Divine Horror

Author : Cynthia J. Miller,A. Bowdoin Van Riper
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-24
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476669922

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Divine Horror by Cynthia J. Miller,A. Bowdoin Van Riper Pdf

From Rosemary's Baby (1968) to The Witch (2015), horror films use religious entities to both inspire and combat fear and to call into question or affirm the moral order. Churches provide sanctuary, clergy cast out evil, religious icons become weapons, holy ground becomes battleground--but all of these may be turned from their original purpose. This collection of new essays explores fifty years of genre horror in which manifestations of the sacred or profane play a material role. The contributors explore portrayals of the war between good and evil and their archetypes in such classics as The Omen (1976), The Exorcist (1973) and Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968), as well as in popular franchises like Hellraiser and Hellboy and cult films such as God Told Me To (1976), Thirst (2009) and Frailty (2001).

Author : Cynthia J. Miller,A. Bowdoin Van Riper
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476629841

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Divine Horror by Cynthia J. Miller,A. Bowdoin Van Riper Pdf

From Rosemary’s Baby (1968) to The Witch (2015), horror films use religious entities to both inspire and combat fear and to call into question or affirm the moral order. Churches provide sanctuary, clergy cast out evil, religious icons become weapons, holy ground becomes battleground—but all of these may be turned from their original purpose. This collection of new essays explores fifty years of genre horror in which manifestations of the sacred or profane play a material role. The contributors explore portrayals of the war between good and evil and their archetypes in such classics as The Omen (1976), The Exorcist (1973) and Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968), as well as in popular franchises like Hellraiser and Hellboy and cult films such as God Told Me To (1976), Thirst (2009) and Frailty (2001).

Author : Ellen Goldberg,Aditi Sen,Brian Collins
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781350143173

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Bollywood Horrors by Ellen Goldberg,Aditi Sen,Brian Collins Pdf

Bollywood Horrors is a wide-ranging collection that examines the religious aspects of horror imagery, representations of real-life horror in the movies, and the ways in which Hindi films have projected cinematic fears onto the screen. Part one, “Material Cultures and Prehistories of Horror in South Asia” looks at horror movie posters and song booklets and the surprising role of religion in the importation of Gothic tropes into Indian films, told through the little-known story of Sir Devendra Prasad Varma. Part two, “Cinematic Horror, Iconography and Aesthetics” examines the stereotype of the tantric magician found in Indian literature beginning in the medieval period, cinematic representations of the myth of the fearsome goddess Durga's slaying of the Buffalo Demon, and the influence of epic mythology and Hollywood thrillers on the 2002 film Raaz. The final part, “Cultural Horror,” analyzes elements of horror in Indian cinema's depiction of human trafficking, shifting gender roles, the rape-revenge cycle, and communal violence. This book also features images (colour in the hardback, black and white in the paperback).

Author : Robert Jackson Bennett
Publisher : Del Rey
Page : 1424 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781984822116

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The Divine Cities Trilogy by Robert Jackson Bennett Pdf

A special omnibus edition, collecting all three books of Robert Jackson Bennett’s acclaimed Divine Cities trilogy in a single volume. In a world where terrifying, capricious gods once walked the earth, enslaving and brutalizing millions, three unforgettable protagonists struggle to come to terms with the mysteries these divinities left behind— and to make sure these cruel masters do not rise again. In City of Stairs, an unassuming young woman named Shara Thivani arrives in Bulikov, the city that once wielded the powers of the gods to conquer the world. Officially, she is just another junior diplomat, dispatched by the city’s new colonial masters; unofficially, she is one of her country’s most accomplished spies, on a mission to solve a murder. As she pursues the killer, she begins to suspect that the gods who once guarded Bulikov are not as dead as they seem, and that the city’s cruel reign may begin anew. In City of Blades, General Turin Mulaghesh—foul-mouthed hero of the battle of Bulikov, rumored war criminal, ally of an embattled prime minister—is pressed into service one last time, investigating a terrifying discovery in the city of Voortyashtan, once the stronghold of the god of war and death. Voortyashtan’s god is most certainly dead, but something is awakening in the city. And someone is determined to make the world tremble at the city’s awful power once again. In City of Miracles, the formidable, seemingly unkillable Sigrud je Harkvaldsson returns from self-imposed exile on a mission of revenge, only to find himself embroiled in a battle that may be beyond even his abilities to win—a secret, decades-long war that will force him to confront the last mysteries of Bulikov, the city of miracles itself.

Author : Neta Stahl
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317420880

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The Divine in Modern Hebrew Literature by Neta Stahl Pdf

Demonstrating the pervasive presence of God in modern Hebrew literature, this book explores the qualities that twentieth-century Hebrew writers attributed to the divine, and examines their functions against the simplistic dichotomy between religious and secular literature. The volume follows both chronological and thematic paths, offering a panoramic and multilayered analysis of the various strategies in which modern Hebrew writers, from the turn of the nineteenth century through the twenty-first century pursued in their attempt to represent the divine in the face of metaphysical, theological, and representational challenges. Modern Hebrew literature emerged during the nineteenth century as part of the Haskalah (Jewish Enlightenment) movement, which attempted to break from the traditional modes of Jewish intellectual and social life. The Hebrew literature that arose in this period embraced the rebellious nature of the Haskalah and is commonly characterized as secular in nature, defying Orthodoxy and rejecting God. Nevertheless, this volume shows that modern Hebrew literature relied on traditional narratological and poetic norms in its attempt to represent God. Despite its self-declared secularity, it engaged deeply with traditional problems such as the nature of God, divine presence, and theodicy. Examining these radical changes, this volume is a key text for scholars and students of modern Hebrew literature, Jewish studies and the intersection of religion and literature.

Author : Edmund Burke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Aesthetics
ISBN : IOWA:31858062357896

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An Essay on the Sublime and Beautiful by Edmund Burke Pdf

Author : Edmund Burke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 570 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1869
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : UOM:35112100074352

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The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke by Edmund Burke Pdf

Author : Edmund Burke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590183442

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The works of ... Edmund Burke by Edmund Burke Pdf

Author : Edmund Burke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1872
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : UCAL:B3318097

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Works by Edmund Burke Pdf

Author : Edmund Burke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : UCAL:B5442291

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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke: A vindication of natural society. An essay on the sublime and beautiful. Political miscellanies by Edmund Burke Pdf

Author : William Burt Pope
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 776 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : Theology
ISBN : HARVARD:HWT7GX

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A Compendium of Christian Theology by William Burt Pope Pdf

Author : Robert Rath
Publisher : Games Workshop
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2021-07-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1789998328

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The Infinite and The Divine by Robert Rath Pdf

Explore a story told across the millennia that delves deep into a pair of fascinating necron characters, their relationship and their plans for the galaxy. Before the being called the Emperor revealed Himself, before the rise of the aeldari, before the necrontyr traded their flesh for immortal metal, the world was born in violence.Even when they inhabited bodies of flesh, Trazyn the Infinite and Orikan the Diviner were polar opposites. Trazyn, a collector of historical oddities, presides over a gallery full of the most dangerous artefacts – and people – of the galactic past. Orikan, a chronomancer without peer, draws zodiacs that predict and manipulate the future. But when an artefact emerges that may hold the key to the necrons’ next evolution, these two obsessives enter a multi-millennia game of cat and mouse that ends civilisations, reshapes timelines, and changes both forever. As riddles unwind and ancient secrets are revealed, the question remains: will their feud save the necron race or destroy it?

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 838 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1872
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UVA:X030216428

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Littell's Living Age by Anonim Pdf

Author : Eliakim Littell,Robert S. Littell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 846 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Electronic
ISBN : IND:32000000701971

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Littell's Living Age by Eliakim Littell,Robert S. Littell Pdf

Author : Edmund Burke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1827
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590183571

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A philosophical enquiry [&c.]. by Edmund Burke Pdf