Arachne Speaks
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Arachne Speaks
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Author : Kate Hovey
language : en
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Release Date : 2014-12-30
Arachne Speaks written by Kate Hovey and has been published by Margaret K. McElderry Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-30 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Orb weavers! Weavers of tangled nets! All eight-legged ones... Cast to the four winds my story's thread. Arachne, classical literature's most famous weaver exhorts her spider minions in this epic adaptation of a famous Greek myth. The talented, rebellious teenage Arachne here tells her own story in unforgettable words. She speaks of her impoverished childhood and lonely, steadfast pursuit of excellence in a bold, passionate voice. Her unshakable belief in herself and persistent questioning of divine authority lead to a dramatic confrontation with the goddess Athena, a fateful weaving contest, and an unexpected transformation. Poet Kate Hovey's lyrical verse and Blair Drawson's stunning artwork together create a timeless rendering of the ancient struggle between the headstrong Arachne and the powerful Athena.
I Am Arachne
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Author : Elizabeth Spires
language : en
Publisher: Square Fish
Release Date : 2024-05-28
I Am Arachne written by Elizabeth Spires and has been published by Square Fish this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-05-28 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Spinning, I can't stop spinning, so stay a minute, and I, Arachne, will spin a story for you . . . In this singular collection, the heroes and heroines of fifteen Greek and Roman tales give their own dramatic accounts of events. From the magnificent spinner Arachne, who learns that a mortal should never challenge a god, to the god Pan, who prefers Earth to Mount Olympus, to the beautiful, self-indulgent Pandora and the gold-stricken Midas—the reader becomes a confidant to the tellers of these sometimes humorous, sometimes sad, always engaging tales of wonder, woe, romantic love, and jealousy. Mordicai Gerstein's energetic, whimsical illustrations combine with Elizabeth Spires's playful renditions for a totally fresh take on familiar and not-so-familiar myths.
Arachne
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Short Tales
Release Date : 2008
Arachne written by and has been published by Short Tales this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Arachne (Greek mythology) categories.
Because she boasts that she weaves better than anyone, Arachne is turned into a spider.
Why Spiders Spin
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Author : Jamie Simons
language : en
Publisher: Silver Press
Release Date : 1991-06
Why Spiders Spin written by Jamie Simons and has been published by Silver Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991-06 with Arachne (Greek mythology) categories.
Because she boasts that she weaves better than anyone, Arachne is turned into a spider.
Social And Virtual Space
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Author : Laura Chernaik
language : en
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
Release Date : 2005
Social And Virtual Space written by Laura Chernaik and has been published by Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with History categories.
This volume is a material and semiotic study of transnationalsim, analyzed in terms of race, class, gender, and sexuality. The objects of analysis range from the aftermath of the U.S.-led war in Iraq, to science fiction by Pat Cadigan, CJ Cherryh, and Samuel Delaney, to material-semiotic feminist theory by Donna Harraway, to the neo-Marxist historical geography of Mike Davis and David Harvey. The book is centrally concerned with the social and cultural change brought about by the rise of the new social movements in the United States, such as the women's movement and the lesbian, gay, queer, and transgendered movements, and the backlash by the American new right against this change. Ethical and political concerns are central to the arguments, which is framed in terms of Emmanuel Levinas's notion of radical, non-reciprocal responsibility. Laura Chernaik is a free-lance writer.
Classical Reception And Children S Literature
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Author : Owen Hodkinson
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2018-01-30
Classical Reception And Children S Literature written by Owen Hodkinson and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-30 with History categories.
Reception studies have transformed the classics. Many more literary and cultural texts are now regarded as 'valid' for classical study. And within this process of widening, children's literature has in its turn emerged as being increasingly important. Books written for children now comprise one of the largest and most prominent bodies of texts to engage with the classical world, with an audience that constantly changes as it grows up. This innovative volume wrestles with that very characteristic of change which is so fundamental to children's literature, showing how significant the classics, as well as classically-inspired fiction and verse, have been in tackling the adolescent challenges posed by metamorphosis. Chapters address such themes as the use made by C S Lewis, in The Horse and his Boy, of Apuleius' The Golden Ass; how Ovidian myth frames the Narnia stories; classical 'nonsense' in Edward Lear; Pan as a powerful symbol of change in children's literature, for instance in The Wind in the Willows; the transformative power of the Orpheus myth; and how works for children have handled the teaching of the classics.
Ariadne S Thread
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Author : Laura Perry
language : en
Publisher: Moon Books
Release Date : 2013-08-30
Ariadne S Thread written by Laura Perry and has been published by Moon Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-30 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
The myths of ancient Crete, her people, and their gods twine through our minds like the snakes around the priestess's arms in those ancient temples. They call to us across the millennia, asking us to remember. In answer to that call, Ariadne’s Thread provides a window into the spirituality, culture and daily life of the Minoan people, and commemorates the richness of a world in which women and men worked and worshiped as equals. In these pages, the glory of Crete once again springs to life; the history, the culture, and most of all, the intense spirituality of these fascinating people and their gods can inspire and transform our modern ways of thinking, worshiping and being. The ruined temples and mansions of ancient Crete may crumble along the coastline of this tiny island, but Ariadne’s thread still leads us into the labyrinth and safely back out again.
The Story Of Greece
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Author : Mary MacGregor
language : en
Publisher: Perennial Press
Release Date : 2018-03-10
The Story Of Greece written by Mary MacGregor and has been published by Perennial Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-10 with History categories.
THE story of Greece began long, long ago in a strange wonderland of beauty. Woods and winds, fields and rivers, each had a pathway which led upward and onward into the beautiful land. Sometimes indeed no path was needed, for the rivers, woods, and lone hill-sides were themselves the wonderland of which I am going to tell. In the woods and winds, in the trees and rivers, dwelt the gods and goddesses whom the people of long ago worshipped. It was their presence in the world that made it so great, so wide, so wonderful...
Weaving The Word
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Author : Kathryn Sullivan Kruger
language : en
Publisher: Susquehanna University Press
Release Date : 2001
Weaving The Word written by Kathryn Sullivan Kruger and has been published by Susquehanna University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Literary Criticism categories.
"Through an analysis of specific weaving stories, the difference between a text and a textile becomes blurred. Such stories portray women weavers transforming their domestic activity of making textiles into one of making texts by inscribing their cloth with both personal and political messages."--BOOK JACKET.
A Web Of Fantasies
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Author : Patricia B. Salzman-Mitchell
language : en
Publisher: Ohio State University Press
Release Date : 2005
A Web Of Fantasies written by Patricia B. Salzman-Mitchell and has been published by Ohio State University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Literary Criticism categories.
"Drawing on recent scholarship in art, film, literary theory, and gender studies, A Web of Fantasies examines the complexities, symbolism, and interactions between gaze and image in Ovid's Metamorphoses and forms a gender-sensitive perspective. It is a feminist study of Ovid's epic, which includes many stories about change, in which discussions of viewers, viewing, and imagery strive to illuminate Ovid's constructions of male and female. Patricia Salzman-Mitchell discusses the text from the perspective of three types of gazes: of characters looking, of the poet who narrates visually charged stories, and of the reader who "sees" the woven images in the text. Arguing against certain theorists who deny the possibility of any feminine vision in a male-authored poem, the author maintains that the female point of view can be released through the traditional feminine occupation of weaving, featuring the woven images of Arachne (involved in a weaving contest in which she tried to best the goddess Athena, who turned her into a spider) and Philomela (who had her tongue cut out, so had to weave a tapestry depicting her rape and mutilation)." "The book observes that while feminist models of the gaze can create productive readings of the poem, these models are too limited and reductive for such a protean and complex text as Metamorphoses. This work brings forth the pervasive importance of the act of looking in the poem which will affect future readings of Ovid's epic."--BOOK JACKET.