Author: David P. SchenckPublisher: Summa Publications, Inc.
ISBN: 9780917786549
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
The Myth of Guillaume
Author: David P. SchenckPublisher: Summa Publications, Inc.
ISBN: 9780917786549
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Mythology in the Narrative Poems of Guillaume de Machaut
Author: Christina D. Csoeke-PoeckhPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
The Scapegoat
Author: René GirardPublisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 0801839173
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
"[Girard's] methods of extrapolating to find cultural history behind myths, and of reading hidden verification through silence, are worthy enrichments of the critic's arsenal." -- John Yoder, Religion and Literature.
The Myth of Hero and Leander
Author: Silvia MontiglioPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1786722909
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
Hero and Leander are the protagonists in a classical tale of epic but tragic love. Hero lives secluded in a tower on the European shore of the Hellespont, and Leander on the opposite side of the passage. Since they cannot hope to marry, the couple resolves to meet in secret: each night he swims across to her, guided by the light of her torch. But the time comes when a winter storm kills both the light and Leander. At dawn, Hero sees her lover's mangled body washed ashore, and so hurls herself from the tower to meet him in death. Silvia Montiglio here shows how and why this affecting story has proved to be one of the most popular and perennial mythologies in the history of the West. Discussing its singular drama, danger, pathos and eroticism, the author explores the origin of the legend and its rich and varied afterlives. She shows how it was used by Greek and Latin writers; how it developed in the Middle Ages - notably in the writings of Christine de Pizan - and Renaissance; how it inspired Byron to swim the Dardanelles; and how it has lived on in representations by artists including Rubens and Frederic Leighton.
Myth and Legend in French Literature
Author: Keith AspleyPublisher: MHRA
ISBN: 9780900547850
Category : French literature
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Love and War
Author: Guillaume SimoneauPublisher:
ISBN: 9781907893384
Category : Identity (Psychology) in art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Love and War chronicles Guillaume Simoneau's on-off relationship with Caroline Annandale. They first met at the at the Maine Photographic Workshop in 2000. Both in their early 20s, they began a feverish relationship. After the terrorist attacks on the US, Annandale enlisted in the army and was sent to Iraq. The two grew apart, but reunited sever years later to begin a tumultuous second chapter of their relationship. Using a variety of images, text messages and handwritten notes, Simoneau charts the couple's love affair and its attendant ups and downs.
The Medieval Charlemagne Legend
Author: Susan E. FarrierPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429523920
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 666
Book Description
Originally published in 1993, The Medieval Charlemagne Legend is a selective bibliography for the literary scholar, of historical and literary material relating to Charlemagne. The book provides a chronological listing of sources on the legend and man is split into three distinct sections, covering the history of Charlemagne, the literature of Charlemagne and the medieval biography and chronicle of Charlemagne.
Convergence of Catastrophes
Author: Guillaume FayePublisher: Arktos
ISBN: 1907166467
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Faye rigorously examines today's escalating crises one by one. He reminds readers they should not give in to pessimism, that what is being experienced is not an apocalypse, but a metamorphosis of humanity.
Seeing Through the Veil
Author: Suzanne Conklin AkbariPublisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442667176
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
During the later Middle Ages, new optical theories were introduced that located the power of sight not in the seeing subject, but in the passive object of vision. This shift had a powerful impact not only on medieval science but also on theories of knowledge, and this changing relationship of vision and knowledge was a crucial element in late medieval religious devotion. In Seeing through the Veil, Suzanne Conklin Akbari examines several late medieval allegories in the context of contemporary paradigm shifts in scientific and philosophical theories of vision. After a survey on the genre of allegory and an overview of medieval optical theories, Akbari delves into more detailed studies of several medieval literary works, including the Roman de la Rose, Dante's Vita Nuova, Convivio, and Commedia, and Chaucer's dream visions and Canterbury Tales. The final chapter, 'Division and Darkness,' centres on the legacy of allegory in the fifteenth century. Offering a new interdisciplinary, synthetic approach to late medieval intellectual history and to major works within the medieval literary canon, Seeing through the Veil will be an essential resource to the study of medieval literature and culture, as well as philosophy, history of art, and history of science.
Author: Nathalie Goodisman