The Devil S Own Dear Son

Author : James Branch Cabell
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2003-11-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780809533749

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The Devil's Own Dear Son by James Branch Cabell Pdf

"The Devil's Own Dear Son" is Cabell's final philsophical comedy, about a man who discovers that his father was a demon and goes to Hell for a disquieting family reunion. James Branch Cabell (1879-1958) wrote many of the Twentieth Century's finest fantasies, including the controversial Jurgen, which was famously banned by the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice. It was only after the furor died down that readers and critics were fully able to appreciate that the author was no mere sensationalist, but a literary artist of very high calibre. Cabell was above all else, an elegant stylist, whose gently caustic, beautifully fantasic comedies struck a chord in the Jazz Age and still resonate today. He was an important influence on subsequent writers as diverse as Fritz Leiber and Neil Gaiman. "[He] is a delightful author . . . I like the sheer audacity and the scope [of his work]."" -- Neil Gaiman "One of the all-time greats of fantasy, whose cynical yet romantic view of the human comedy is simultaneously hilarious, beautiful, and melancholy. A writer you must read."" -- Darrell Schweitzer

Author : James Branch Cabell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1949
Category : Nonfiction novel
ISBN : OCLC:32061595

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The Devil's Own Dear Son by James Branch Cabell Pdf

Author : R. Reginald
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 802 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2010-09-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780941028752

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Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, Vol 1 by R. Reginald Pdf

Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, A Checklist, 1700-1974, Volume one of Two, contains an Author Index, Title Index, Series Index, Awards Index, and the Ace and Belmont Doubles Index.

Author : Evelyn Dorothy Oliver,James R Lewis
Publisher : Visible Ink Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2008-05-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781578592289

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Angels A to Z by Evelyn Dorothy Oliver,James R Lewis Pdf

Written by two recognized authorities on nontraditional religious movements, this resource is one of the most comprehensive books on angels and related topics currently available. More than 300 entries are included and drawn from multiple religions, such as Christianity, Islam, and Hindu traditions, as well as from pop culture. A variety of angel topics are discussed, including celebrity angels, classifications of angels, obscure angels still waiting for their big break, guardian angels, fallen angels, Anaheim angels, biblical figures associated with angels, angels in art and architecture, and angels in the media and literature. Angels are also discussed in terms of the occult and metaphysics, with entries on UFOs, fairies, and witches. A comprehensive resource section lists movies, books, magazines, and organizations related to angels.

Author : Jack Fritscher
Publisher : Popular Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0299203042

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Popular Witchcraft by Jack Fritscher Pdf

Popular Witchcraft: Straight from the Witch's Mouth, inspired by the British Gerald Gardner's Witchcraft Today, was the first book to be published on popular American witchcraft and remains the classic survey of white and black magic. Newly revised and updated for twenty-first-century readers, the author--an ordained but marvelously fallen exorcist--tells all about the evil eye, the queer eye, women and witch trials, the Old Religion, magic Christianity, Satanism, and New Age self-help. Jack Fritscher sifts through legends of sorcery and the twisted history of witchcraft, including the casting of spells and incantations, with a focus on the growing role of witchcraft in popular culture and its mainstream commercialization through popular music, Broadway, Hollywood, and politics. As seriously historical as it is fun to read, there is no other book like it.

Author : Don D'Ammassa
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781438109091

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Encyclopedia of Fantasy and Horror Fiction by Don D'Ammassa Pdf

Encyclopedia of Fantasy and Horror Fiction provides comprehensive coverage of the major authors and works in these popular genres. Each entry includes a brief discussion of the author's life and work and includes a full bibliography. Each entry on

Author : Charles Alva Hoyt
Publisher : SIU Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0809315440

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Witchcraft by Charles Alva Hoyt Pdf

In this new edition Charles Alva Hoyt updates his research and offers fresh interpretations of the fascinating history of witches. Among his "Second Thoughts" are cautious examinations of the possible implications of the space-time continuum of Einstein's special theory of relativity and the "Many Worlds" interpretation of quantum mechanics to the observed phenomena of witchcraft. Hoyt, a descendant of Susanna Martin who was hanged as a witch for walking through a Salem rain without getting her feet wet, carefully sketches the background and history of this least understood of supernatural phenomena as it has evolved from antiquity to the present. He identifies seven distinct schools of witchcraft--orthodox, skeptic, anthropological, psychological, pharmacological, transcendental, and occult--and thoroughly analyzes each of them. He explores witchcraft's increased influence resulting from the New Testament's personification of evil as Satan. Especially enlightening are the ways that the nonwitch world has perceived and treated witches. Witches were often victims at the lower end of the social order, scapegoats for the misfortunes of neighbors, town officials, and family members. Many of them suffered decapitation, hanging, burning and torture, dismemberment, and removal of skin with red-hot pincers for their alleged witchcraft. Dietrich Flade, Rector of the University of Trier, for example, was burned on 18 September 1589 after having been "mercifully and Christianly strangled." He had been found guilty of causing "plagues of hailstones and snails."

Author : John Warwick Montgomery
Publisher : New Reformation Publications
Page : 447 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2018-01-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781945500725

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Demon Possession by John Warwick Montgomery Pdf

In January of 1975, the Christian Medical Association gathered to deliver papers on the subject of demon possession. The essayists are Christians affiliated with a variety of academic institutions. The essays themselves explore the phenomena of the demonic in the Bible, in literature, on the mission field, in anthropology, legal history and psychiatric treatment. All of the participants accept the reality of the demonic but they are circumspect in their scholarship. If you are looking for a more substantial treatment than what you might find in popular booklets on the subject or on the fiction aisle, this is it; never before or since this symposium has there been a focused study of this magnitude on demon possession.

Author : James R. Lewis
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2001-12-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781576077597

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Satanism Today by James R. Lewis Pdf

This authoritative reference work presents a full image of the Prince of Darkness as he appears throughout traditional theology, mythology, art and literature, and popular culture. This nonsensationalist encyclopedia examines contemporary images of the devil and sorts out the many different forms these images take. Although much of the myths relating to Satan derive directly or indirectly from the Christian tradition, the key sources of diabolical images today are horror movies, heavy metal music, and conservative Christian literature. This encyclopedia gives a brief overview depicting the history and transformation of the meaning of the Prince of Darkness, and 300 entries cover subjects like the angel of death, backward masking (messages revealed when songs are played backward), neopagan witchcraft, UFOs, and The Satanic Bible. Extensive appendixes include the l992 FBI study of satanic ritual abuse, the most influential document ever written on the subject, as well as sample satanic scriptures and a satanic wedding ceremony. Satanism Today also includes a chronology, bibliographies, and references.

Author : Joseph M. Flora,Amber Vogel
Publisher : LSU Press
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2006-06-21
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780807131237

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Southern Writers by Joseph M. Flora,Amber Vogel Pdf

This new edition of Southern Writers assumes its distinguished predecessor's place as the essential reference on literary artists of the American South. Broadly expanded and thoroughly revised, it boasts 604 entries-nearly double the earlier edition's-written by 264 scholars. For every figure major and minor, from the venerable and canonical to the fresh and innovative, a biographical sketch and chronological list of published works provide comprehensive, concise, up-to-date information. Here in one convenient source are the South's novelists and short story writers, poets and dramatists, memoirists and essayists, journalists, scholars, and biographers from the colonial period to the twenty-first century. What constitutes a "southern writer" is always a matter for debate. Editors Joseph M. Flora and Amber Vogel have used a generous definition that turns on having a significant connection to the region, in either a personal or literary sense. New to this volume are younger writers who have emerged in the quarter century since the dictionary's original publication, as well as older talents previously unknown or unacknowledged. For almost every writer found in the previous edition, a new biography has been commissioned. Drawn from the very best minds on southern literature and covering the full spectrum of its practitioners, Southern Writers is an indispensable reference book for anyone intrigued by the subject.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1617035130

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The southern writers quiz book by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jeffrey Burton Russell
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN : 0801497183

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Mephistopheles by Jeffrey Burton Russell Pdf

Mephistopheles is the fourth and final volume of Jeffrey Burton Russell's critically acclaimed history of the concept of the Devil, continuing in this volume the story from the Reformation to the present.

Author : Gustav Davidson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1994-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780029070529

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Dictionary of Angels by Gustav Davidson Pdf

In the midst of the remarkable revival of interest and belief in angels comes this handsomely illustrated reference work--the fruit of 16 years of research in Talmudic, gnostic, cabalistic, apocalyptic, patristic, and legendary texts. "A wacky and wonderful compendium of angelic lore".--Time. Illustrations.

Author : Terry Ann Mood-Leopold
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2004-09-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781576076217

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American Regional Folklore by Terry Ann Mood-Leopold Pdf

An easy-to-use guide to American regional folklore with advice on conducting research, regional essays, and a selective annotated bibliography. American Regional Folklore begins with a chapter on library research, including how to locate a library suitable for folklore research, how to understand a library's resources, and how to construct a research strategy. Mood also gives excellent advice on researching beyond the library: locating and using community resources like historical societies, museums, fairs and festivals, storytelling groups, local colleges, newspapers and magazines, and individuals with knowledge of the field. The rest of the book is divided into eight sections, each one highlighting a separate region (the Northeast, the South and Southern Highlands, the Midwest, the Southwest, the West, the Northwest, Alaska, and Hawaii). Each regional section contains a useful overview essay, written by an expert on the folklore of that particular region, followed by a selective, annotated bibliography of books and a directory of related resources.

Author : Kenneth F. Kister
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781425717261

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Florida on the Boil by Kenneth F. Kister Pdf

Provides incisive reviews of more than 300 recommended novels and short-story collections set in Florida. Numerous Florida fiction writers, past and present, are represented in the book, including such diverse talents as Edna Buchanan, Harry Crews, Connie May Fowler, and others.--Excerpted from book cover.