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The Corn King And The Spring Queen
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Author : Naomi Mitchison
language : en
Publisher: Canongate Books
Release Date : 2010-07-01
The Corn King And The Spring Queen written by Naomi Mitchison and has been published by Canongate Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-01 with Fiction categories.
Introduced by Naomi Mitchison. Set over two thousand years ago on the clam and fertile shores of the Black Sea, Naomi Mitchison’s The Corn King and the Spring Queen tells of ancient civilisations where tenderness, beauty and love vie with brutality and dark magic. Erif Der, a young witch, is compelled by her father to marry his powerful rival, Tarrik the Corn King, so becoming the Spring Queen. Forced by her father, she uses her magic spells to try and break Tarrik’s power. But one night Tarrik rescues Sphaeros, an Hellenic philosopher, from a shipwreck. Sphaeros in turn rescues Tarrik from near death and so breaks the enchantment that has bound him. And so begins for Tarrik a Quest – a fabulous voyage of discovery which will bring him new knowledge and which will reunite him with his beautiful Spring Queen. ‘This breathtaking recreation of life in the ancient world welds the power of myth and magic to a stirring plot.’ Ian Rankin
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Author : Naomi Mitchell
language : en
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Release Date : 2012-01-29
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Author : Naomi Mitchison
language : en
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Release Date : 2013-03-01
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The Barbarian
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Author : Naomi Mitchison
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1961
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The Barbarian
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Author : Naomi Mitchison
language : en
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Release Date : 1930
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The Corn King The Spring Queen
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Author : Naomi Mitchison
language : en
Publisher: Abrams
Release Date : 1990-08-01
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A classic epic fantasy set in ancient civilizations along the Black Sea where tenderness, beauty and love vie with brutality and dark magic. Erif Der, a young witch, is compelled by her father to marry his powerful rival, Tarrik the Corn King, so becoming the Spring Queen. Forced by her father, she uses her magic spells to try and break Tarrik’s power. But one night Tarrik rescues Sphaeros, a Hellenic philosopher, from a shipwreck. Sphaeros in turn rescues Tarrik from near death and so breaks the enchantment that has bound him. And so begins for Tarrik a Quest—a fabulous voyage of discovery which will bring him new knowledge, and which will reunite him with his beautiful Spring Queen. “This breathtaking recreation of life in the ancient world welds the power of myth and magic to a stirring plot.” —Ian Rankin “Originally published in 1931, this dense, epic-length fantasy is a quest story cunningly woven of history and myth. . . . In scenes of beauty and power, Mitchison breathes life into such perennial themes as courage, forgiveness, the search for meaning, and self-sacrifice.” —Publishers Weekly
The Blood Of The Martyrs
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Author : Naomi Mitchison
language : en
Publisher: Canongate Books
Release Date : 2010-07-01
The Blood Of The Martyrs written by Naomi Mitchison and has been published by Canongate Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-01 with Fiction categories.
Introduced by Donald Smith. Set in Rome during Nero’s reign of terror, The Blood of the Martyrs is a disciplined historical novel tracing the destruction of one cell of the early church. With a cast of slaves, ordinary Roman people, exiles and entertainers, it is thorough in its historical interpretation and in its determination to make the past accessible and readable. Written in 1938-9, the novel contains many symbolic parallels to the rise of European fascism in the 1930s and the desperate plight of persecuted minorities such as the Jews and the left-wing activists with whom Naomi Mitchison personally campaigned at the time. With the invasion of Britain a real possibility, she felt compelled to write a testament to the power of human solidarity which, even faced with death, can overcome the worst that human evil can achieve. The Blood of the Martyrs is the least autobiographical of Mitchison’s major works of fiction, yet, with its implicit credo, is her most passionately self-revealing. ‘ . . . when a novelist is historically faithful in these treacherous waters of the human psyche, the results are tremendous. As a twentieth-century woman, it no doubt hurt Naomi Mitchison a good deal to describe the savagery of the early Christian persecution in The Blood of the Martyrs . . . But it is the pain that gives the history its lifeblood. The imagination that is a novelist’s fuel must be harnessed to serve history as history was, not as anyone wishes it had been.’ Joanna Trollope
Travel Light
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Author : Naomi Mitchison
language : en
Publisher: Small Beer Press
Release Date : 2005-08-01
Travel Light written by Naomi Mitchison and has been published by Small Beer Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-08-01 with Fiction categories.
"Travel Light is the story of Halla, a girl born to a king but cast out onto the hills to die. She lives among bears; she lives among dragons. But the time of dragons is passing, and Odin All-Father offers Halla a choice: Will she stay dragonish and hoard wealth and possessions, or will she travel light?" —Amal El-Mohtar, NPR, You Must Read This From the dark ages to modern times, from the dragons of medieval forests to Constantinople, this is a fantastic and philosophical fairy-tale journey that will appeal to fans of Harry Potter, Diana Wynne Jones, and T. H. White’s The Sword in the Stone. "No one knows better how to spin a fairy tale than Naomi Mitchison.”—The Observer "Read it now."—Ursula K. Le Guin "You will love this book."—Holly Black "The enchantments of Travel Light contain more truth, more straight talking, a grittier, harder-edged view of the world than any of the mundane descriptions of daily life you will find in … science fiction stories." — Paul Kincaid, SF Site "A gem of a book." — Strange Horizons "Every page is full of magic and wonder….well worth seeking out."— Rambles "Combines the best of Rowling and Pullman, being full of magic and fantasy with the hard edge of reality sharp at its edges." — The New Review/LauraHird.com
Men And Women Writers Of The 1930s
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Author : Janet Montefiore
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2003-09-02
Men And Women Writers Of The 1930s written by Janet Montefiore and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-09-02 with Literary Criticism categories.
Men and Women Writers of the 1930s is a searching critique of the issues of memory and gender during this dynamic decade. Montefiore asks two principle questions; what part does memory play in the political literature of and about 1930s Britain? And what were the roles of women, both as writers and as signifying objects in constructing that literature? Montefiore's topical analysis of 1930s mass unemployment, fascist uprise and 'appeasement' is shockingly relevant in society today. Issues of class, anti-fascist historical novels, post war memoirs of 'Auden generation' writers and neglected women poets are discussed at length. Writers include: * George Orwell * Virginia Woolf * W.H. Auden * Storm Jameson * Jean Rhys * Rebecca West
Gendering Classicism
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Author : Ruth Hoberman
language : en
Publisher: SUNY Press
Release Date : 1997-04-25
Gendering Classicism written by Ruth Hoberman and has been published by SUNY Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-04-25 with Literary Criticism categories.
Gendering Classicism explores the intersection of feminism, historical fiction, and modernism through the work of six writers, all of whom wrote historical novels set in ancient Greece or Rome: Naomi Mitchison, Mary Butts, Laura Riding, Phyllis Bentley, Bryher, and Mary Renault. As women gained access to higher education in the late nineteenth century, they gained access also to the classical learning that had for so long demarcated and legitimated the British ruling classes. Steeped in misogyny, the classical tradition presented educated women with a massive project: the recasting of that tradition in terms that acknowledged the existence of women - as historical agents and interpreters of the historical past.