Ambiguous Angels

Author : Catherine Jagoe
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2023-04-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780520914179

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Ambiguous Angels by Catherine Jagoe Pdf

The contradictory nature of the work of Benito Pérez Galdós, Spain's greatest modern novelist, is brought to the fore in Catherine Jagoe's innovative and rigorous study. Revising commonly held views of his feminism, she explores the relation of Galdós's novels to the "woman question" in Spain, arguing that after 1892 the muted feminist discourse of his early work largely disappears. While his later novels have been interpreted as celebrations of the emancipated new woman, Jagoe contends that they actually reinforce the conservative, bourgeois model of frugal, virtuous womanhood—the angel of the house. Using primary sources such as periodicals, medical texts, and conduct literature, Jagoe's examination of the evolution of feminism makes Ambiguous Angels valuable to anyone interested in gender, culture, and narrative in nineteenth-century Europe.

Author : Kathryn Meyer Griffith
Publisher : Kathryn Meyer Griffith
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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A Time of Demons and Angels by Kathryn Meyer Griffith Pdf

Since Cassandra Graystone was a child and her family perished in a fire she knows and sees things other people don’t…when someone will die or that a demon lurks beneath a human skin. She sees phantoms. Yet she craves a simple life singing out with her musician brother, Johnny, and caring for her elderly aunt and uncle; to be with her friends, Sarah, a psychic, and Walter, a clown in a carnival circuit. But when Sarah sees apocalyptic events in her tarot cards and demons are everywhere, Cassandra fears she’s going insane or something terrifying is happening in the world. Rayner, an ancient blood demon, lodges next door. He becomes obsessed with her. Never having felt pity or affection for a human before he believes he loves her, would die to protect her. The demon realm gathers for the final confrontation between us, Rayner warns. The apocalypse comes. You and your friends must prepare. Cassandra flees that knowledge until an angelic being, Manasseh, appears. Your powers will grow. You must fight for humanity’s survival after the first wave is taken. Seek out others like you. Persuade them to join the battle. Only these can see and challenge the demons until the end when all eyes see them. She doesn’t want her life to change; doesn’t want to be a nomad who battles demons. Doesn’t want to be anyone’s protector. Until a tornado flattens Sarah’s house. Johnny’s apartment. There are monsters maiming and killing everywhere. Demons persecute her and those she loves, burn down her home and force her family and friends onto the road, as everywhere cataclysmic weather and signs of the end days make things hellish for humans. Cassandra and her friends can no longer deny their destinies. They must fight…or see the remnants of humanity engulfed in flames.***

Author : Allen Stroud
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 579 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2023-06-12
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781538166079

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Historical Dictionary of Fantasy Literature by Allen Stroud Pdf

Fantasy is a genre in motion, gradually expanding its reach and historical sources to embrace a global identity Historical Dictionary of Fantasy Literature, Second Edition is a snapshot of the genre in this moment, identifying new themes and sources that are emerging to inspire, enhance and invigorate the published works of fantasy writers.

Author : John Quarry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1866
Category : Bible
ISBN : COLUMBIA:50362370

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Genesis and Its Authorship by John Quarry Pdf

Author : John QUARRY (D.D.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 670 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1873
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0026646267

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Genesis and Its Authorship. Two Dissertations. I. On the Import of the Introductory Chapters of the Book of Genesis. II. On the Use of the Names of God in the Book of Genesis, and on the Unity of Its Authorship by John QUARRY (D.D.) Pdf

Author : Teresa Fuentes Peris
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 085323728X

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Visions of Filth by Teresa Fuentes Peris Pdf

This book explores how notions of deviancy and social control are dramatized in the novels of the late nineteenth-century Spanish realist author Benito Pérez Galdós. Galdós’s treatment of prostitutes, alcoholics, beggars and vagrants is studied within the context of the socio-cultural and medical debates circulating during the period. Drawing on Foucault’s very specific conceptualization of the idea of control through discourses, the book analyzes how Galdós’s novels interacted with contemporary debates on poverty and deviancy – notably, discourses on hygiene, domesticity and philanthropy. It is proposed that Galdós’s view of marginal social groups was much more open-minded, shrewd and liberal than the often inflexible pronouncements made by contemporary professional voices.

Author : Michael Ostling
Publisher : Springer
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781137585202

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Fairies, Demons, and Nature Spirits by Michael Ostling Pdf

This book examines the fairies, demons, and nature spirits haunting the margins of Christendom from late-antique Egypt to early modern Scotland to contemporary Amazonia. Contributions from anthropologists, folklorists, historians and religionists explore Christian strategies of encompassment and marginalization, and the ‘small gods’ undisciplined tendency to evade such efforts at exorcism. Lurking in forest or fairy-mound, chuckling in dark corners of the home or of the demoniac’s body, the small gods both define and disturb the borders of a religion that is endlessly syncretistic and in endless, active denial of its own syncretism. The book will be of interest to students of folklore, indigenous Christianity, the history of science, and comparative religion.

Author : Kevin Sullivan
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018-12-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789047412809

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Wrestling with Angels by Kevin Sullivan Pdf

This monograph explores the relationship between angels and humans during the late Second Temple and early Christian period (200BCE-100CE). The issue of the similarity of appearance between humans and angels is considered in the first part of the book. In the second part three topics are covered: humans and angels living together in communities, angels as recipients of human hospitality, and the possibility of human-angel hybrid offspring. This study provides insight into how the ancient Jews and Christians defined "angel", and it argues that a clear distinction was maintained between angels and humans. These analyses have implications for our understanding of nascent Christology as well as soteriology, and also for our understanding of early Jewish Mysticism.

Author : Fernando Cervantes,Andrew Redden
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-07
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780521764582

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Angels, Demons and the New World by Fernando Cervantes,Andrew Redden Pdf

This volume depicts the intricate cultural, religious and intellectual kaleidoscope of interactions between angels, demons and the heterogeneous populations of Spanish America including New Spain (Mexico), New Granada (Colombia) and Peru. Essential reading for students of religion, anthropology of religion, history of ideas, Latin American colonial history and church history.

Author : Isabel Iribarren,Martin Lenz
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0754658031

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Angels in Medieval Philosophical Inquiry by Isabel Iribarren,Martin Lenz Pdf

The nature and properties of angels occupied a prominent place in medieval philosophical inquiry. Creatures of two worlds, angels provided ideal ground for exploring the nature of God and his creation, being perceived as 'models' according to which a whole range of questions were defined, from cosmological order, movement, and place, to individuation, cognition, volition, and modes of language. This collection of essays is a significant scholarly contribution to angelology, centred on the function and significance of angels in medieval speculation and its history. The unifying theme is that of the role of angels in philosophical inquiry, where each contribution represents a case study in which the angelic model is seen to motivate developments in specific areas and periods of medieval philosophical thought.

Author : Marcello Giovanelli,Chloe Harrison,Louise Nuttall
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781350111127

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New Directions in Cognitive Grammar and Style by Marcello Giovanelli,Chloe Harrison,Louise Nuttall Pdf

In recent years, the Cognitive Grammar account of language and mind has become an influential framework for the study of textual meaning and interpretation. This book is the first to bring together applications of Cognitive Grammar for a range of stylistic purposes, including the analysis of both literary and non-literary discourse. Demonstrating the diverse range of uses for Cognitive Grammar, chapters apply this framework to diverse text-types including poetry, narrative fiction, comics, press reports, political discourse and music, as well as exploring its potential for the teaching of language and literature in a range of contexts. Combining cutting-edge research in cognitive, critical and pedagogical stylistics, New Directions in Cognitive Grammar and Style showcases the latest developments in this field and offers new insights into our experiences of literary and non-literary texts by drawing on current understandings of language and cognition.

Author : Kathy Bacon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2017-12-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781351195775

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Negotiating Sainthood by Kathy Bacon Pdf

"This study demonstrates the previously unrecognised significance of discourses of saintliness for constructions of gender and national identity in late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century Spanish culture.a Kathy Bacons innovative approach to sainthood leads to fresh readings of texts by Spains three principal realist novelists: La familia de Leon Roch and Nazarin (Benito Perez Galdos, 1878 and 1895), La Regenta (Leopoldo Alas, 1884-85), and Dulce dueno (Emilia Pardo Bazan, 1911).a The author challenges the conventional distinction between anti-clerical and spiritual novels by these writers, and questions previous feminist assumptions about the negative role of religion for female identity.aSainthood emerges as a key theme through which texts grapple with Spains difficult transition to modernity."

Author : Christine Arkinstall
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781442647657

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Spanish Female Writers and the Freethinking Press, 1879-1926 by Christine Arkinstall Pdf

Explores the contributions of three female free-thinkers to the development of feminist consciousness and democracy, examining their lives and works to discover their contributions to the Generation of 1898 in Spain.

Author : Amy E. Richter
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2012-07-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781621893929

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Enoch and the Gospel of Matthew by Amy E. Richter Pdf

Matthew's Gospel contains material unique to it among the canonical Gospels. What is the background for this material? Why does the writer of Matthew's Gospel tell the story of Jesus in the way he does--including women in his genealogy, telling the story of the birth of Jesus in his particular way, and including the visit of the magi led by a star? Enoch and the Gospel of Matthew shows that the writer of Matthew was familiar with themes and traditions about the antediluvian patriarch Enoch, including the story of the fall of the angels called "watchers," who transgress their heavenly boundaries to engage in illicit relations with women and teach them forbidden arts. The Gospel writer shows that Jesus brings about the eschatological repair of the consequences of the watchers' fall as told in the Enochic legend. This study focuses on Matthew's genealogy and infancy narrative and also has implications for the study of women in Matthew, since it is often through the stories of women in Matthew that the repair of the watchers' transgression takes place.

Author : Brian Stableford
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2009-08-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0810863456

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The A to Z of Fantasy Literature by Brian Stableford Pdf

Once upon a time all literature was fantasy, set in a mythical past when magic existed, animals talked, and the gods took an active hand in earthly affairs. As the mythical past was displaced in Western estimation by the historical past and novelists became increasingly preoccupied with the present, fantasy was temporarily marginalized until the late 20th century, when it enjoyed a spectacular resurgence in every stratum of the literary marketplace. Stableford provides an invaluable guide to this sequence of events and to the current state of the field. The chronology tracks the evolution of fantasy from the origins of literature to the 21st century. The introduction explains the nature of the impulses creating and shaping fantasy literature, the problems of its definition and the reasons for its changing historical fortunes. The dictionary includes cross-referenced entries on more than 700 authors, ranging across the entire historical spectrum, while more than 200 other entries describe the fantasy subgenres, key images in fantasy literature, technical terms used in fantasy criticism, and the intimately convoluted relationship between literary fantasies, scholarly fantasies, and lifestyle fantasies. The book concludes with an extensive bibliography that ranges from general textbooks and specialized accounts of the history and scholarship of fantasy literature, through bibliographies and accounts of the fantasy literature of different nations, to individual author studies and useful websites.