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The Children of Jocasta

Natalie Haynes
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Author : Natalie Haynes
Publisher : Europa Editions
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781609454814

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“[A] dark, elegant novel” of two women in ancient Greece, based on the great tragedies of Sophocles (Publishers Weekly). Thebes is a city in mourning, still reeling from a devastating plague that invaded every home and left the survivors devastated and fearful. This is the Thebes that Jocasta has known her entire life, a city ruled by a king—her husband-to-be. Jocasta struggles through this miserable marriage until she is unexpectedly widowed. Now free to choose her next husband, she selects the handsome, youthful Oedipus. When whispers emerge of an unbearable scandal, the very society that once lent Jocasta its support seems determined to destroy her. Ismene is a girl in mourning, longing for the golden days of her youth, days spent lolling in the courtyard garden, reading and reveling in her parents’ happiness and love. Now she is an orphan and the target of a murder plot, attacked within the very walls of the palace. As the deadly political competition swirls around her, she must uncover the root of the plot—and reveal the truth of the curse that has consumed her family. The novel is based on Oedipus Tyrannus and Antigone, two of Classical Greece’s most compelling tragedies. Told in intersecting narratives, this reimagining of Sophocles’s classic plays brings life and voice to the women who were too often forced to the background of their own stories. “After two and a half millennia of near silence, Jocasta and Ismene are finally given a chance to speak . . . Haynes’s Thebes is vividly captured. In her excellent new novel, she harnesses the mutability of myth.” —The Guardian

Jocasta's Children

Christiane Olivier
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Author : Christiane Olivier
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Psychology
ISBN : MINN:319510024741499

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A major revision of Freudian theory: exposes the degree to which Freud - attuned to the inner world of the male - could do no more than guess at that of the female. A bestseller in France for more than a decade.

Oedipus the King

Sophocles
Oedipus the King Book PDF

Author : Sophocles
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2015-12-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1522715991

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Oedipus the King by Sophocles Pdf

Oedipus the King is the first tragic play in Sophocles' classic Oedipus trilogy. The plays tells the story of a man who eventually becomes the King of Thebes while fulfilling an extremely tragic prophecy.

Oedipus at Colonus

Sophocles
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Author : Sophocles
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-05
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781504062831

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Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles Pdf

The ancient Greek tragedy about the exiled king’s final days—and the power struggle between his two sons. The second book in the trilogy that begins with Oedipus Rex and concludes with Antigone, Oedipus at Colonus is the story of an aged and blinded Oedipus anticipating his death as foretold by an earlier prophecy. Accompanied by his daughters, Antigone and Ismene, he takes up residence in the village of Colonus near Athens—where the locals fear his very presence will curse them. Nonetheless they allow him to stay, and Ismene informs him his sons are battling each other for the throne of Thebes. An oracle has pronounced that the location of their disgraced father’s final resting place will determine which of them is to prevail. Unfortunately, an old enemy has his own plans for the burial, in this heart-wrenching play about two generations plagued by misfortune from the world’s great ancient Greek tragedian.

The Gender Vendors

A. L. Jones
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Author : A. L. Jones
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2014-08-26
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780739190975

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The Gender Vendors by A. L. Jones Pdf

Among numerous ancient Western tropes about gender and procreation, “the seed and the soil” is arguably the oldest, most potent, and most invisible in its apparent naturalness. The Gender Vendors denaturalizes this proto-theory of procreation and deconstructs its contemporary legacy. As metaphor for gender and procreation, seed-and-soil constructs the father as the sole generating parent and the mother as nurturing medium, like soil, for the man’s seed-child. In other words, men give life; women merely give birth. The Gender Vendors examines seed-and-soil in the context of the psychology of gender, honor and chastity codes, female genital mutilation, the taboo on male femininity, femiphobia (the fear of being feminine or feminized), sexual violence, institutionalized abuse, the early modern witch hunts, the medicalization and criminalization of gender nonconformity, and campaigns against women’s rights. The examination is structured around particular watersheds in the history of seed-and-soil, for example, Genesis, ancient Greece, early Christianity, the medieval Church, the early modern European witch hunts, and the campaigns of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries against women’s suffrage and education. The neglected story of seed-and-soil matters to everyone who cares about gender equality and why it is taking so long to achieve.

The Phoenician Women

Euripides
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Author : Euripides
Publisher : Greek Tragedy in New Translati
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780195077087

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The Phoenician Women by Euripides Pdf

Here, Peter Burian and Brian Swann recreate Euripides' The Phoenician Women, a play about the fateful history of the House of Laios following the tragic fall of Oedipus, King of Thebes. Their lively translation of this controversial play reveals the cohesion and taut organization of a complexdramatic work. Through the use of dramatic, fast-paced poetry--almost cinematic it its rapidity of tempo and metaphorical vividness--Burian and Swann capture the original spirit of Euripides' drama about the deeply and disturbingly ironic convergence of free will and fate. Presented with acritical introduction, stage directions, a glossary of mythical Greek names and terms, and a commentary on difficult passages, this edition of The Phoenician Women makes a controversial tragedy accessible to the modern reader.

The Pauper's Cookbook

Jocasta Innes
The Pauper s Cookbook Book PDF

Author : Jocasta Innes
Publisher : Frances Lincoln
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2014-06-01
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 0711235619

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The Pauper's Cookbook by Jocasta Innes Pdf

Jocasta Innes shows that delicious and stylish cooking does not have to rely on expensive ingredients and that budget food does not mean simply opening a tin or a packet. Frugal and inventive tips on sensible shopping, using leftovers and creating home-made versions of store-bought favourites help to cut the costs at every stage.

A Look Behind Lightning

Sharon D. Ballentine
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Author : Sharon D. Ballentine
Publisher : Gatekeeper Press
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2019-12-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781642377064

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A Look Behind Lightning by Sharon D. Ballentine Pdf

When high school English teacher, Jocasta Westgreen, performs a ritual so that she can make spiritual visitations to her students to plant subliminal messages of self-improvement into their dreams, Watchers affix themselves into her life. Jocasta, the Watchers, her students, and her boyfriend become entangled in a battle of survival. Desperate to save everyone from monstrous transformations or even death, Jocasta enlists the assistance of a voodoo queen and a gypsy to help her to sever the bonds of the Watchers. As a result of their struggles, Jocasta and two of her students, Miranda and Amanda, are transformed into super humans. Can the three compel the Watchers and save them all? Readers will jump onto a thrilling rollercoaster ride of heights and plunges with high school seniors who battle for survival against dark forces. Can humans stop Watchers?

Iokaste

Victoria Grossack,Alice Underwood
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Author : Victoria Grossack,Alice Underwood
Publisher : Publish America
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2004-07
Category : Jocasta (Greek mythology)
ISBN : 1413726755

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Iokaste by Victoria Grossack,Alice Underwood Pdf

For millennia the story of Oedipus - who, despite all efforts to avoid his fate, killed his father and married his mother - has captivated imaginations. Even more compelling are the experiences of his wife and mother, Iokaste. In Iokaste, she finally tells her story. As the book opens, Iokaste's brother Kreon tells his sister she must die. The sacrilege of her unnatural marriage is revealed; the queen of Thebes can either take her own life or be torn to pieces by an angry mob. She has until dawn to choose the means of her death. Horrified, Iokaste's daughter asks: How much of the truth did you know? And when did you know it? Iokaste answers these questions. Through the disappointment of her first marriage and the loss of her firstborn child, Iokaste learns the sacrifices demanded of a queen. When her husband dies, Iokaste and her brother contend with the dangerous Sphinx and contrive a plan to protect their city. Then the prince of Korinth claims the heart of the queen, and Iokaste finds herself involved in a relationship richer and more complex and than she ever imagined possible - but this very love threatens the destruction of all she holds dear.

Children First

Penelope Leach
Children First Book PDF

Author : Penelope Leach
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1995-04-25
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780679754664

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Children First by Penelope Leach Pdf

From the bestselling author of the classic Your Baby & Child comes "a book full of wisdom...written by one of the world's leading nurturers of parents (T. Berry Brazelton, M.D.). • "A call for a revolution." —The New York Times Magazine The child psychologist whose book Your Baby & Child has provided indispensable advice to a new generation of parents now offers a groundbreaking book which suggests that even the best parenting may not be enough in a society that is hostile to children. Leach shows how our laws, employment polices, and culture end up depriving children of their parents. The child psychologist whose book Your Baby & Child has provided indispensable advice to a new generation of parents now offers a groundbreaking book which suggests that even the best parenting may not be enough in a society that is hostile to children. Leach shows how our laws, employment polices, and culture end up depriving children of their parents.

What Does a Jew Want?

Udi Aloni
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Author : Udi Aloni
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2011-10-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780231527378

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What Does a Jew Want? by Udi Aloni Pdf

In the hopes of promoting justice, peace, and solidarity for and with the Palestinian people, Udi Aloni joins with Slavoj Zizek, Alain Badiou, and Judith Butler to confront the core issues of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Their bold question: Will a new generation of Israelis and Palestinians dare to walk together toward a joint Israel-Palestine? Through a collage of meditation, interview, diary, and essay, Aloni and his interlocutors present a personal, intellectual, and altogether provocative account rich with the insights of philosophy and critical theory. They ultimately foresee the emergence of a binational Israeli-Palestinian state, incorporating the work of Walter Benjamin, Edward Said, and Jewish theology to recast the conflict in secular theological terms.

Jocasta Regina

Nancy Huston
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Author : Nancy Huston
Publisher : McArthur Publishing
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Jocasta (Greek mythology)
ISBN : 1552788709

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Jocasta Regina by Nancy Huston Pdf

To write Jocasta Regina, Nancy Huston slipped into the two fables of Oedipus and gave a voice to Oedipus Rex’s wife, Jocasta, who has been silent for more than two thousand years. She shows us a Jocasta amidst her own people. Jocasta the wife, the mother of four children, the queen, she who cares for a city struck by plague. She is passionately in love with her husband Oedipus. Jocasta’s voice is heard through the women of the play: her daughters and her servant woman. She confides to them the family secrets carried by all women. Through the warmth and intimacy of a modern Jocasta, Nancy Huston summons the themes most dear to her - eroticism, motherhood, love, creation, and makes a tender tribute to this woman, a symbol of the fullness and invincible nature of maternal love. A piece composed as a huge poem, in which tragedy and comedy alternate, Jocasta Regina invites us to observe our own compulsions, and to identify what makes us so compulsive ...

Deaths of Jocasta

J.M. Redmann
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Author : J.M. Redmann
Publisher : Bold Strokes Books Inc
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2009-02-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781602820739

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Deaths of Jocasta by J.M. Redmann Pdf

Micky Knight, a hard-hitting, tough-talking dyke detective, has been hired to provide security for a party at an old country mansion. It should be easy—a perfect spring evening, mild weather, and women everywhere. Suddenly another woman shows up—brutally murdered, left to die in the surrounding woods. The police find a prime suspect when the body of yet another victim is found in the clinic of Dr. Cordelia James, a woman whom Micky has a very personal reason to defend. Micky struggles against demons, past and present, in her death-defying search for the murderer. The second book in the Micky Knight mystery series.

Euripides Our Contemporary

J. Michael Walton
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Author : J. Michael Walton
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781408143926

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Euripides Our Contemporary by J. Michael Walton Pdf

'In this masterful reevaluation of Euripides, Michael Walton recasts the playwright in light of his resonance for today's translators and directors. Springing from the rehearsal room rather than the page, Walton shows us not only why we are ready for Euripides, but why we so desperately need him.' Mary Louise Hart, Associate Curator of Antiquities, J. Paul Getty Museum 'A useful, reader-friendly introduction aimed at non-specialists, [it] offers detailed summaries of Euripides' plays, along with keen observations on their relevance for today's theater.' Rush Rehm, author of Radical Theatre Euripides Our Contemporary is a major new study of the work of the great classical tragedian that illuminates his work and demonstrates both its vitality and how it continues to speak to us today. Taking a thematic approach to Euripides' plays it provides the reader with a wide-ranging and thorough appreciation of the writer's entire canon. For students, teachers and practitioners this is the best single-volume treatment of the writer's work, considering the plays for their accessibility and for their focus on issues and concerns which are as significant as ever in the modern world. Divided into three sections, the book first examines 'Domesticating Tragedy', the manner in which Euripides gave the world of myth an application to ordinary life. The second section tackles the 'Grand Passions': characters under extraordinary pressure and the extent to which personal responsibility can be absolved through various aspects of circumstance. The third looks at the nature of Euripides' theatre and his acknowledgment of it, the great roles and the playwrights of the last hundred years whose craft seems most influenced by his work. An Appendix at the end of the book provides a short summary of the plots of all nineteen plays.

Favorite Greek Myths

Bob Blaisdell
Favorite Greek Myths Book PDF

Author : Bob Blaisdell
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012-02-29
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780486110301

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Favorite Greek Myths by Bob Blaisdell Pdf

Adventures, calamities, and conquests abound in stirring tales about Pandora's box, King Midas and his golden touch, the dreaded Cyclops, Narcissus and Echo, and many other familiar figures.