Author: Abelardo Baeza
Publisher: Eakin Press
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 96

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Author: Rudolfo A. Anaya
Publisher: Wheeler Publishing, Incorporated
ISBN: 9781597228350
Category : Bildungsromans
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Anaya draws on the Spanish-American folklore with which he grew up in this unique depiction of a Hispanic childhood in the Southwest.

Author: Fabienne Collignon
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443807338
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 175

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‘The Apothecary’s Chest: Magic, Art and Medication’ was a one-day symposium held at the University of Glasgow on November 24, 2007. The symposium called for a discussion on the evolution of the notions of mysticism, knowledge and superstition in the way they are intertwined in both science and the literary imagination in the figure of healers such as the apothecary, the alchemist, the shaman. There were three main areas of interest. The first involved traditional perceptions of physicians, who combined knowledge and superstition and thus bordered, in their practices, on the sphere of the occult. The second theme, evolving from the first, proposed an inquiry of the overlapping interests and processes of science, magic and prophesy, as well as of the implications and consequences of a privileged access to medical knowledge, while the third subject of discussion concentrated on the development of the symbolism of the healer in literature, history, philosophy of science, anthropology, theology, film and art. The twelve papers included in this volume, papers presented by doctoral candidates and young scholars from across a range of geographical regions and disciplines, result in a collection of approaches to an investigative field with topics ranging from mystical traits of mundane materials to the origins of the occult and gender struggles. The thirteenth and final essay included in the volume, Professor Bill Herbert’s ‘From Mere Bellies to the Bad Shaman’, is an exploration of the modern role of the contemporary poet in the form of an extended conversation initiated at the closing of the conference, when Professor Herbert was asked to combine a poetry reading with a few observations on the relationship between the poet and the shaman.

Author: David King Dunaway
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 9780826323378
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 324

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The accompanying CD provides excerpts from the interviews with the authors.

Author: Abby H. P. Werlock
Publisher: Infobase Learning
ISBN: 143814069X
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 3854

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Praise for the print edition:" ... no other reference work on American fiction brings together such an array of authors and texts as this.

Author: Isaac Ambrose
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christian life
Languages : en
Pages : 632

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Author: Abelardo Baeza
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 112

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Founder of Chicano literature, author of Bless Me, Ultima

Author: César A. González-T.
Publisher: Ethnic Studies Library, University of California, Berkeley
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 336

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Author: Amanda D. Sams
Publisher: Contemporary Authors New Revis
ISBN: 9780787695330
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 472

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In response to the escalating need for up-to-date information on writers, Contemporary Authors® New Revision Series brings researchers the most recent data on the worlds most-popular authors. These exciting and unique author profiles are essential to your holdings because sketches are entirely revised and up-to-date, and completely replace the original Contemporary Authors® entries. For your convenience, a soft-cover cumulative index is sent biannually.

Author:
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ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2362

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A world list of books in the English language.