Southern Enchanted

Author : James M. Taggart
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780691226927

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Enchanted Maidens by James M. Taggart Pdf

Spanish villagers tell many folktales that describe in metaphorical language the struggles of young men and women as they emerge from their parental families and join in love. In this book James Taggart presents dozens of orally transmitted tales, including "Snow White," "Cinderella," "Beauty and the Beast," "Blancaflor," and dragonslayer stories, collected from seven villages in the region of CNBceres, and analyzes the differences in male and female approaches to telling them. His study shows how men and women use the tales to grapple with some of the contradictions found in gender relations in their culture, which conditions men to be sexually assertive and to marry virgins and which teaches women to fear the men who court them. Taggart interprets the male-female dialogue voiced through storytelling by linking the content of specific tales to the life experiences and gender of the storyteller. Men and women, he finds, carry out an exchange of ideas by retelling the same stories and altering the plots and characters to express their respective views of courtship. This indirect narrative dialogue conveys an understanding of the opposite sex and establishes a common model of marriage that permits men and women to overcome their fear of each other and bond in heterosexual love.

Author : Glenn Feldman
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2001-10-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780817311025

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Reading Southern History by Glenn Feldman Pdf

This collection of essays examines the contributions of some of the most notable interpreters of American southern history and culture. The volume includes 18 chapters on such notable historians as John Hope Franklin, Anne Firor Scott and W.J. Cash.

Author : Paul Green
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 804 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : 0807821055

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A Southern Life by Paul Green Pdf

A selection of letters that sums up the life of a literary Southerner, who veered away from the commonly held views of his segregated town

Author : Amy Boyles
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2022-02-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798421337386

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Southern Enchanted by Amy Boyles Pdf

The animals in Familiar Place are gone. The windows are smashed to bits. Someone is out to destroy Pepper Reign's life--but who? Pepper enlists the help of her family in the search for her animals, but what they discover is terrifying. A creature is inhabiting the sewers and Pepper is convinced there is a sinister reason behind it. On top of that, one of her closest loved ones is acting strangely and she's sure that person has been replaced by someone else. Will Pepper get to the bottom of the mystery of what happened to her animals? Is the creature in the sewer related? And what's happened to her loved one? Will everything be revealed, or will her life go up in smoke? Find out now!

Author : Adam Jay Epstein,Andrew Jacobson
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-23
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780062120304

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Palace of Dreams by Adam Jay Epstein,Andrew Jacobson Pdf

The familiars Aldwyn the cat, Skyler the blue jay, and Gilbert the tree frog are off on an all-new adventure in the series that Michael Buckley, bestselling author of The Sisters Grimm and NERDS series, says "combines the magic of Harry Potter and the adventure of Warriors." With inventive magic, laugh-out-loud humor, and a mysterious conspiracy that will take all the familiars' wits to unravel, Palace of Dreams is the familiars' most extraordinary adventure yet. Peace has returned to the queendom of Vastia. Paksahara has been defeated, and the three familiars Aldwyn, Skyler, and Gilbert are the heroes to thank. But when a birthday celebration at the palace goes dreadfully wrong, and Queen Loranella falls victim to a curse, it seems the familiars are the prime suspects. After narrowly escaping the palace dungeons, they'll have to embark on a quest to clear their names—a quest that will lead them across Vastia and even into the magical land of dreams.

Author : Trana Mae Simmons
Publisher : ePublishing Works!
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2023-04-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781644576120

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Southern Charms (Enchanted Love, Book 2) by Trana Mae Simmons Pdf

A Woman Rancher's Life Takes a Decided Turn When Her Fairy Godmother Visits—Love Soon Follows—in Southern Charms, an Enchanting Romance with a Touch of Paranormal From Trana Mae Simmons Northern Central Texas, Late 1800's At his mother's insistence, city-slicker Shane Morgan reluctantly leaves New York City for the wilds of Texas, searching for the daughter of his mother's best friend. A woman who, unbeknownst to her, is an heiress to a huge fortune. Ellie Parker is the unwanted stepchild doing all the ranch work, while her mother dotes on her real daughter. She drowns her sorrows by running the ranch she loves, enjoying the company of ranch hands, horses, and cattle. When a polished city slicker shows up and imposes himself upon her life, he refuses to be ignored. But when a lady of the evening, claiming to be Ellie's fairy godmother, along with her spoiled white cat, also intrudes at the same time the circus comes to town, it's all too much for Ellie. Amid an atmosphere of deception and disbelief, Ellie finds herself falling in love with the totally inappropriate Shane Morgan. But can love find its way through the morass of truths Shane is forced to shroud? About the Author: T. M. Simmons lives in a haunted house on the edge of the East Texas Piney Woods, which she and her husband share with various pets and paranormal residents. In between writing cozy mysteries and other stories, she delights in scaring herself silly during otherworldly encounters and visits haunted buildings and graveyards during dark and full moons. Her husband goes along sometimes to protect her from the bumps in the night, although he's been known to spy a ghost and retreat rather than confront it. She also pursues paranormal entities with her real-life Twila, Aunt Belle Brown, who are Lead Investigators of the Supernatural Researchers of Texas paranormal investigative team. SRT's motto is "Leave Peace Behind," and the team seeks to leave peace for the people who are dealing with troubled hauntings, as well as for the ghosts. Simmons is extremely willing to discuss her experiences with anyone she can corner.

Author : George Garrett,James Conrad McKinley
Publisher : LSU Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2003-03-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0807128503

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Southern Excursions by George Garrett,James Conrad McKinley Pdf

Few if any are better endowed than George Garrett to comment on the general and the particular, the long and the short, of southern letters in our time. Garrett— a prolific and internationally renowned author of fiction, poetry, drama, and biography as well as a teacher, editor, critic, and frequent jurist for literary competitions—has been immersed in the writers and literature of his native region for almost a half century. Southern Excursions contains more than fifty of the best essays, reviews, and other short pieces of his career. For the connoisseur of good writing, this book is a depository, a treasure, a veritable time capsule of southern, literary, and American culture. Without sacrificing reverence for modern masters such as Faulkner, O’Connor, and Welty, Garrett has consistently embraced worthy new artists through the years, deftly and judiciously drawing the line between critical acclaim and popular success. Payton Davis, Shelby Foote, Walker Percy, William HoVman, Madison Jones, Reynolds Price, Robert Morgan, R. H. W. Dillard, Wendell Berry, Doris Betts, William Goyen, Mary Lee Settle, Randall Kenan, David Huddle, Allan Gurganus, Dorothy Allison—these are a few of the writers Garrett has championed. If some names sound less familiar, Garrett, in these pages, will inspire readers to swift investigation. The author’s charm, wit, and anecdotal style make reading Southern Excursions a delight, and yet there’s no mistaking his erudition. Wise like a prophet, with a talent scout’s enthusiasm, Garrett is not afraid to tell unwelcome truths, covering topics that include southern publishing houses and literary quarterlies, the alliance between writers and academia, the state of criticism and theory, and, most eloquently, the persistence of place, memory, and the Civil War as themes in southern letters. Southern Excursions is a book for the ages, stowing as it does the sage views of one as learned, respected— and modest—in his time as George Garrett. “My strong suggestion [to readers],” he states, “is to plunge in and fare forward. Experience the story before turning to or trusting the opinions and judgments of others, myself included.”

Author : Adam Mohr
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781580464628

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Enchanted Calvinism by Adam Mohr Pdf

Enchanted Calvinism's central proposition is that Ghanaian Presbyterian communities, both past and present, have become more enchanted -- more attuned to spiritual explanations of and remedies for suffering -- as they havebecome integrated into capitalist modes of production. The author draws on a Weberian concept of religious enchantment to analyze the phenomena of spiritual affliction and spiritual healing within the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, particularly under the conditions of labor migration: first, in the early twentieth century during the cocoa boom in Ghana and, second, at the turn of the twenty-first century in their migration from Ghana to North America. Relying on extensive archival research, oral interviews, and participant-observation conducted in North America, Europe, and West Africa, this study demonstrates that the more these Ghanaian Calvinists became dependent on capitalist modes of production, the more enchanted their lives and, subsequently, their church became, although in different ways within these two migrations. One striking pattern that has emerged among Ghanaian Presbyterian labor migrants in North America, for example, is a radical shift in gendered healing practices, where women have become prominent healers while a significant number of men have become spirit-possessed. Adam Mohr is Senior Writing Fellow in Anthropology in the Critical Writing Program at the University of Pennsylvania.

Author : D. Owens
Publisher : Springer
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2015-01-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781137482686

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The Origins of the Common Core by D. Owens Pdf

Owens provides a historical analysis of the ideological movements and reform efforts leading to the Common Core State Standards, beginning with conservative criticism of public schools in the 1930s and culminating in a convergence of the political right and left in efforts to systemically reform education based on free market principles.

Author : Casey Clabough
Publisher : University Press of Florida
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780813043708

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Inhabiting Contemporary Southern and Appalachian Literature by Casey Clabough Pdf

The idea of place--any place--remains one of our most basic yet slippery concepts. It is a space with boundaries whose limits may be definite or indefinite; it can be a real location or an abstract mental, spiritual, or imaginary construction. Casey Clabough’s thorough examination of the importance of place in southern literature examines the works of a wide range of authors, including Fred Chappell, George Garrett, William Hoffman, Julien Green, Kelly Cherry, David Huddle, and James Dickey. Clabough expands the definition of "here" beyond mere geography, offering nuanced readings that examine tradition and nostalgia and explore the existential nature of "place." Deeply concerned with literature as a form of emotional, intellectual, and aesthetic engagement with the local and the regional, Clabough considers the idea of place in a variety of ways: as both a physical and metaphorical location; as an important factor in shaping an individual, informing one of the ways the person perceives the world; and as a temporal as well as geographic construction. This fresh and useful contribution to the scholarship on southern literature explains how a text can open up new worlds for readers if they pay close enough attention to place.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1859
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : PRNC:32101050722576

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Southern Cultivator by Anonim Pdf

Author : Robert S. Levine,Samuel Otter
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-01
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781469606699

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Frederick Douglass and Herman Melville by Robert S. Levine,Samuel Otter Pdf

Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) and Herman Melville (1819-1891) addressed in their writings a range of issues that continue to resonate in American culture: the reach and limits of democracy; the nature of freedom; the roles of race, gender, and sexuality; and the place of the United States in the world. Yet they are rarely discussed together, perhaps because of their differences in race and social position. Douglass escaped from slavery and tied his well-received nonfiction writing to political activism, becoming a figure of international prominence. Melville was the grandson of Revolutionary War heroes and addressed urgent issues through fiction and poetry, laboring in increasing obscurity. In eighteen original essays, the contributors to this collection explore the convergences and divergences of these two extraordinary literary lives. Developing new perspectives on literature, biography, race, gender, and politics, this volume ultimately raises questions that help rewrite the color line in nineteenth-century studies. Contributors: Elizabeth Barnes, College of William and Mary Hester Blum, The Pennsylvania State University Russ Castronovo, University of Wisconsin-Madison John Ernest, West Virginia University William Gleason, Princeton University Gregory Jay, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Carolyn L. Karcher, Washington, D.C. Rodrigo Lazo, University of California, Irvine Maurice S. Lee, Boston University Robert S. Levine, University of Maryland, College Park Steven Mailloux, University of California, Irvine Dana D. Nelson, Vanderbilt University Samuel Otter, University of California, Berkeley John Stauffer, Harvard University Sterling Stuckey, University of California, Riverside Eric J. Sundquist, University of California, Los Angeles Elisa Tamarkin, University of California, Irvine Susan M. Ryan, University of Louisville David Van Leer, University of California, Davis Maurice Wallace, Duke University Robert K. Wallace, Northern Kentucky University Kenneth W. Warren, University of Chicago

Author : Maria Sachiko Cecire
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2019-12-17
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781452959436

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Re-Enchanted by Maria Sachiko Cecire Pdf

From The Hobbit to Harry Potter, how fantasy harnesses the cultural power of magic, medievalism, and childhood to re-enchant the modern world Why are so many people drawn to fantasy set in medieval, British-looking lands? This question has immediate significance for millions around the world: from fans of Lord of the Rings, Narnia, Harry Potter, and Game of Thrones to those who avoid fantasy because of the racist, sexist, and escapist tendencies they have found there. Drawing on the history and power of children’s fantasy literature, Re-Enchanted argues that magic, medievalism, and childhood hold the paradoxical ability to re-enchant modern life. Focusing on works by authors such as J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, Susan Cooper, Philip Pullman, J. K. Rowling, and Nnedi Okorafor, Re-Enchanted uncovers a new genealogy for medievalist fantasy—one that reveals the genre to be as important to the history of English studies and literary modernism as it is to shaping beliefs across geographies and generations. Maria Sachiko Cecire follows children’s fantasy as it transforms over the twentieth and twenty-first centuries—including the rise of diverse counternarratives and fantasy’s move into “high-brow” literary fiction. Grounded in a combination of archival scholarship and literary and cultural analysis, Re-Enchanted argues that medievalist fantasy has become a psychologized landscape for contemporary explorations of what it means to grow up, live well, and belong. The influential “Oxford School” of children’s fantasy connects to key issues throughout this book, from the legacies of empire and racial exclusion in children’s literature to what Christmas magic tells us about the roles of childhood and enchantment in Anglo-American culture. Re-Enchanted engages with critical debates around what constitutes high and low culture during moments of crisis in the humanities, political and affective uses of childhood and the mythological past, the anxieties of modernity, and the social impact of racially charged origin stories.

Author : C.J. Pinard
Publisher : Pin House Press, LLC
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781301500857

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Enchanted Immortals by C.J. Pinard Pdf

Thomas never thought he would live this long; he expected the usual lifespan of 60 to 70 years. But one terrifying night in 1946 San Francisco has changed all that; he has now been alive 86 years and still looks 20. Relocated to Portland, Oregon, he and his associates, Jonathan and Kathryn, have been granted Immortality by a group of sylphs belonging to the Zie Council – lead by their queen, Malina – who possess an elixir called Enchantment. But what they and the rest of the Immortals have to do in order to keep receiving this elixir involves protecting sylphs and humans from the faeworlders – vampires and shapeshifters – who want nothing more than to eat, violate, and kill them. For Jonathan, Thomas, and Kathryn, policing the fae is a dirty job, but somebody has to do it. And the payment is eternally priceless. Enchanted Immortals is Book 1 in the Enchanted Immortals series, which is an ongoing series and should be read in order. THE ENCHANTED IMMORTALS SERIES Enchanted Immortals Enchanted Immortals 2: The Vortex Enchanted Immortals 3: The Vampyre Enchanted Immortals 4: The Vixen BSI: Bureau of Supernatural Investigation Keywords: urban fantasy, gothic, free, freebie, free ebook, free romance, free vampire, free romance ebook, free fantasy book, free dark fantasy, free lycan, free werewolf, free romance book, free vampire books, free vampire romance, free vampire novels, free vampire short story, paranormal, vampire, quick read, short, serial, romance, free romance books, free, freebie, shape shifter, free shifter book, fae, fairy, free book, free ebook, free romance ebook, free romance book, free paranormal, free book, x-files, conspiracy theory, San Francisco, Portland Oregon, free books about vampires

Author : Laine Fuller,Cory Thomas Hutcheson
Publisher : 1000 Volt Press
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2023-09-19
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781734742275

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Conjuring the Commonplace: A Guide to Everyday Enchantment and Junk Drawer Magic by Laine Fuller,Cory Thomas Hutcheson Pdf

Is there magic in your junk drawer or in the pieces of a broken china plate? In Conjuring the Commonplace, Laine Fuller and Cory Thomas Hutcheson answer with a resounding, “Yes!” and deftly show you how to incorporate that magic into your everyday. They also point to other hidden treasures in places in your home you may have never thought to look. As the hosts of the long-running podcast New World Witchery, Cory and Laine have shared the folklore and magic of North America and their own magical journeys with listeners. Conjuring the Commonplace continues that conversation, highlighting the folklore of the common objects and the practical ways they have each incorporated these small magics into their lives and how you might too. If you’ve ever questioned whether to toss out that bit of string from a sewing project or wondered what you should know before picking up that shiny penny on the sidewalk, this book is for you.