The Madness Of Epic
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The Madness Of Epic
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Author : Debra Hershkowitz
language : en
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Release Date : 1998-06-25
The Madness Of Epic written by Debra Hershkowitz and has been published by Clarendon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-06-25 with Literary Criticism categories.
Madness plays a vital role in many ancient epics: not only do characters go mad, but madness also often occupies a central thematic position in the texts. In this book, Debra Hershkowitz examines from a variety of theoretical angles the representation and poetic function of madness in Greek and Latin epic from Homer through the Flavians, including individual chapters devoted to the Iliad and Odyssey, Virgil's Aeneid, Ovid's Metamorphoses, Lucan's Bellum Civile, and Statius' Thebaid. The study also addresses the difficulty of defining madness, and discusses how each epic explores this problem in a different way, finding its own unique way of conceptualizing madness. Epic madness interacts with ancient models of madness, but also, even more importantly, with previous representations of madness in the literary tradition. Likewise, the reader's response to epic madness is influenced by both ancient and modern views of madness, as well as by an awareness of intertextuality.
Into The Madness
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Author : Richard H Stephens
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-02-06
Into The Madness written by Richard H Stephens and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-06 with categories.
The epic culmination in the Soul Forge Saga. A carefully hidden truth is revealed-the key to the kingdom's salvation if the Wizard of the North and her unstable companion can find a way to unlock its secret and survive an encounter with a wyrm bent on destroying the world.Far to the south, a ragtag group of assassins set out to end the land's suffering. Waylaid by an eccentric necromancer, and suffering a tragic loss that threatens to ruin their poorly laid plan, they stagger toward a fate no one ever envisioned.An obsidian nightmare is summoned and Zephyr will never be the same.
The Book Of The Epic
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Author : H. A. Guerber
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
Release Date : 2013-06-17
The Book Of The Epic written by H. A. Guerber and has been published by Createspace Independent Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-17 with Fiction categories.
The greatest of all the world's epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey, are attributed to Homer, or Melesigenes, who is said to have lived some time between 1050 and 850 B.C. Ever since the second century before Christ, however, the question whether Homer is the originator of the poems, or whether, like the Rhapsodists, he merely recited extant verses, has been hotly disputed.The events upon which the Iliad is based took place some time before 1100 B.C., and we are told the poems of Homer were collected and committed to writing by Pisistratus during the age of Epic Poetry, or second age of Greek literature, which ends 600 B.C.It stands to reason that the Iliad must have been inspired by or at least based upon previous poems, since such perfection is not achieved at a single bound. Besides, we are aware of the existence of many shorter Greek epics, which have either been entirely lost or of which we now possess only fragments.A number of these ancient epics form what is termed the Trojan Cycle, because all relate in some way to the War of Troy. Among them is the Cypria, in eleven books, by Stasimus of Cyprus (or by Arctinus of Miletus), wherein is related Jupiter's frustrated wooing of Thetis, her marriage with Peleus, the episode of the golden apple, the judgment of Paris, the kidnapping of Helen, the mustering of the Greek forces, and the main events of the first nine years of the Trojan War. The Iliad (of which a synopsis is given) follows this epic, taking up the story where the wrath of Achilles is aroused and ending it with the funeral of Hector.This, however, does not conclude the story of the Trojan War, which is resumed in the "Aethiopia," in five books, by Arctinus of Miletus. After describing the arrival of Penthesilea, Queen of the Amazons, to aid the Trojans, the poet relates her death at the hand of Achilles, who, in his turn, is slain by Apollo and Paris. This epic concludes with the famous dispute between Ajax and Ulysses for the possession of Achilles' armor.The Little Iliad, whose authorship is ascribed to sundry poets, including Homer, next describes the madness and death of Ajax, the arrival of Philoctetes with the arrows of Hercules, the death of Paris, the purloining of the Palladium, the stratagem of the wooden horse, and the death of Priam.
Watermelon Madness
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Author : Taghreed Najjar
language : en
Publisher: Crackboom! Books
Release Date : 2018-05
Watermelon Madness written by Taghreed Najjar and has been published by Crackboom! Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Noura is crazy about watermelon. She wants to eat nothing else, every day, at every meal. In fact, Noura thinks there is no such thing as too much watermelon. Until one night, when the watermelon she has hidden in her room to eat all by herself begins to grow and Noura get taken on a wild watermelon adventure! A story that can be the springboard for a discussion on favorite foods, eating a balanced diet, sharing with others and trying new foods.
The Epic Gaze
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Author : Helen Lovatt
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2013-06-27
The Epic Gaze written by Helen Lovatt and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-27 with History categories.
Re-envisions epic from Homer to Nonnus through theories of the gaze.
Beyond The Mountains Of Madness
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Author : Janyce Engan
language : en
Publisher: Chaosium
Release Date : 1999-08
Beyond The Mountains Of Madness written by Janyce Engan and has been published by Chaosium this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-08 with Call of Cthulhu (Game) categories.
Madness Unchained
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Author : Lee Fratantuono
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2007
Madness Unchained written by Lee Fratantuono and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Literary Criticism categories.
The book aims at providing a coherent guide to the entirety of Virgil's Aeneid, with analysis of every scene and, in some cases, every line of crucial passages. The book tries to provide a guide to the vast bibliography and scholarly apparatus that has grown around Virgil studies (especially over the past century), and to offer some critical study of what Virgil's purpose and intent may have been in crafting his response to Augustus' political ascendancy in Rome, Rome's history of near-constant civil strife, and the myths of Rome's origins and their conflicting Trojan, Greek, and native Italian origins.
Midnight Madness At The Zoo
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Author : Sherryn Craig
language : en
Publisher: Arbordale Publishing
Release Date : 2016-02-10
Midnight Madness At The Zoo written by Sherryn Craig and has been published by Arbordale Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-10 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
The bustle of the crowd is waning and the zoo is quieting for the night. The polar bear picks up the ball and dribbles onto the court; the nightly game begins. A frog jumps up to play one-on-one and then a penguin waddles in to join the team. Count along as the game grows with the addition of each new animal and the field of players builds to ten. Three zebras serve as referees and keep the clock, because this game must be over before the zookeeper makes her rounds.
Madness Betrayal And The Lash
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Author : Stephen R. Bown
language : en
Publisher: D & M Publishers
Release Date : 2009-12-01
Madness Betrayal And The Lash written by Stephen R. Bown and has been published by D & M Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-12-01 with History categories.
From 1792 to 1795, George Vancouver sailed the Pacific as the captain of his own expedition — and as an agent of imperial ambition. To map a place is to control it, and Britain had its eyes on America's Pacific coast. And map it Vancouver did. His voyage was one of history’s greatest feats of maritime daring, discovery, and diplomacy, and his marine survey of Hawaii and the Pacific coast was at its time the most comprehensive ever undertaken. But just two years after returning to Britain, the 40-year-old Vancouver, hounded by critics, shamed by public humiliation at the fists of an aristocratic sailor he had flogged, and blacklisted because of a perceived failure to follow the Admiralty’s directives, died in poverty, nearly forgotten. In this riveting and perceptive biography, historian Stephen Bown delves into the events that destroyed Vancouver’s reputation and restores his position as one of the greatest explorers of the Age of Discovery.
Madness Triumphant
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Author : Lee Fratantuono
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2012-06-28
Madness Triumphant written by Lee Fratantuono and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-28 with Philosophy categories.
Madness Triumphant: A Reading of Lucan’s Pharsalia offers the most detailed and comprehensive analysis of Lucan’s epic poem of the civil war between Caesar and Pompey to have appeared in English. In the manner of his previous books on Virgil and Ovid, Professor Fratantuono considers the Pharsalia as an epic investigation of the nature of fury and madness in Rome, this time during the increasing insanity of Nero’s reign.