Arachne S Daughter

Author : Dannii Lane
Publisher : Strategic Book Publishing
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781609761806

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Arachne's Daughter by Dannii Lane Pdf

Arachne's Daughter: A tale of murder, mayhem and madness is a modern day Greek tragedy, with multiple threads weaving a strange, yet familiar pattern. In this spellbinding story, a beautiful young witch named Antigone finds herself constantly vilified by religious bigotry, superstition and ignorance that feed off 17th-century witch paranoia. One day a mysterious parcel arrives. It is a powerful and magical gift from the past, one that keeps cropping up at unexpected moments with strange outcomes. Antigone's story is one of being discriminated against, and of being sexually abused and tortured, but the day comes when Antigone the victim becomes Antigone the ruthless assassin. In her deadly wake, she leaves communities cringing, the authorities baffled, and the mental health system in chaos. Amid the murder, mayhem and madness, Antigone must also battle her own demons of mental illness and a deeply scarred childhood. From Mount Olympus in ancient Greece to Mount Wellington in 20th-century Tasmania, and places in-between, Arachne's Daughter is a journey fraught with madness, danger, death and sacrifice. About the Author: Dannii Lane was one of thirty-five alternate personalities (alters) in a multiple personality system (MPD). Dannii was also a witch. Inspiration for the book came from a love of Greek history and myths, and a background of child abuse and mental illness. When not writing, Dannii worked tirelessly advocating for mental health reform. Sadly, due to spontaneous integration, Dannii did not survive to see her novel published. Publisher's website: http: //sbpra.com/DanniiLane

Author : Alexandra Ganser
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789042029149

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Roads of Her Own by Alexandra Ganser Pdf

Reading Jack Kerouac’s classic On the Road through Virginia Woolf’s canonical A Room of One’s Own, the author of this book examines a genre in North American literature which, despite its popularity, has received little attention in literary and cultural criticism: women’s road narratives. The study shows how women’s literature has inscribed itself into the American discourse of the Whitmanesque “open road”, or, more generally, the “freedom of the road”. Women writers have participated in this powerful American myth, yet at the same time also have rejected that myth as fundamentally based on gendered and racial/ethnic hierarchies and power structures, and modified it in the process of writing back to it. The book analyzes stories about female runaways, outlaws, questers, adventurers, kidnappees, biker chicks, travelling saleswomen, and picaras and makes theoretical observations on the debates regarding discourses of spatiality and mobility—debates which have defined the so-called spatial turn in the humanities. The analytical concept of transdifference is introduced to theorize the dissonant plurality of social and cultural affiliations as well as the narrative tensions produced by such pluralities in order to better understand the textual worlds of women’s multiple belongings as they are present in these writings. Roads of Her Own is thus not only situated in the broader context of a constructivist cultural studies, but also, by discussing narrative mobility under the sign of gender, combines insights from social theory and philosophy, feminist cultural geography, and literary studies. Key names and concepts: Doreen Massey – Rosi Braidotti – Literary Studies – Spatial Turn – Gendered Space and Mobility – Nomadism – Road writing – Transdifference – American Culture – Popular Culture – Women’s Literature after the Second Wave – Quest – Picara.

Author : Owen Hodkinson,Helen Lovatt
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2018-01-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781786723291

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Classical Reception and Children's Literature by Owen Hodkinson,Helen Lovatt Pdf

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.

Author : H. David Brumble
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1998-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136797378

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Classical Myths and Legends in the Middle Ages and Renaissance by H. David Brumble Pdf

While numerous classical dictionaries identify the figures and tales of Greek and Roman mythology, this reference book explains the allegorical significance attached to the myths by Medieval and Renaissance authors. Included are several hundred alphabetically arranged entries for the gods, goddesses, heroes, heroines, and places of classical myth a

Author : Elizabeth Spires
Publisher : Square Fish
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-28
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781250381064

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I Am Arachne by Elizabeth Spires Pdf

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.

Author : Alexandra Cheira
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2023-03-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781527591332

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Myth and Fairy Tale in Contemporary Fiction by Alexandra Cheira Pdf

This volume provides more sustained critical attention on the use of myth and fairy tales in contemporary fiction, both stand-alone tales and those which are embedded in the wider frame of a novel or novella. In this light, the book examines contemporary retellings of myths and fairy tales in a productive dialogue with tradition as an extended appreciation of this productive creative and theoretical dialogue. The individual chapters evince a robust variety of conceptions and approaches, all thoroughly observant of the nature and workings of the relationship between story and genre, and theoretically informed by innovative critical approaches. Hence, the volume demonstrates the undeniable importance of myth and fairy tales in contemporary fiction, suggesting questions for future consideration, and hopefully pointing towards new texts and new critical inquiries.

Author : Baby Professor
Publisher : Speedy Publishing LLC
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017-02-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781541907775

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Minerva and Arachne and the Weaving Contest- Children's Greek & Roman Myths by Baby Professor Pdf

A woman’s envy is very much alive even in the olden times! Case and point, you have the story of Minerva and Arachne. The tale has a disturbing ending so you might want to read this one with your child, just in case questions are asked. The end goal is to introduce new life lessons to your little one. Grab a copy today!

Author : M. Kilburg Reedy,Jonathan Dinerstein
Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Drama
ISBN : 057363355X

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Spin by M. Kilburg Reedy,Jonathan Dinerstein Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:555010043

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The Christian miscellany, and family visiter by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ioannis Ziogas
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107328297

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Ovid and Hesiod by Ioannis Ziogas Pdf

The influence on Ovid of Hesiod, the most important archaic Greek poet after Homer, has been underestimated. Yet, as this book shows, a profound engagement with Hesiod's themes is central to Ovid's poetic world. As a poet who praised women instead of men and opted for stylistic delicacy instead of epic grandeur, Hesiod is always contrasted with Homer. Ovid revives this epic rivalry by setting the Hesiodic character of his Metamorphoses against the Homeric character of Virgil's Aeneid. Dr Ziogas explores not only Ovid's intertextual engagement with Hesiod's works but also his dialogue with the rich scholarly, philosophical and literary tradition of Hesiodic reception. An important contribution to the study of Ovid and the wider poetry of the Augustan age, the book also forms an excellent case study in how the reception of previous traditions can become the driving force of poetic creation.

Author : Regina Abt,Irmgard Bosch,Vivienne MacKrell
Publisher : Daimon
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Jungian psychology
ISBN : 9783856305925

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Dream Child by Regina Abt,Irmgard Bosch,Vivienne MacKrell Pdf

The broad scope of the dream material analyzed in this book allows the authors to touch upon many subjects associated with the nature of the psyche, not only those relevant to pregnant women. The careful interpretation of the amplificatory material drawn from a wide range of cultures also makes this an inspiring aid for the understanding of dreams, valuable to psychologists, doctors, midwives or anyone else interested in this human subject.

Author : Peter Jones
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2007-03-08
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780521849012

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Reading Ovid by Peter Jones Pdf

Presents a selection from Metamorphoses, designed for those who have completed an introductory Latin course.

Author : Wendy Griffin
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0742503488

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Daughters of the Goddess by Wendy Griffin Pdf

A volume ideal for classes in women's studies, religious studies and the sociology of religion, Daughters of the Goddess also serves as an invaluable guide for anyone wishing to gain a thorough introduction to this rapidly growing religious and cultural movement."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Anthony Grafton,Glenn W. Most,Salvatore Settis
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 1188 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2010-10-25
Category : History
ISBN : 0674035720

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The Classical Tradition by Anthony Grafton,Glenn W. Most,Salvatore Settis Pdf

The legacy of ancient Greece and Rome has been imitated, resisted, misunderstood, and reworked by every culture that followed. In this volume, some five hundred articles by a wide range of scholars investigate the afterlife of this rich heritage in the fields of literature, philosophy, art, architecture, history, politics, religion, and science.

Author : Sara Wood
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : Garden animals
ISBN : BL:A0026143338

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The Dwellers in Our Gardens, Their Lives and Works by Sara Wood Pdf