Black On White The Epic
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Black On White The Epic
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language : en
Publisher: J. C. Stephens
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Black On White The Epic written by and has been published by J. C. Stephens this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
Animals Black And White
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Author : Phyllis Limbacher Tildes
language : en
Publisher: Charlesbridge
Release Date : 1996-07-01
Animals Black And White written by Phyllis Limbacher Tildes and has been published by Charlesbridge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-07-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
While one page presents specific information which serves as a clue to the identity of a particular black and white animal, the next page reveals the name of the animal.
The Life And Times Of Pancho Villa
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Author : Friedrich Katz
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 1998
The Life And Times Of Pancho Villa written by Friedrich Katz and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Based on archival research, this study of Pancho Villa aims to separate myth from history. It looks at Villa's early life as an outlaw and his emergence as a national leader, and at the special considerations that transformed the state of Chihuahua into a leading centre of revolution.
The Epic Hero
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Author : Dean A. Miller
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2003-05-22
The Epic Hero written by Dean A. Miller and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-05-22 with Literary Criticism categories.
Selected by Choice Magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title From Odysseus to Aeneas, from Beowulf to King Arthur, from the Mahâbhârata to the Ossetian "Nart" tales, epic heroes and their stories have symbolized the power of the human imagination. Drawing on diverse disciplines including classics, anthropology, psychology, and literary studies, this product of twenty years' scholarship provides a detailed typology of the hero in Western myth: birth, parentage, familial ties, sexuality, character, deeds, death, and afterlife. Dean A. Miller examines the place of the hero in the physical world (wilderness, castle, prison cell) and in society (among monarchs, fools, shamans, rivals, and gods). He looks at the hero in battle and quest; at his political status; and at his relationship to established religion. The book spans Western epic traditions, including Greek, Roman, Nordic, and Celtic, as well as the Indian and Persian legacies. A large section of the book also examines the figures who modify or accompany the hero: partners, helpers (animals and sometimes monsters), foes, foils, and even antitypes. The Epic Hero provides a comprehensive and provocative guide to epic heroes, and to the richly imaginative tales they inhabit.
Epic Encounters
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Author : Melani McAlister
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2005-07-05
Epic Encounters written by Melani McAlister and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-07-05 with History categories.
Epic Encounters examines how popular culture has shaped the ways Americans define their "interests" in the Middle East. In this innovative book—now brought up-to-date to include 9/11 and the Iraq war—Melani McAlister argues that U.S. foreign policy, while grounded in material and military realities, is also developed in a cultural context. American understandings of the region are framed by narratives that draw on religious belief, news media accounts, and popular culture. This remarkable and pathbreaking book skillfully weaves lively and accessible readings of film, media, and music with a rigorous analysis of U.S. foreign policy, race politics, and religious history. The new chapter, titled "9/11 and After: Snapshots on the Road to Empire," considers and brilliantly analyzes five images that have become iconic: (1) New York City firemen raising the American flag out of the rubble of the World Trade Center, (2) the televised image of Osama bin-Laden, (3) Afghani women in burqas, (4) the statue of Saddam Hussein being toppled in Baghdad, and (5) the hooded and wired prisoner in Abu Ghraib. McAlister's singular achievement is to illuminate the contexts of these five images both at the time they were taken and as they relate to current events, an accomplishment all the more remarkable since—to paraphrase her new preface—we are today struggling to look backward at something that is still rushing ahead.
The Epic Trickster In American Literature
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Author : Gregory E. Rutledge
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-04-26
The Epic Trickster In American Literature written by Gregory E. Rutledge and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-26 with Literary Criticism categories.
Just as Africa and the West have traditionally fit into binaries of Darkness/Enlightenment, Savage/Modern, Ugly/Beautiful, and Ritual/Art, among others, much of Western cultural production rests upon the archetypal binary of Trickster/Epic, with trickster aesthetics and commensurate cultural forms characterizing Africa. Challenging this binary and the exceptionalism that underlies anti-hegemonic efforts even today, this book begins with the scholarly foundations that mapped out African trickster continuities in the United States and excavated the aesthetics of traditional African epic performances. Rutledge locates trickster-like capacities within the epic hero archetype (the "epic trickster" paradigm) and constructs an Homeric Diaspora, which is to say that the modern Homeric performance foundation lies at an absolute time and distance away from the ancient storytelling performance needed to understand the cautionary aesthetic inseparable from epic potential. As traditional epic performances demonstrate, unchecked epic trickster dynamism anticipates not only brutal imperialism and creative diversity, but the greatest threat to everyone, an eco-apocalypse. Relying upon the preeminent scholarship on African-American trickster-heroes, traditional African heroic performances, and cultural studies approaches to Greco-Roman epics, Rutledge traces the epic trickster aesthetic through three seminal African-American novels keenly attuned to the American Homeric Diaspora: Charles Chesnutt’s The Marrow of Tradition, Richard Wright’s Native Son, and Toni Morrison’s Beloved.
Return Of The Epic Film
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Author : Andrew Elliot
language : en
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Release Date : 2015-03-05
Return Of The Epic Film written by Andrew Elliot and has been published by Edinburgh University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-05 with Reference categories.
With the success of Gladiator, both critics and scholars enthusiastically announced the return of a genre which had lain dormant for thirty years. However, this return raises important new questions which remain unanswered. Why did the epic come back, and why did it fall out of fashion? Are these the same kinds of epics as the 1950s and 60s, or are there aesthetic differences? Can we treat Kingdom of Heaven, 300 and Thor indiscriminately as one genre? Are non-Western histories like Hero and Mongol epics, too? Finally, what precisely do we mean when we talk about the return of the epic film, and why are they back? The Return of the Epic Film offers a fresh way of thinking about a body of films which has dominated our screens for a decade. With contributions from top scholars in the field, the collection adopts a range of interdisciplinary perspectives to explore the epic film in the twenty-first century.
The Epic Film In World Culture
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Author : Robert Burgoyne
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2010-09-13
The Epic Film In World Culture written by Robert Burgoyne and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-09-13 with Performing Arts categories.
With the recent release of spectacular blockbuster films from Gladiator to The Lord of the Rings trilogy, the epic has once again become a major form in contemporary cinema. The original essays in this volume explore the tension between the evolving global context of film production and reception and the particular provenance of the epic as an expression of national mythology and aspirations, challenging our understanding of epics produced in the present as well as our perception of epic films from the past. Contributors explore new critical approaches to contemporary as well as older epic film.
The Afro Modernist Epic And Literary History
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Author : K. Schultz
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2013-11-19
The Afro Modernist Epic And Literary History written by K. Schultz and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-19 with Literary Criticism categories.
Analyzing the poets Melvin B. Tolson, Langston Hughes, and Amiri Baraka, this study charts the Afro-Modernist epic. Within the context of Classical epic traditions, early 20th-century American modernist long poems, and the griot traditions of West Africa, Schultz reveals diasporic consciousness in the representation of African American identities.
Epic Traditions In The Contemporary World
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Author : Margaret Beissinger
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1999-03-31
Epic Traditions In The Contemporary World written by Margaret Beissinger and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-03-31 with Fiction categories.
Fourteen essays on epic, oral and literary, from ancient to modern, from the Americas to India.