Author: Julian Osgood Field
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Aut Diabolus Aut Nihil
Author: Julian Osgood Field
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 356
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The Occult & Esoteric Works of A. E. Waite (Illustrated Edition)
Author: Arthur Edward Waite
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 675
Book Description
The Occult & Esoteric Works of A.E. Waite (Illustrated Edition) delves into the mystical realms of the occult and esoteric teachings through the perspective of the renowned scholar and occultist, A.E. Waite. This collection provides a comprehensive insight into various esoteric subjects such as alchemy, tarot, astrology, and ceremonial magic. Waite's writing style is scholarly yet accessible, making complex esoteric concepts understandable to readers. The inclusion of illustrations enhances the reader's understanding of these mystical topics within their historical and literary context. Waite's deep knowledge of occult traditions shines through in each chapter, offering a unique blend of academic analysis and spiritual exploration. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in delving into the hidden mysteries of the occult world and gaining a deeper understanding of esoteric practices. A.E. Waite's expertise and passion for the occult make this illustrated edition a valuable addition to any esoteric library.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 675
Book Description
The Occult & Esoteric Works of A.E. Waite (Illustrated Edition) delves into the mystical realms of the occult and esoteric teachings through the perspective of the renowned scholar and occultist, A.E. Waite. This collection provides a comprehensive insight into various esoteric subjects such as alchemy, tarot, astrology, and ceremonial magic. Waite's writing style is scholarly yet accessible, making complex esoteric concepts understandable to readers. The inclusion of illustrations enhances the reader's understanding of these mystical topics within their historical and literary context. Waite's deep knowledge of occult traditions shines through in each chapter, offering a unique blend of academic analysis and spiritual exploration. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in delving into the hidden mysteries of the occult world and gaining a deeper understanding of esoteric practices. A.E. Waite's expertise and passion for the occult make this illustrated edition a valuable addition to any esoteric library.
The Shape of Fear
Author: Susan Jennifer Navarette
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813182662
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 493
Book Description
During the last decades of the nineteenth century, Charles Darwin, Thomas Henry Huxley, Walter Pater and others changed the nature of thought concerning the human body and the physical environment that had shaped it. In response, the 1890s saw the publication of a series of remarkable literary works that had their genesis in the intense scientific and aesthetic activity of those preceding decades—texts that emphasized themes of degeneration and were themselves stylistically decompositive, with language both a surrogate for physical deformity and a source of anxiety. Susan J. Navarette examines the ways in which scientific and cultural concerns of late nineteenth-century England are coded in the horror literature of the period. By contextualizing the structural, stylistic, and thematic systems developed by writers seeking to reenact textually the entropic forces they perceived in the natural world, Navarette reconstructs the late Victorian mentalité. She analyzes aesthetic responses to trends in contemporary science and explores horror writers' use of scientific methodologies to support their perception that a long-awaited period of cultural decline had begun. In her analysis of the classics Turn of the Screw and Heart of Darkness, Navarette shows how James and Conrad made artistic use of earlier "scientific" readings of the body. She also considers works by lesser-known authors Walter de la Mare, Vernon Lee, and Arthur Machen, who produced fin de siècle stories that took the form of "hybrid literary monstrosities." To underscore the fascination with bodily decay and deformation that these writers explored, The Shape of Fear is enhanced with prints and line drawings by Victor Hugo, James Ensor, and other artists of the day. This elegantly written book formulates a new canon of late Victorian fiction that will intrigue scholars of literature and cultural history.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813182662
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 493
Book Description
During the last decades of the nineteenth century, Charles Darwin, Thomas Henry Huxley, Walter Pater and others changed the nature of thought concerning the human body and the physical environment that had shaped it. In response, the 1890s saw the publication of a series of remarkable literary works that had their genesis in the intense scientific and aesthetic activity of those preceding decades—texts that emphasized themes of degeneration and were themselves stylistically decompositive, with language both a surrogate for physical deformity and a source of anxiety. Susan J. Navarette examines the ways in which scientific and cultural concerns of late nineteenth-century England are coded in the horror literature of the period. By contextualizing the structural, stylistic, and thematic systems developed by writers seeking to reenact textually the entropic forces they perceived in the natural world, Navarette reconstructs the late Victorian mentalité. She analyzes aesthetic responses to trends in contemporary science and explores horror writers' use of scientific methodologies to support their perception that a long-awaited period of cultural decline had begun. In her analysis of the classics Turn of the Screw and Heart of Darkness, Navarette shows how James and Conrad made artistic use of earlier "scientific" readings of the body. She also considers works by lesser-known authors Walter de la Mare, Vernon Lee, and Arthur Machen, who produced fin de siècle stories that took the form of "hybrid literary monstrosities." To underscore the fascination with bodily decay and deformation that these writers explored, The Shape of Fear is enhanced with prints and line drawings by Victor Hugo, James Ensor, and other artists of the day. This elegantly written book formulates a new canon of late Victorian fiction that will intrigue scholars of literature and cultural history.
The Spectator
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 960
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 960
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Cheap Jack Zita
Author: S. Baring-Gould
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
'Cheap Jack Zita' is an adventure novel by Sabine Baring-Gould, set in the English Fenlands. Zita, a young woman, is the daughter of a 'Cheap Jack', a trader of wares and they both travel around in a caravan. Zita is quite close to her father since the death of her mother when she was young. His unexpected death one evening sets off a drastic change to Zita's life as she goes to stay at Prickwillows, the home of 'Ki' Drownlands. Ki seems interested in his new house guest but she is more drawn to Mark Runham. Both Zita and Mark are united by the deaths of both their fathers on that same fateful night. But when the hazy memory of that night comes back to Zita, she begins to suspect that Ki had something to do with the death of Mark's father...
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
'Cheap Jack Zita' is an adventure novel by Sabine Baring-Gould, set in the English Fenlands. Zita, a young woman, is the daughter of a 'Cheap Jack', a trader of wares and they both travel around in a caravan. Zita is quite close to her father since the death of her mother when she was young. His unexpected death one evening sets off a drastic change to Zita's life as she goes to stay at Prickwillows, the home of 'Ki' Drownlands. Ki seems interested in his new house guest but she is more drawn to Mark Runham. Both Zita and Mark are united by the deaths of both their fathers on that same fateful night. But when the hazy memory of that night comes back to Zita, she begins to suspect that Ki had something to do with the death of Mark's father...
Notes and Queries
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Category : Questions and answers
Languages : en
Pages : 340
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Category : Questions and answers
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
The Renaissance of Girls' Education in England
Author: Alice Zimmern
Publisher:
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Category : Women
Languages : en
Pages : 286
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Publisher:
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Category : Women
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Limitations
Author: Edward Frederic Benson
Publisher:
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Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 368
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The Twickenham Peerage
Author: Richard Marsh
Publisher:
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Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 368
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A Book of the West I
Author: S. Baring-Gould
Publisher: anboco
ISBN: 3736408382
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
In this "Book of the West" I have not sought to say all that might be said relative to Devon and Cornwall; nor have I attempted to make of it a guide-book. I have rather endeavoured to convey to the visitor to our western peninsula a general idea of what is interesting, and what ought to attract his attention. The book is not intended to supersede guide-books, but to prepare the mind to use these latter with discretion. In dealing with the history of the counties and of the towns, it would have swelled the volumes unduly to have gone systematically through their story from the beginning to the present; it would, moreover, have made the book heavy reading, as well as heavy to carry. I have chosen, therefore, to pick out some incident, or some biography connected with the several towns described, and have limited myself thereto. My object then must not be misunderstood, and my book harshly judged accordingly. There are[vi] ten thousand omissions, but I venture to think a good many things have been admitted which will not be found in guide-books, but which it is well for the visitor to know, if he has a quick intelligence and eyes open to observe. In the Cornish volume I have given rather fully the stories of the saints who have impressed their names indelibly on the land. It has seemed to me absurd to travel in Cornwall and have these names in the mouth, and let them remain nuda nomina. They have a history, and that is intimately associated with the beginnings of that of Cornwall. But their history has not been studied, and in books concerning Cornwall most of the statements about them are wholly false. I have not entered into any critical discussion concerning moot points. I have left that for my "Catalogue of the Cornish Saints" that is being issued in the Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall. There are places that might have been described more fully, others that have been passed over without notice.
Publisher: anboco
ISBN: 3736408382
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
In this "Book of the West" I have not sought to say all that might be said relative to Devon and Cornwall; nor have I attempted to make of it a guide-book. I have rather endeavoured to convey to the visitor to our western peninsula a general idea of what is interesting, and what ought to attract his attention. The book is not intended to supersede guide-books, but to prepare the mind to use these latter with discretion. In dealing with the history of the counties and of the towns, it would have swelled the volumes unduly to have gone systematically through their story from the beginning to the present; it would, moreover, have made the book heavy reading, as well as heavy to carry. I have chosen, therefore, to pick out some incident, or some biography connected with the several towns described, and have limited myself thereto. My object then must not be misunderstood, and my book harshly judged accordingly. There are[vi] ten thousand omissions, but I venture to think a good many things have been admitted which will not be found in guide-books, but which it is well for the visitor to know, if he has a quick intelligence and eyes open to observe. In the Cornish volume I have given rather fully the stories of the saints who have impressed their names indelibly on the land. It has seemed to me absurd to travel in Cornwall and have these names in the mouth, and let them remain nuda nomina. They have a history, and that is intimately associated with the beginnings of that of Cornwall. But their history has not been studied, and in books concerning Cornwall most of the statements about them are wholly false. I have not entered into any critical discussion concerning moot points. I have left that for my "Catalogue of the Cornish Saints" that is being issued in the Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall. There are places that might have been described more fully, others that have been passed over without notice.