Author: ApuleiusPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
The Works of Apuleius
Author: ApuleiusThe Works of Apuleius
Author: ApuleiusThe National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 756
Book Description
The Works of Apuleius ... A New Translation. To which are Added a Metrical Version of Cupid and Psyche [by Hudson Gurney], and Mrs. Tighe's Psyche, Etc
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Author: ApuleiusFictional Traces: Receptions of the Ancient Novel Volume 1
Author: Marília Futre PinheiroPublisher: Barkhuis
ISBN: 9077922970
Category : Classical fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
"The study of the reception of the ancient novel and of its literary and cultural heritage is one of the most appealing issues in the story of this literary genre. In no other genre has the vitality of classical tradition manifested itself in such a lasting and versatile manner as in the novel. However, this unifying, centripetal quality also worked in an opposite direction, spreading to and contaminating future literatures. Over the centuries, from Antiquity to the present time there have been many authors who drew inspiration from the Greek and Roman novels or used them as models, from Cervantes to Shakespeare, Sydney or Racine, not to mention the profound influence these texts exercised on, for instance, sixteenth-to eighteenth-century Italian, Portuguese and Spanish literature. Volume I is divided into sections that follow a chronological order, while Volume II deals with the reception of the ancient novel in literature and art. The first volume brings together an international group of scholars whose main aim is to analyse the survival of the ancient novel in the ancient world and in the Middle Ages, in the Renaissance, in the 17th and 18th centuries, and in the modern era. The contributors to the second volume have undertaken the task of discussing the survival of the ancient novel in the visual arts, in literature and in the performative arts. The papers assembled in these two volumes on reception are at the forefront of scholarship in the field and will stimulate scholarly research on the ancient novel and its influence over the centuries up to modern times, thus enriching not only Classics but also modern languages and literatures, cultural history, literary theory and comparative literature."--
Analytical and Classified Catalogue of the Library ...: A-H
Author: Dennis O'DonovanUnquiet Voices
Author: Rob DouglasPublisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN: 0738765996
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 197
Book Description
Your Field Guide to the Realms of the Unseen Whispers from beyond the veil haunt and beguile us. Are they from ancestors trying to help or monsters hoping to deceive? Drawing on thirty years of research and experience, Rob and Nonie Douglas present paranormal investigation from the perspective of medieval magic. They combine classical necromancy and modern investigative methods to help you confidently identify spirits, know when they are present, diagnose their effects, and lay them to rest. This practical guide teaches about diverse types of spirits and dispels common misconceptions. It also offers reference tables and step-by-step techniques designed so you can quickly refer to them in the field. Featuring illustrations throughout and a lexicon of arcane terms, this book offers compassionate and effective ways to understand and be understood by the unquiet voices all around us.
A Catalogue of Old and Rare Books
Author: Pickering & ChattoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bookbinding
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Catalogue of the Parliamentary Library of South Australia
Author: Parliamentary Library of South AustraliaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
"Brings forward the previous catalogue to the end of July, 1871."--Pref.
Ghosts
Author: Lisa MortonPublisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 1780235372
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
From that cheerful puff of smoke known as Casper to the hunkiest potter living or dead, Sam Wheat, there is probably no more iconic entity in supernatural history than the ghost. And these are just recent examples. From the earliest writings such as the Epic of Gilgamesh to today’s ghost-hunting reality TV shows, ghosts have chilled the air of nearly every era and every culture in human history. In this book, Lisa Morton uses her scholarly prowess—more powerful than any proton pack—to wrangle together history’s most enduring ghosts into an entertaining and comprehensive look at what otherwise seems to always evade our eyes. Tracing the ghost’s constantly shifting contours, Morton asks the most direct question—What exactly is a ghost?—and examines related entities such as poltergeists, wraiths, and revenants. She asks how a ghost is related to a soul, and she outlines all the different kinds of ghosts there are. To do so, she visits the spirits of the classical world, including the five-part Egyptian soul and the first haunted-house, conceived in the Roman playwright Plautus’s comedy, Mostellaria. She confronts us with the frightening phantoms of the Middle Ages—who could incinerate priests and devour children—and reminds us of the nineteenth-century rise of Spiritualism, a religion essentially devoted to ghosts. She visits with the Indian bhuta and goes to the Hungry Ghost Festival in China, and of course she spends time in Mexico, where ghosts have a particularly strong grip on belief and culture. Along the way she gathers the ectoplasmic residues seeping from books and film reels, from the Gothic novel The Castle of Otranto to the 2007 blockbuster Paranormal Activity, from the stories of Ann Radcliffe to those of Stephen King. Wide-ranging, informative, and slicked with over fifty unearthly images, Ghosts is an entertaining read of a cultural phenomenon that will delight anyone, whether they believe in ghosts or not.