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Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
The Winged Word
Homer's Winged Words
Author: Steve ReecePublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004174419
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 429
Book Description
For over 2500 years many of the most learned scholars of the Greek language have concerned themselves with the topic of etymology. The most productive source of difficult, even inexplicable, words was Homer s 28,000 verses of epic poetry. Steve Reece proposes an approach to elucidating the meanings of some of these difficult words that finds its inspiration primarily in Milman Parry s oral-formulaic theory. He proposes that during the long period of oral transmission acoustic uncertainties, especially regarding word boundaries, were continually occurring: a bard uttered one collocation of words, but his audience thought it heard another. The consequent resegmentation of words and phrases is the probable cause of some of the etymologically inexplicable words in our Homeric texts.
Birds in the Ancient World
Author: Jeremy MynottPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0191022713
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Birds pervaded the ancient world, impressing their physical presence on the daily experience and imaginations of ordinary people and figuring prominently in literature and art. They provided a fertile source of symbols and stories in myths and folklore and were central to the ancient rituals of augury and divination. Jeremy Mynott's Birds in the Ancient World illustrates the many different roles birds played in culture: as indicators of time, weather and the seasons; as a resource for hunting, eating, medicine and farming; as domestic pets and entertainments; and as omens and intermediaries between the gods and humankind. We learn how birds were perceived - through quotations from well over a hundred classical Greek and Roman authors, all of them translated freshly into English, through nearly 100 illustrations from ancient wall-paintings, pottery and mosaics, and through selections from early scientific writings, and many anecdotes and descriptions from works of history, geography and travel. Jeremy Mynott acts as a stimulating guide to this rich and fascinating material, using birds as a prism through which to explore both the similarities and the often surprising differences between ancient conceptions of the natural world and our own. His book is an original contribution to the flourishing interest in the cultural history of birds and to our understanding of the ancient cultures in which birds played such a prominent part.
The Winged Word
Author: A Winged Word
Author: Mary Agnes TinckerPublisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Winged Words
Author: Piero BoitaniPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226065618
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
Flight has always fascinated human minds, but until a century ago it remained a dream—the exclusive domain of birds, gods, and mythological heroes. From the myths of the ancients to the poetry of Pindar and Yeats, Winged Words traces the imprint of the human impulse to fly from premodern times to the age of terrorism in both literature and history. Piero Boitani begins his analysis with an account of the way the myths of Pegasus and Icarus have persisted from classical to twentieth-century politics and literature. He then takes up the figure of Hermes; the roles of halcyons and eagles in classical, biblical, and later literatures; and literary response to Pieter Brueghel’s The Fall of Icarus. Honing in on modern figures and concerns, Boitani also offers a fascinating discussion of author-pilot Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and concludes with a meditation on the flight of the hijacked airliners on 9/11. Throughout, Winged Word brings a remarkable range of men of action, politicians, theologians, writers, and artists into dialogue with each other: Shakespeare with T. S. Eliot, Horace with Ovid, Leonardo with Milton, Leopardi with Mallarmé, Saint-Exupéry with Faulkner and Rilke, and the Ulysses of Homer with the Ulysses of Dante. Ultimately, by showing how writers and fliers have looked to the ancients for inspiration, Boitani testifies to the modern relevance of poetry and the classics.
The Winged Word
Author: David GreenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Poetry, Modern
Languages : en
Pages :
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Winged Word
Author: Ocie I. BlackThe Winged Words - Jejak Pustaka
Author: Farhan MahersyaPublisher: Jejak Pustaka
ISBN: 6239684538
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
The Winged Words, seperti judulnya, berisi 74 puisi berbahasa Inggris Farhan Mahersya. Barangkali berbahasa Inggris dalam puisi tak serupa ketika berkomunikasi bahasa Inggris secara verbal. Farhan menyajikan puisi-puisi cinta yang syahdu.
Stray Thoughts/Winged Words
Author: Zakiah SayeedPublisher: Createspace Indie Pub Platform
ISBN: 9781468090109
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
For author Zakiah Sayeed, baring her soul to the world, releasing these intensely personal thoughts and feelings, is a freeing experience. Within these pages is solace and inspiration, happiness and sorrow, and a warm feeling of connection and shared understanding. Free verse poetry and flash fiction, it relies on stream of consciousness and ethereal connection cascading into awareness rather than preconceived rhythm and rhyme, her words true to the cadences of being, each a pulse—a reflection—that when viewed in their whole portrays a stunning breadth of emotion with resonance and beauty. Combined with prose and artfully crafted letters that provide insight into her life, her children, and her grandchildren, her fearless honesty displays for all to see the truth of her being.