Dorian Gray,’ starring Ben Barnes and Colin Firth. In addition, Wilde wrote 43 poems, and seven essays. His life was the subject of a film, starring Stephen Fry.

Book The Sin of Salome

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  • Author : Ada L Harris
  • Publisher : Palala Press
  • Release : 2016-05-21
  • ISBN : 9781358308017
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book The Sin of Salome written by Ada L Harris and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-05-21 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book Sins of Salome

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  • Author : Gerald W. Williams Jr.
  • Publisher : Gerald Williams
  • Release : 2005-08
  • ISBN : 9780975547823
  • Pages : 212 pages

Download or read book Sins of Salome written by Gerald W. Williams Jr. and published by Gerald Williams. This book was released on 2005-08 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Salome s Dance of the Seven Veils

Download or read book Salome s Dance of the Seven Veils written by Daniel F. Owsley and published by Booktango. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Great drama: Niether did John the Baptist have any idea that he would be decapatated over a woman's most hateful scorn just as Adam was destroyed by his beter half's sin. For the approaching seductive deed of that heartless niece of Herod was sure to fill up the long measure of her godless ways. Even Herod would soon discover that her selfish transgressions made the ugliness of her stone cold heart to be hid carefully under the outward beauty of her skin-deep sex appeal. Nor would he see her painted red fingernails as the claws they really were until after it was far too late. So it then came about the next evening, after the feast, that Herodius unexpectedly let Herod know that she had a surprise for him. Therefore she immediately clapped her hands as a signal for Salome to enter into that feasting hall, surrounded by a small multitude of guests, clad in scarlet and purple robes. And to Herod's delight that sultry young woman was all decked out beautifully with seven silk veils, all colors of the rainbow, one layered underneath the preceeding one. But she also knew in advance that she would only be removing four of her seven veils before she ended up her inticing performance, thereby taking Herod to the very edge of the abandonment of his better senses. It was then the seductive moment when that curvy fox began swaying to the dance of the seven veils with the mastery of a well seasoned seductrous. 'Twas additionally the subtle teasing moment of many beckoning twirls, the real flirtatious time of many winking whirls, as well as the R-rated hour of Salome's dress being removed one layer at a time with the expertise of a proffessional belly dancer, deep in the throes of stripping. And as she dipped, jumped, and did some mind blowing splits, Herod began drooling, while his ogling eyes stared at her in utter disbeilief.

Book Salome

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  • Author : Joseph Converse Heywood
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1862
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 260 pages

Download or read book Salome written by Joseph Converse Heywood and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Salome s Modernity

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  • Author : Petra Dierkes-Thrun
  • Publisher : University of Michigan Press
  • Release : 2014-07-28
  • ISBN : 0472036041
  • Pages : 260 pages

Download or read book Salome s Modernity written by Petra Dierkes-Thrun and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2014-07-28 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oscar Wilde's 1891 symbolist tragedy Salom has had a rich afterlife in literature, opera, dance, film, and popular culture. Salome's Modernity: Oscar Wilde and the Aesthetics of Transgression is the first comprehensive scholarly exploration of that extraordinary resonance that persists to the present. Petra Dierkes-Thrun positions Wilde as a founding figure of modernism and Salom as a key text in modern culture's preoccupation with erotic and aesthetic transgression, arguing that Wilde's Salom marks a major turning point from a dominant traditional cultural, moral, and religious outlook to a utopian aesthetic of erotic and artistic transgression. Wilde and Salom are seen to represent a bridge linking the philosophical and artistic projects of writers such as Mallarm , Pater, and Nietzsche to modernist and postmodernist literature and philosophy and our contemporary culture. Dierkes-Thrun addresses subsequent representations of Salome in a wide range of artistic productions of both high and popular culture through the works of Richard Strauss, Maud Allan, Alla Nazimova, Ken Russell, Suri Krishnamma, Robert Altman, Tom Robbins, and Nick Cave, among others.

Book Salome

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  • Author : Rosina Neginsky
  • Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
  • Release : 2014-10-16
  • ISBN : 1443869627
  • Pages : 270 pages

Download or read book Salome written by Rosina Neginsky and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-16 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the root of the Hebrew name “Salome” is “peaceful”, the image spawned by the most famous woman to carry that name has been anything but peaceful. She and her story have long been linked to the beheading of John the Baptist, as described in the Gospels of Matthew and Mark, since Salome was the supposed catalyst for the prophet’s execution. This history of the myth of Salome describes the process by which that myth was created, the roles that art, literature, theology and music played in that creation, and how Salome’s image as evil varied from one period to another according to the prevailing cultural myths surrounding women. After setting forth the Biblical and historical origins of the Salome story, the book examines the major cultural, literary and artistic works which developed and propagated it, including those by Filippo Lippi, Rogier van der Weyden, Titian, Moreau, Beardsley, Mallarmé, Wilde and Richard Strauss.

Book The Salome Project

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  • Author : Gail P. Streete
  • Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
  • Release : 2018-10-16
  • ISBN : 1532618875
  • Pages : 172 pages

Download or read book The Salome Project written by Gail P. Streete and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2018-10-16 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We are not even sure of her name: it might have been Salome; it might have been Herodias, like that of her mother. She appears very briefly in only two Gospels of the New Testament, to dance at the birthday party of her mother’s husband, Herod, the ruler of Galilee. We do not even know what kind of dance it was, but we are told that it pleased him so much he promised to give her anything she asked for. What she asked for was the head of the prophet John the Baptist on a platter. Although she disappeared from the pages of the New Testament, Salome and her dance have puzzled, intrigued, and dominated the imaginations of artists and writers for two millennia. Was she just a little girl doing a dance performance to please her stepfather and his guests? Was she a nubile teenager bent on seduction? Was she a femme fatale who aimed at the death of a man she could not possess? The Salome Project is the result of a quest to answer these questions and find the real Salome.

Book The Book of Longings

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  • Author : Sue Monk Kidd
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2020-04-21
  • ISBN : 0698408195
  • Pages : 434 pages

Download or read book The Book of Longings written by Sue Monk Kidd and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-04-21 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An extraordinary novel . . . a triumph of insight and storytelling.” —Associated Press “A true masterpiece.” —Glennon Doyle, author of Untamed An extraordinary story set in the first century about a woman who finds her voice and her destiny, from the celebrated number one New York Times bestselling author of The Secret Life of Bees and The Invention of Wings In her mesmerizing fourth work of fiction, Sue Monk Kidd takes an audacious approach to history and brings her acclaimed narrative gifts to imagine the story of a young woman named Ana. Raised in a wealthy family with ties to the ruler of Galilee, she is rebellious and ambitious, with a brilliant mind and a daring spirit. She engages in furtive scholarly pursuits and writes narratives about neglected and silenced women. Ana is expected to marry an older widower, a prospect that horrifies her. An encounter with eighteen-year-old Jesus changes everything. Their marriage evolves with love and conflict, humor and pathos in Nazareth, where Ana makes a home with Jesus, his brothers, and their mother, Mary. Ana's pent-up longings intensify amid the turbulent resistance to Rome's occupation of Israel, partially led by her brother, Judas. She is sustained by her fearless aunt Yaltha, who harbors a compelling secret. When Ana commits a brazen act that puts her in peril, she flees to Alexandria, where startling revelations and greater dangers unfold, and she finds refuge in unexpected surroundings. Ana determines her fate during a stunning convergence of events considered among the most impactful in human history. Grounded in meticulous research and written with a reverential approach to Jesus's life that focuses on his humanity, The Book of Longings is an inspiring, unforgettable account of one woman's bold struggle to realize the passion and potential inside her, while living in a time, place and culture devised to silence her. It is a triumph of storytelling both timely and timeless, from a masterful writer at the height of her powers.

Book Salome

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  • Author : Burton, Fisher D. Publishing Staff
  • Publisher : Opera Journeys Publishing
  • Release : 2000-04
  • ISBN : 1930841213
  • Pages : 32 pages

Download or read book Salome written by Burton, Fisher D. Publishing Staff and published by Opera Journeys Publishing. This book was released on 2000-04 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Chasing Salom

Download or read book Chasing Salom written by Martin Turnbull and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-23 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hollywood, 1920 Alla Nazimova has reached the pinnacle of success. She is the highest-paid actress in town, with a luxurious estate, the respect of her peers, adoration of her fans, and a series of lovers that has included the first wife of her protégé, Rudolph Valentino. But reaching the top is one thing. Staying there is an entirely different matter. Nazimova dreams of producing a motion picture of Oscar Wilde's infamous "Salomé." It will be a new form of moviemaking: the world's first art film. But the same executives at Metro Pictures who hailed Nazimova as a genius when she was churning out hit after hit now turn their backs because her last few movies have flopped. Taking matters into her own hands, Nazimova decides to shoot "Salomé" herself. But it means risking everything she has: her reputation, her fortune, her beautiful home, and even her lavender marriage. But will it be enough to turn her fortunes around? Or will Hollywood cut her out of the picture? From the author of the Hollywood's Garden of Allah novels and based on a true story, "Chasing Salomé" takes us inside Nazimova's struggle to achieve a new level of stardom by raising the flickers to an art form.

Book Salome

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  • Author : Oscar Wilde
  • Publisher : Library of Alexandria
  • Release : 2020-09-28
  • ISBN : 1465581634
  • Pages : 93 pages

Download or read book Salome written by Oscar Wilde and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Daring  Disreputable and Devout

Download or read book Daring Disreputable and Devout written by Dan W. Clanton, Jr. and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2009-04-01 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories of women in the Bible have been interpreted by artists, writers, musicians, filmmakers, and biblical commentators for centuries. However, in many cases, these later interpreters have often adapted and altered the Bible to fit their own view(s) of the stories. Ironically, these later renderings usually serve as the basis for the generally accepted view(s) of biblical women. For example, many readers of the Bible assume that Eve is to blame for the disobedient act in the Garden of Eden, or that Delilah seduced Samson and then cut his hair. A closer look at these assumptions, though, reveals that they are not based on the Bible, but are mediated through the creations of later interpreters. In this book, the author examines eight such women's stories, and shows how later readers interact with the biblical stories to construct sometimes fanciful, sometimes faulty views of these women. Dan Clanton, Jr. broadens our awareness of the influence of these later readings on how we understand biblical women so that we can be more critical in our engagement with them, and become more familiar with what the Bible actually says about the women whose stories it contains.

Book Richard Strauss  Salome

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  • Author : Burton D. Fisher
  • Publisher : Opera Journeys Publishing
  • Release : 2001-08-15
  • ISBN : 1102009369
  • Pages : 33 pages

Download or read book Richard Strauss Salome written by Burton D. Fisher and published by Opera Journeys Publishing. This book was released on 2001-08-15 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A New Salome

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  • Author : Morris Dallett
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1922
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 108 pages

Download or read book A New Salome written by Morris Dallett and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Sins of Salome

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  • Author : Gerald W. Williams
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2005
  • ISBN : 9780975547809
  • Pages : 202 pages

Download or read book Sins of Salome written by Gerald W. Williams and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: