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Author : Joan Holub,Suzanne Williams
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-28
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781442488298
When Medusa suddenly gains the "Midas touch," she is delighted, but as it dawns on her that it is more curse than blessing, she seeks a cure.
Author : Joan Holub,Suzanne Williams
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-12-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781442485952
Seeking to become immortal like the other Goddess Girls, Medusa searches for a magical necklace, an effort that is compromised by her mean reputation, her snaky hair, and unexpected consequences.
Author : Stephen R. Wilk
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2007-11-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 019988773X
Medusa, the Gorgon, who turns those who gaze upon her to stone, is one of the most popular and enduring figures of Greek mythology. Long after many other figures from Greek myth have been forgotten, she continues to live in popular culture. In this fascinating study of the legend of Medusa, Stephen R. Wilk begins by refamiliarizing readers with the story through ancient authors and classical artwork, then looks at the interpretations that have been given of the meaning of the myth through the years. A new and original interpretation of the myth is offered, based upon astronomical phenomena. The use of the gorgoneion, the Face of the Gorgon, on shields and on roofing tiles is examined in light of parallels from around the world, and a unique interpretation of the reality behind the gorgoneion is suggested. Finally, the history of the Gorgon since tlassical times is explored, culminating in the modern use of Medusa as a symbol of Female Rage and Female Creativity.
Author : Joan Holub,Suzanne Williams
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-29
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781442488229
Athena wants to upgrade a labyrinth for King Minos, but her approach causes problems in this Goddess Girls adventure. Athena’s arrogance gets the best of her when her attempts to improve King Minos’s labyrinth have unexpected—and disastrous—results!
Author : Tera Lynn Childs
Publisher : Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2012-09-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781848779372
Meet Grace, who just moved to San Francisco. It's a tiny bit scary starting over, but it gets scarier when a minotaur walks in the door. And even more shocking when a girl who looks exactly like Grace turns up to fight it. . . Gretchen is fed up of monsters pulling her out into the small hours, especially on a school night. Getting rid of a minotaur is just another notch on her combat belt, but she never expected to run into a girl who could be her double in the process. . . Greer has her life pretty well put together, thank you very much. But everything tilts sideways when two girls who look eerily like her appear on her doorstep and claim they're all sisters. . . These three teen descendants of Medusa must reunite and embrace their fates!
Author : Gillian M. E. Alban
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781527502741
The Medusa Gaze offers striking insights into the desires and frustrations of women through the narratives of the impressive contemporary novelists Angela Carter, Toni Morrison, Sylvia Plath, Margaret Atwood, A.S. Byatt, Iris Murdoch, Jeanette Winterson, Jean Rhys and Michèle Roberts. It illuminates women’s power and vulnerability as they construct their own egos in opposition to their hostile alter egos or others facing them in their mirrors, and fixes a panoptic gaze on the women stalking its pages, as they learn how to deflect the menacing gaze of others by returning their look defiantly back at them. Some stare back and win assurance; others are stared down, reduced to psychic trauma, madness and even suicide. The book shows how Freud’s, Sartre’s and Lacan’s androcentric views define the Medusa m/other as monstrous, and how the efforts of mothers to nurture may be slighted as inadequate or devouring. It presents Medusa and other goddess figures as inspirational, repelling harm through the ‘evil eye’ of their powerful gaze. Conversely, it also shows women who are condemned as monstrous Gorgons, trapped in enmity, rivalry and rage. Representing English, American and African American, Canadian and Caribbean writing, the works explored here include realistic, social narrative and magical realist writings, in addition to tales of the past and dystopian narratives.
Author : Paul D. Storrie
Publisher : Graphic Universe
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781580138888
In graphic novel format, retells the story of how King Polydectes planned to get rid of young Perseus so he could wed his mother, Danae, by tricking him into slaying Medusa--a snake-haired monster whose look turns humans into stone.
Author : Joan Holub,Suzanne Williams
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2013-12-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781442488182
Determined to prove that her prophecies are real, Cassandra sends special fortune cookies to Mount Olympus Academy, and her fortunes end up coming true in very unexpected ways.
Author : Joan Holub,Suzanne Williams
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2015-08-18
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781442488328
When a mermaid named Amphitrite arrives at Mount Olympus Academy, she finds herself falling for Poseidon, but his quirks may be too much for her.
Author : A. S. Byatt
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780593321591
A ravishing, luminous selection of short stories from the prize-winning imagination of A. S. Byatt, "a storyteller who could keep a sultan on the edge of his throne for a thousand and one nights" (The New York Times Book Review). With an introduction by David Mitchell, best-selling author of Cloud Atlas Mirrors shatter at the hairdresser's when a middle-aged client explodes in rage. Snow dusts the warm body of a princess, honing it into something sharp and frosted. Summer sunshine flickers on the face of a smiling child who may or may not be real. Medusa's Ankles celebrates the very best of A. S. Byatt's short fiction, carefully selected from a lifetime of writing. Peopled by artists, poets, and fabulous creatures, the stories blaze with creativity and color. From ancient myth to a British candy factory, from a Chinese restaurant to a Mediterranean swimming pool, from a Turkish bazaar to a fairy-tale palace, Byatt transports her readers beyond the veneer of the ordinary—even beyond the gloss of the fantastical—to places rich and strange and wholly unforgettable.
Author : Vanessa Place
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Page : 489 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2008-08-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781573661454
Contemporary Los Angeles. A trucker and his wife, a nine-year-old saxophonist, an ice cream vendor, a sex worker, and a corpse, among others--are borderless selves in a borderless city, a city impossible to contain.
Author : Lynne Weiss
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2013-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781477762356
When an oracle told Acrisius, the king of Argos, that his grandson Perseus would one day kill him, Acrisius forced his daughter Danae and her baby, Perseus, out of his kingdom. Acrisius did not know just how special his grandson was, though. Nor did he think of the fact that no human being can change his destiny or thwart fate. Perseus overcomes seemingly insurmountable obstacles, including slaying snake-haired Medusa, to earn his place among the Greek heroes.
Author : Joan Holub,Suzanne Williams
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781442474772
When Zeus asks Athena to look after the new boy Heracles, she uses all of her famed wisdom to sort out her own problems and help him succeed.
Author : Jessie Burton
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-11
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781547607600
A dazzling, lyrical YA retelling of Greek myth, from Jessie Burton, internationally bestselling author of The Miniaturist and The Muse. "A powerfully feminist, elegiac, and original twist on this old story." -Madeline Miller, bestselling author of The Song of Achilles If I told you that I'd killed a man with a glance, would you wait to hear the rest? The why, the how, what happened next? Exiled to a far-flung island by the whims of the gods, Medusa has little company except the snakes that adorn her head instead of hair. But when a charmed, beautiful boy called Perseus arrives on the island, her lonely existence is disrupted with the force of a supernova, unleashing desire, love, betrayal . . . and destiny itself. With stunning, full-color illustrations and a first person narrative illuminating the fierce, vulnerable, determined girl behind the myth, this astonishing retelling is perfect for readers of Circe, and brings the story of Medusa to life for a new generation.
Author : László F. Földényi
Publisher : Hungarian List
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2021-02-13
Category : Fear of death
ISBN : 0857426087
In The Glance of the Medusa, Lászó F. Földényi offers a mesmerizing examination of the rich history of European culture through the lens of mythology and philosophy. Embracing the best traditions of essay writing, this volume invites readers on a spiritual and intellectual adventure. The seven essays bear testimony to Földényi's encyclopedic knowledge and ask whether it is possible to overcome our fear of passing away. In doing so, they illuminate moments of mystical experience viewed in a historical perspective while inviting readers to engage with such moments in the present by immersing themselves into the process of reading and thinking. Rather than providing firm answers to burning questions, The Glance of the Medusa highlights the limits of definition, conjuring up situations in which Man partakes of unutterable experiences--such as passion, pleasure, fear, poetry, or disgust--suggesting that moments of ecstasy cannot be pinned down or captured, only drawn a little closer.