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Author : Colin Murray Turbayne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1258438135
Author : Northrop Frye
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0813913691
Essays on literary criticism.
Author : Marianne Govers Hopman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781139851855
What's in a name? Using the example of a famous monster from Greek myth, this book challenges the dominant view that a mythical symbol denotes a single, clear-cut 'figure' and proposes instead to define the name 'Scylla' as a combination of three concepts - sea, dog and woman - whose articulation changes over time. While archaic and classical Greek versions usually emphasize the metaphorical coherence of Scylla's components, the name is increasingly treated as a well-defined but also paradoxical construct from the late fourth century BCE onward. Proceeding through detailed analyses of Greek and Roman texts and images, Professor Hopman shows how the same name can variously express anxieties about the sea, dogs, aggressive women and shy maidens, thus offering an empirical response to the semiotic puzzle raised by non-referential proper names.
Author : Colin Murray Turbayne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015003968578
Author : Earl R. Mac Cormac
Publisher : Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UVA:X000470593
Most of the effort in this work is fully devoted to establishing the thesis that science and religion use language in a similar manner; both employ metaphors to suggest new hypotheses, both seem to confirm their hypotheses in human experience, and both often create myths by forgetting the hypothetical character of their metaphors.
Author : Paul Avis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781134609383
'A mere metaphor', 'only symbolic', 'just a myth' - these tell tale phrases reveal how figurative language has been cheapened and devalued in our modern and postmodern culture. In God and the Creative Imagination, Paul Avis argues the contrary: we see that actually, metaphor, symbol and myth, are the key to a real knowledge of God and the sacred. Avis examines what he calls an alternative tradition, stemming from the Romantic poets Blake, Wordsworth and Keats and drawing on the thought of Cleridge and Newman, and experience in both modern philosophy and science. God and the Creative Imagination intriguingly draws on a number of non-theological disciplines, from literature to philosophy of science, to show us that God is appropriately likened to an artist or poet and that the greatest truths are expressed in an imaginative form. Anyone wishing to further their understanding of God, belief and the imagination will find this an inspiring work.
Author : Northrop Frye
Publisher : Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : MINN:31951D00092446N
This collection focuses on the fundamental themes that have dominated Frye's career and made him one of the world's most influential critics. Each of the essays is ultimately about the conventions of language, literature, and discursive thought: the myths, metaphors, cosmologies, images, symbols, and genres that form the fabric of Western writing.
Author : David D. Leitao
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107017283
This book traces the image of the pregnant male as it evolves in classical Greek literature. Originating as a representation of paternity and, by extension, "authorship" of creative works, the image later comes to function also as a means to explore the boundary between the sexes.
Author : Alan Wall,Goronwy Tudor Jones
Publisher : University of Chester
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
ISBN : 1905929730
This book explores the way in which language is used in fiction, poetry and science. It examines the role of metaphor in structuring our thought, and questions any simplistic notion of creativity. There is an enquiry into the significance of myth for the modern writer. Why do our earliest narratives return to haunt us at the end of history? The final essays ask what it means to attempt scientific descriptions of reality in words. Can language here ever be anything more than a clumsy approximation of mathematics. The book ends with a paper written jointly by the particle physicist Goronwy Tudor Jones and Alan Wall, exploring the meaning of complementarity in modern physics, by describing in detail the double-slit experiment.
Author : Susan Haskins
Publisher : Random House
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2011-09-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781446499429
A dramatic, thought-provoking portrait of one of the most compelling figures in early Christianity which explores two thousand years of history, art, and literature to provide a close-up look at Mary Magdalen and her significance in religious and cultural thought.
Author : Daniel Cherry,Jeff Spiegel
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2006-01-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781412927086
Use the creative energy of metaphor to clarify and make your leadership vision a reality! How do you see yourself as an educator? How would you describe yourself as a leader? Have you ever considered using metaphors to reframe your leadership practice, vision, and mission? Often, leaders stumble when asked to articulate their values, ethics, and purpose. This book illustrates the significance of leadership archetypes and metaphoric reframing in understanding and facilitating organizational change. Leadership, Myth, & Metaphor reports on the findings of a professional development study-funded by the Gates Foundation-of more than 250 superintendents and principals, celebrating educatorsa? unique individual core values while acknowledging their shared intrinsic beliefs, including: A commitment to a cause beyond oneself A devotion to an ethic of care A desire to improve the condition of society A wish to make a significant impression on student and adult lives A conviction to inspire others to seek their full potential Awareness of yourself on a personal and professional level leads to a deeper consideration of your mission as a leader and of your purpose in life.
Author : Stephen R. L. Clark
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02-09
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780226565057
"Plotinus, the Roman philosopher (c. 204-270 CE) who is widely regarded as the founder of Neoplatonism, was also the creator of numerous myths, images, and metaphors, which have frequently been dismissed by modern scholars as merely ornamental. In this book, distinguished philosopher Stephen R. L. Clark shows that they form a vital set of spiritual exercises by which individuals can achieve one of Plotinus's most important goals: self-transformation through contemplation. Clark examines a variety of Plotinus's myths and metaphors within the cultural and philosophical context of his time, asking probing questions about their contemplative effects. Through rich images and structures, Clark casts Plotinus as a philosopher deeply concerned with philosophy as a way of life." -- Résumé de l'éditeur.
Author : Catherine Crimp
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781351192378
"A fascination with childhood unites the artist Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010) and the writers Samuel Beckett (1906-89) and Marcel Proust (1871-1922). But while many commentators have traced their childhood images back to memories of lived experiences, there is more to their mythologies of childhood that waits to be explored. They invite us to move away from familiar ideas - whether psychological or biographical - about what a child can represent, and even what a child is. The haunting child figures of Bourgeois, Beckett and Proust echo each other as they show how imagining origins- for a life, for a work of art - involves paradoxes that test the limits of our forms of expression. Art meets literature, profusion meets concision, French meets English, and images of childhood reveal new insights in this encounter between three great figures of twentieth- and twenty-first-century culture. Catherine Crimp holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge and is currently Lectrice d'anglais at theEcole Normale Superieure de Lyon."
Author : Margaret Alexiou
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 604 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Byzantine literature
ISBN : 0801433010
With the publication of Ritual Lament in Greek Tradition, widely considered a classic in Modern Greek studies and in collateral fields, Margaret Alexiou established herself as a major intellectual innovator on the interconnections among ancient, medieval, and modern Greek cultures. In her new, eagerly awaited book, Alexiou looks at how language defines the contours of myth and metaphor. Drawing on texts from the New Testament to the present day, Alexiou shows the diversity of the Greek language and its impact at crucial stages of its history on people who were not Greek. She then stipulates the relatedness of literary and "folk" genres, and assesses the importance of rituals and metaphors of the life cycle in shaping narrative forms and systems of imagery.Alexiou places special emphasis on Byzantine literary texts of the sixth and twelfth centuries, providing her own translations where necessary; modern poetry and prose of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; and narrative songs and tales in the folk tradition, which she analyzes alongside songs of the life cycle. She devotes particular attention to two genres whose significance she thinks has been much underrated: the tales (paramythia) and the songs of love and marriage.In exploring the relationship between speech and ritual, Alexiou not only takes the Greek language into account but also invokes the neurological disorder of autism, drawing on clinical studies and her own experience as the mother of autistic identical twin sons.
Author : John Williams Wright
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015005490506
