Author: Clarence Ray Aurner
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cedar County (Iowa)
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
A Topical History of Cedar County, Iowa
Author: Clarence Ray Aurner
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cedar County (Iowa)
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cedar County (Iowa)
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
How to Kill a Dragon
Author: Calvert Watkins
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195085957
Category : Comparative linguistics
Languages : en
Pages : 630
Book Description
In How to Kill a Dragon Calvert Watkins follows the continuum of poetic formulae in Indo-European languages, from Old Hittite to medieval Irish. He uses the comparative method to reconstruct traditional poetic formulae of considerable complexity that stretch as far back as the original common language. Thus, Watkins reveals the antiquity and tenacity of the Indo-European poetic tradition. Watkins begins this study with an introduction to the field of comparative Indo-European poetics; he explores the Saussurian notions of synchrony and diachrony, and locates the various Indo-European traditions and ideologies of the spoken word. Further, his overview presents case studies on the forms of verbal art, with selected texts drawn from Indic, Iranian, Greek, Latin, Hittite, Armenian, Celtic, and Germanic languages. In the remainder of the book, Watkins examines in detail the structure of the dragon/serpent-slaying myths, which recur in various guises throughout the Indo-European poetic tradition. He finds the "signature" formula for the myth--the divine hero who slays the serpent or overcomes adversaries--occurs in the same linguistic form in a wide range of sources and over millennia, including Old and Middle Iranian holy books, Greek epic, Celtic and Germanic sagas, down to Armenian oral folk epic of the last century. Watkins argues that this formula is the vehicle for the central theme of a proto-text, and a central part of the symbolic culture of speakers of the Proto-Indo-European language: the relation of humans to their universe, the values and expectations of their society. Therefore, he further argues, poetry was a social necessity for Indo- European society, where the poet could confer on patrons what they and their culture valued above all else: "imperishable fame."
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195085957
Category : Comparative linguistics
Languages : en
Pages : 630
Book Description
In How to Kill a Dragon Calvert Watkins follows the continuum of poetic formulae in Indo-European languages, from Old Hittite to medieval Irish. He uses the comparative method to reconstruct traditional poetic formulae of considerable complexity that stretch as far back as the original common language. Thus, Watkins reveals the antiquity and tenacity of the Indo-European poetic tradition. Watkins begins this study with an introduction to the field of comparative Indo-European poetics; he explores the Saussurian notions of synchrony and diachrony, and locates the various Indo-European traditions and ideologies of the spoken word. Further, his overview presents case studies on the forms of verbal art, with selected texts drawn from Indic, Iranian, Greek, Latin, Hittite, Armenian, Celtic, and Germanic languages. In the remainder of the book, Watkins examines in detail the structure of the dragon/serpent-slaying myths, which recur in various guises throughout the Indo-European poetic tradition. He finds the "signature" formula for the myth--the divine hero who slays the serpent or overcomes adversaries--occurs in the same linguistic form in a wide range of sources and over millennia, including Old and Middle Iranian holy books, Greek epic, Celtic and Germanic sagas, down to Armenian oral folk epic of the last century. Watkins argues that this formula is the vehicle for the central theme of a proto-text, and a central part of the symbolic culture of speakers of the Proto-Indo-European language: the relation of humans to their universe, the values and expectations of their society. Therefore, he further argues, poetry was a social necessity for Indo- European society, where the poet could confer on patrons what they and their culture valued above all else: "imperishable fame."
SuperLux
Author: Davina Jackson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Light in architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Smart-lighting design is a rapidly growing area of interactive and cross-disciplinary design that is defining new practices in the profession. SuperLux is an international celebration of the ingenuity and artistry of the latest lighting technology and the Smart Light movement. The books three sections focus on projects that use light to animate architecture and media screens; new forms of lighting in industrial zones and public areas, including wayfinding and streetlighting; and interactive installations in urban spaces. Each section is punctuated by essays by leading experts and designers in the field.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Light in architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Smart-lighting design is a rapidly growing area of interactive and cross-disciplinary design that is defining new practices in the profession. SuperLux is an international celebration of the ingenuity and artistry of the latest lighting technology and the Smart Light movement. The books three sections focus on projects that use light to animate architecture and media screens; new forms of lighting in industrial zones and public areas, including wayfinding and streetlighting; and interactive installations in urban spaces. Each section is punctuated by essays by leading experts and designers in the field.
Revolution, Defeat and Theoretical Underdevelopment
Author: Loren Goldner
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004325824
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
The historical studies presented here examine four ideologies— Leninism, Trotskyism, anarchism, and anti-imperialism— still with us, however different and diffuse in form. They are a contribution to the worldwide Marx renaissance of recent decades which has helped clear away the legacies of the Second, Third and Fourth Internationals, not to mention of the ‘real existing socialism’ of the Soviet Union and its bastard progeny. These revolutionary predecessors did not fail because ‘they had the wrong ideas’; in contrast to today, they were merely embedded in an earlier dynamic where capitalism, globally, was not yet fully dominant. The cases of Russia, Turkey, Spain and Bolivia allow us to measure the distance between their epoch and our own, and to clear away their problematic legacies.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004325824
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
The historical studies presented here examine four ideologies— Leninism, Trotskyism, anarchism, and anti-imperialism— still with us, however different and diffuse in form. They are a contribution to the worldwide Marx renaissance of recent decades which has helped clear away the legacies of the Second, Third and Fourth Internationals, not to mention of the ‘real existing socialism’ of the Soviet Union and its bastard progeny. These revolutionary predecessors did not fail because ‘they had the wrong ideas’; in contrast to today, they were merely embedded in an earlier dynamic where capitalism, globally, was not yet fully dominant. The cases of Russia, Turkey, Spain and Bolivia allow us to measure the distance between their epoch and our own, and to clear away their problematic legacies.
A Memorial of the Town of Hampstead, New Hampshire
Author: Harriette Eliza Noyes
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hampstead (N.H.)
Languages : en
Pages : 668
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hampstead (N.H.)
Languages : en
Pages : 668
Book Description
Historical Atlas of the Islamic World
Author: David Nicolle
Publisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
This book provides a comprehensive description of Islam's long and dynamic history.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
This book provides a comprehensive description of Islam's long and dynamic history.
Historical Atlas of Islam
Author: Malise Ruthven
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674013858
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Chronicles the history of Islam from the birth of Mohammed to the independence of former Soviet Muslim States, covering a wide variety of themes, including philosophy, arts, and architecture.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674013858
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Chronicles the history of Islam from the birth of Mohammed to the independence of former Soviet Muslim States, covering a wide variety of themes, including philosophy, arts, and architecture.
An Epic and Puranic Bibliography (up to 1985) Annotated and with Indexes
Author: Heinrich von Stietencron
Publisher: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
ISBN: 9783447030281
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 1116
Book Description
Publisher: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
ISBN: 9783447030281
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 1116
Book Description
Report from the Director
Author: United States. Regulatory Council
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Virginia Hot Springs
Author: Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hot Springs (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hot Springs (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description