Journeys In The Dead Season

Author : Spencer Jordan
Publisher : Pan Publishing
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Prisoners
ISBN : 0330441221

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Journeys in the Dead Season by Spencer Jordan Pdf

So little natural light falls into my cell, and I have such a limited view from my window, that at times I feel as though I am entombed within a coffin . . . Down here, deep within the soil, I must content myself with mental excursions only, tripping beneath the canopies of forests that exist solely in the mind . . . In the end there is only my voice A prisoner is on remand in Durham high security jail for what turns out to be a series of attacks on young girls across Leicestershire, culminating in abduction, rape and murder. In the autumn of 1922, Captain Crowe is on a journey across Leicestershire. He intends to visit his old comrades from the War, finish his book on horticulture, and come to terms with a past that still haunts him and a future that terrifies him. The prisoner is reading a copy of Crowe’s book, Perambulations of a Soldier: Autumn to Winter, whilst writing his own diary. Crowe’s retelling of his odyssey in his letters, their subsequent appearance within Perambulations and the prisoner’s interpretation of them, creates a macabre fusion of past and present, where fact and fiction, truth and reality begin to merge and coalesce . . . Juxtaposing the experiences of a shellshock victim in the early 1920s with the recollections of an alleged child-murderer in the present day, Journeys in the Dead Season is a masterpiece of psychological complexity and subtlety. In turns shocking and deeply moving, it is the debut of an important and compelling new literary voice.

Author : Spencer Jordan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 033044428X

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Journeys in the dead season by Spencer Jordan Pdf

Author : Eugenia C. DeLamotte
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781512801606

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Places of Silence, Journeys of Freedom by Eugenia C. DeLamotte Pdf

Alice Walker has described the Barbadian American novelist Paule Marshall as "unequaled in intelligence, vision, craft, by anyone of her generation, to put her contributions to our literature modestly." Such praise has echoed through reviews and analyses of Marshall's work since the 1959 publication of Brown Girl, Brownstones, a novel followed by The Chosen Place, the Timeless People (1969), Praisesong for the Widow (1984), and Daughters (1991). Places of Silence, Journeys of Freedom is the first study of Paule Marshall's work to focus explicitly on her contribution to feminism. It is also the first to identify one of her original contributions to narrative art-a technique of "superimposition" or "double exposure" through which her books have explored topics now at the heart of feminist debate. Centered around the subject of voice and silence, these issues include the interrelation between women's power and powerlessness, the interpenetration of the political and economic world with the world of the psyche, and the mechanisms through which oppressions on the basis of race, class, and gender operate as mutually shaping forces.

Author : James J. Fox
Publisher : ANU Press
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781760464332

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Austronesian Paths and Journeys by James J. Fox Pdf

This is the eighth volume in the Comparative Austronesian series. The papers in this volume examine metaphors of path and journey among specific Austronesian societies located on islands from Taiwan to Timor and from Madagascar to Micronesia. These diverse local expressions define common cultural conceptions found throughout the Austronesian-speaking world.

Author : Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich Gogolʹ
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NYPL:33433073355681

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Tchitchikoff's Journeys by Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich Gogolʹ Pdf

Author : Carl Watkins
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 0099548585

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The Undiscovered Country by Carl Watkins Pdf

'The Undiscovered Country' takes a long view of what the people of Britain have believed, and still believe, about the dead. Stretching from the Middle Ages to the present day, this is an exploration of the ideas of heaven, hell and purgatory, of body and soul, of ghosts and remembrance.

Author : Tom Gordon
Publisher : Wild Goose Publications
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2006-06-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781849521444

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New Journeys Now Begin by Tom Gordon Pdf

Formerly Chaplain at the Marie Curie Centre, Edinburgh, Tom writes with sensitivity and clarity about real people, including himself, as they begin to understand their journeys of bereavement. This is a book that speaks profoundly to individuals coping wi

Author : Michael P. Berman
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2011-03-16
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781846947841

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Shamanic Journeys, Shamanic Stories by Michael P. Berman Pdf

Michael Berman shows how healing can be brought about through shamanic journeying, through shamanic stories, through shamanic poetry, and through shamanic counselling. ,

Author : Carol Zaleski
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1988-11-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780195363524

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Otherworld Journeys by Carol Zaleski Pdf

Dozens of books, articles, television shows, and films relating "near-death" experiences have appeared in the past decade. People who have survived a close brush with death reveal their extraordinary visions and ecstatic feelings at the moment they died, describing journeys through a tunnel to a realm of light, visual reviews of their past deeds, encounters with a benevolent spirit, and permanent transformation after returning to life. Carol Zaleski's Otherworld Journeys offers the most comprehensive treatment to date of the evidence surrounding near-death experiences. The first to place researchers' findings, first-person accounts, and possible medical or psychological explanations in historical perspective, she discusses how these materials reflect the influence of contemporary culture. She demonstrates that modern near-death reports belong to a vast family of otherworld journey tales, with examples in nearly every religious heritage. She identifies universal as well as culturally specific features by comparing near-death narratives in two distinct periods of Western society: medieval Christendom and twentieth-century secular America. This comparison reveals profound similarities, such as the life-review and the transforming after-effects of the vision, as well as striking contrasts, such as the absence of hell or punishment scenes from modern accounts. Mediating between the "debunkers" and the near-death researchers, Zaleski considers current efforts to explain near-death experience scientifically. She concludes by emphasizing the importance of the otherworld vision for understanding imaginative and religious experience in general.

Author : Charles Burdett
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 1571815406

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Journeys Through Fascism by Charles Burdett Pdf

During the twenty years of Mussolini's rule a huge number of travel texts were written of journeys made during the interwar period to the sacred sites of Fascist Italy, Mussolini's newly conquered African empire, Spain during the Civil War, Nazi Germany, Communist Russia and the America of the New Deal. Examining these observations by writers and journalists, the author throws new light on the evolving ideology of Fascism, how it was experienced and propagated by prominent figures of the time; how the regime created a utopian vision of the Roman past and the imperial future; and how it interpreted the attractions and dangers of other totalitarian cultures. The book helps gain a better understanding of the evolving concepts of imperialism, which were at the heart of Italian Fascism, and thus shows that travel writing can offer an important contribution to historical analysis.

Author : John J. Collins,Michael Fishbane
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1995-03-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780791499542

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Death, Ecstasy, and Other Worldly Journeys by John J. Collins,Michael Fishbane Pdf

Belief in a spirit world, and a blissful or agonizing afterlife, is one of the most pervasive and deeply-rooted characteristics of religion. This volume offers a wide-ranging exploration of this basic religious theme. Most of the case studies are drawn from Jewish and Christian tradition, providing in-depth coverage of Judaism and Christianity from late Antiquity through the Medieval period. There are also examples from Islamic, Japanese, and Chinese traditions for a comparative perspective with Western traditions. Several chapters deal with the formative period of Jewish and Christian apocalypticism, which is concerned not only with the end of the physical world but also with the eternal heavenly world. These chapters are also important for illustrating the development of mysticism in Western traditions. The most distinctive aspect of this book is that it does not deal with antiquity alone, but juxtaposes the historical essays with a survey of modern day, near-death experiences. It raises issues of fundamental importance for the psychology of religion as well as for its history The most distinctive aspect of this book is that it does not deal with antiquity alone, but juxtaposes the historical essays with a survey of modern day, near-death experiences. It raises issues of fundamental importance for the psychology of religion as well as for its history.

Author : Eugène Ionesco
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Electronic
ISBN : LCCN:2010479516

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Journeys Among the Dead by Eugène Ionesco Pdf

Author : John C. Stephens
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781476634975

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Journeys to the Underworld and Heavenly Realm in Ancient and Medieval Literature by John C. Stephens Pdf

 Concepts of heaven and hell are among the oldest, most widespread religious beliefs in history. In Western literature, they are frequently embedded in stories of underworld explorations and celestial journeys—stories examining the nature of the universe, life on earth and the existence of the gods. The author analyzes tales of wonder in both ancient and medieval European literature. Other-worldly narratives appeared in literary contexts in the ancient world, including mythology, poetry and philosophical writings. In medieval times, they remained a popular form of literary expression. These stories are primarily religious in nature, describing fantastic worlds filled with miracles and supernatural beings.

Author : Bart D. Ehrman
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780300257007

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Journeys to Heaven and Hell by Bart D. Ehrman Pdf

A New York Times best-selling scholar's illuminating exploration of the earliest Christian narrated journeys to heaven and hell "[An] illuminating deep dive . . . An edifying origin story for contemporary Christian conceptions of the afterlife."--Publishers Weekly From classics such as the Odyssey and the Aeneid to fifth-century Christian apocrypha, narratives that described guided tours of the afterlife played a major role in shaping ancient notions of morality and ethics. In this new account, acclaimed author Bart Ehrman contextualizes early Christian narratives of heaven and hell within the broader intellectual and cultural worlds from which they emerged. He examines how fundamental social experiences of the early Christian communities molded the conceptions of the afterlife that eventuated into the accepted doctrines of heaven, hell, and purgatory. Drawing on Greek and Roman epic poetry, early Jewish writings such as the Book of Watchers, and apocryphal Christian stories including the Acts of Thomas, the Gospel of Nicodemus, and the Apocalypse of Peter, Ehrman demonstrates that ancient tours of the afterlife promoted reflection on matters of ethics, faith, ambition, and life's meaning, the fruit of which has been codified into Christian belief today.

Author : Neil Strauss
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-05-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780062207098

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Everyone Loves You When You're Dead by Neil Strauss Pdf

Neil Strauss can uncover the naked truth like nobody else. With his groundbreaking book The Game, Strauss penetrated the secret society of pickup artists. Now, in Everyone Loves You When You're Dead, the Rolling Stone journalist collects the greatest moments from the most insane music interviews of all time. Join Neil Strauss, "The Mike Tyson of interviewers," (Dave Pirner, Soul Asylum), as he Makes Lady Gaga cry, tries to keep Mötley Crüe out of jail & is asked to smoke Kurt Cobain's ashes by Courtney Love Shoots guns with Ludacris, takes a ride with Neil Young & goes to church with Tom Cruise and his mother Spends the night with Trent Reznor, reads the mind of Britney Spears & finds religion with Stephen Colbert Gets picked on by Led Zeppelin, threatened by the mafia & serenaded by Leonard Cohen Picks up psychic clues with the CIA, diapers with Snoop Dog & prison survival tips from Rick James Goes drinking with Bruce Springsteen, dining with Gwen Stefani & hot tubbing with Marilyn Manson Talks glam with David Bowie, drugs with Madonna, death with Johnny Cash & sex with Chuck Berry Gets molested by the Strokes, in trouble with Prince & in bed with . . . you'll find out who inside. Enjoy many, many more awkward moments and accidental adventures with the world's number one stars in Everyone Love You When You're Dead.