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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 464
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Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901: Main part
Author: Effects of Slavery on Morals and Industry
Author: Noah WebsterPublisher:
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Category : Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 102
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The Return of Ulysses
Author: Edith HallPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0857718304
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 306
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Whether they focus on the bewitching song of the Sirens, his cunning escape from the cave of the terrifying one-eyed Cyclops, or the vengeful slaying of the suitors of his beautiful wife Penelope, the stirring adventures of Ulysses/Odysseus are amongst the most durable in human culture. The picaresque return of the wandering pirate-king is one of the most popular texts of all time, crossing East-West divides and inspiring poets and film-makers worldwide. But why, over three thousand years, has the Odyssey's appeal proved so remarkably resilient and long-lasting? In her much-praised book Edith Hall explains the enduring fascination of Homer's epic in terms of its extraordinary susceptibility to adaptation. Not only has the story reflected a myriad of different agendas, but - from the tragedies of classical Athens to modern detective fiction, film, travelogue and opera - it has seemed perhaps uniquely fertile in generating new artistic forms. Cultural texts as diverse as Joyce's Ulysses, Suzanne Vega's Calypso, Monteverdi's Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria, the Coen Brothers' O Brother Where Art Thou?, Daniel Vigne's Le Retour de Martin Guerre and Anthony Minghella's Cold Mountain all show that Odysseus is truly a versatile hero. His travels across the wine-dark Aegean are journeys not just into the mind of one of the most brilliantly creative of all the ancient Greek writers. They are as much a voyage beyond the boundaries of a narrative which can plausibly lay claim to being the quintessential global phenomenon.
Mothers and Divorce
Author: Terry ArendellPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520330226
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 236
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This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1986.
History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens
Author: Martin Register AndrewsPublisher:
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Category : Marietta (Ohio)
Languages : en
Pages : 736
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200 Years of Children
Author: Edith Henderson GrotbergPublisher:
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Category : Child development
Languages : en
Pages : 512
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Modern Magnetism
Author: Darconville's Cat
Author: Alexander TherouxPublisher: Holt Paperbacks
ISBN: 9780805043655
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 728
Book Description
The conflicts between love and hate, good and evil, and life and art are explored in a portrait of Alaric Darconville, a twenty-nine-year-old professor at Quinsy College--a women's college in Virginia--who falls in love with and is jilted by one of his students
Conquests of the Cross
Author: Edwin HodderPublisher:
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Category : Missionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 384
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The History of South-Carolina
Author: David RamsayPublisher:
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Category : Enslaved persons
Languages : en
Pages : 642
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