Author: Robert D. Hamner
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN: 9780826211521
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Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 187
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Epic Of The Dispossessed

by Robert D. Hamner, Epic Of The Dispossessed Books available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download Epic Of The Dispossessed books, Hamner describes Omeros as an epic of the dispossessed because each of its protagonists is a castaway in one sense or another. Regardless of whether their ancestry is traced to the classical Mediterranean, Europe, Africa, or confined to the Americas, they are transplanted individuals whose separate quests all center on the fundamental human need to strike roots in a place where one belongs.

Author: Paul Innes
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0415587387
Size: 62.85 MB
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Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 173
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Epic

by Paul Innes, Epic Books available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download Epic books, This student guidebook offers a clear introduction to an often complex and unwieldy area of literary studies. Tracing epic from its ancient and classical roots through postmodern and contemporary examples this volume discusses: a wide range of writers including Homer, Vergil, Ovid, Dante, Chaucer, Milton, Cervantes, Keats, Byron, Eliot, Walcott and Tolkien texts from poems, novels, children’s literature, tv, theatre and film themes and motifs such as romance, tragedy, religion, journeys and the supernatural. Offering new directions for the future and addressing the place of epic in both English-language texts and World Literature, this handy book takes you on a fascinating guided tour through the epic.

Author: Paola Loreto
Publisher: Rodopi
ISBN: 9042026383
Size: 26.36 MB
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Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 225
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The Crowning Of A Poet S Quest

by Paola Loreto, The Crowning Of A Poet S Quest Books available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download The Crowning Of A Poet S Quest books, This first extended study of Derek Walcott's Tiepolo's Hound (2000) defines the book as the culmination of the poetry and poetic of the Caribbean writer and Nobel Prize winner. In this long poem, Walcott achieves three goals pursued throughout his career: to develop an original Caribbean aesthetic; to meld the modes of poetry and prose; and to formulate theBildung of the island-artist in terms of an 'autobiographical' narrative. The analysis provides an aesthetic and cultural evaluation of the poem, in terms both of the Western poetic tradition to which it refers through its rich intertextuality and of its significance as a postcolonial milestone.The commentary locates Walcott in an aesthetic tradition running from Emerson through the American Pragmatists to modernist poets; describes his experimental use of certain central narrative strategies in his semi-autobiographical long poems, which is compared to those of another, openly admired, bilingual writer, Vladimir Nabokov; explores Walcott's revision of the epic mode and of the genre of autobiography; delineates his unfolding of a post-Romantic internalization of the poet's Arthurian quest; and discusses his complex treatment of the multi-layered metaphor of light as major evidence of the maturity of his style and poetic, with their conscious cross-fertilization between the literary cultures of Europe and the Caribbean. An appendix to this study contains the transcriptions of various 'Walcott events' that took place in Italy in the summers of 2000 and 2001, including a creative writing seminar, a press conference, and readings. This extensive material opens a window onto Walcott's gifts as a teacher, to his stringent yet passionate commitment to the art of poetry, and to the ways in which he and his students grapple with the challenges of literary translation.

Author: Frank Javier Garcia Berumen
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476614113
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Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 344
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Latino Image Makers In Hollywood

by Frank Javier Garcia Berumen, Latino Image Makers In Hollywood Books available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download Latino Image Makers In Hollywood books, Latinos have been part of the Hollywood film industry for more than 100 years, yet beyond the remarkable success of a few, their visibility and clout have generally not reflected their significance in American society. Worse, the Latino image has suffered from widespread stereotyping in film, and performers face unjustified constraints in the kinds of roles available to them. Decade by decade from 1960 onward, this book analyzes important films made by or about Latinos, details the careers of Latino performers and filmmakers of the time, and analyzes how film portrayals of Latino characters and subjects connect with political and social trends of each decade. It discusses the role of gender, social class, and ethnicity in film portrayals and provides an overview of the diverse and dynamic Latino community in the United States, while celebrating a substantial and enduring contribution to Hollywood film history.

Author: Scott Simmon
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521555814
Size: 55.44 MB
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Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 393
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The Invention Of The Western Film

by Scott Simmon, The Invention Of The Western Film Books available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download The Invention Of The Western Film books, Table of contents

Author: Lord Raglan
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486317145
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Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 336
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The Hero

by Lord Raglan, The Hero Books available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download The Hero books, Heroic figures, all with the human desire for idealization in common, are the focus of this study — from Oedipus and King Arthur to heroes of the Trojan War and Robin Hood.

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Category : Commonwealth literature (English)
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The Journal Of Commonwealth Literature

by , The Journal Of Commonwealth Literature Books available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download The Journal Of Commonwealth Literature books, One number each year includes Annual bibliography of Commonwealth literature.

Author: Lewis P. Simpson
Publisher: Athens : University of Georgia Press
ISBN:
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Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 109
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The Dispossessed Garden

by Lewis P. Simpson, The Dispossessed Garden Books available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download The Dispossessed Garden books,

Author: Peter Boxall
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1844037193
Size: 75.14 MB
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Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 960
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1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

by Peter Boxall, 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die Books available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die books, Completely revised and updated to include the most up-to-date selections, this is a bold and bright reference book to the novels and the writers that have excited the world's imagination. This authoritative selection of novels, reviewed by an international team of writers, critics, academics, and journalists, provides a new take on world classics and a reliable guide to what's hot in contemporary fiction. Featuring more than 700 illustrations and photographs, presenting quotes from individual novels and authors, and completely revised for 2012, this is the ideal book for everybody who loves reading.

Author: Stephen Paterson Belcher
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Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 276
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Epic Traditions Of Africa

by Stephen Paterson Belcher, Epic Traditions Of Africa Books available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download Epic Traditions Of Africa books, Epic Traditions of Africa crosses boundaries of language, distance, and time to gather material from diverse African sources. Stephen Belcher explores the rich past and poetic force of African epics and places them in historical and social, as well as artistic, contexts. Colorful narratives from Central and West African traditions are illuminated along with texts that are more widely available to Western readers - the Mande Sunjata and the Bamana Segou. Belcher also takes up questions about European influences on African epic poetry and the possibilities of mutual influences throughout the genre. This lively and informative volume will inspire an appreciation for the distinctive qualities of a uniquely African form of verbal art. -- Back cover.