Author: Mary Shelley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
"The Mortal Immortal" is a short story from 1833 written by Mary Shelley. It tells the story of a man named Winzy, who drinks an elixir which makes him immortal. At first, immortality appears to promise him eternal tranquility. However, it soon becomes apparent that he is cursed to endure eternal psychological torture, as everything he loves dies around him.
The Mortal Immortal Illustrated
Author: Mary Shelley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
"The Mortal Immortal" is a short story from 1833 written by Mary Shelley. It tells the story of a man named Winzy, who drinks an elixir which makes him immortal. At first, immortality appears to promise him eternal tranquility. However, it soon becomes apparent that he is cursed to endure eternal psychological torture, as everything he loves dies around him.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
"The Mortal Immortal" is a short story from 1833 written by Mary Shelley. It tells the story of a man named Winzy, who drinks an elixir which makes him immortal. At first, immortality appears to promise him eternal tranquility. However, it soon becomes apparent that he is cursed to endure eternal psychological torture, as everything he loves dies around him.
Gothic Feminism
Author: Diane Long Hoeveler
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271040971
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
As British women writers in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries sought to define how they experienced their era's social and economic upheaval, they helped popularize a new style of bourgeois female sensibility. Building on her earlier work in Romantic Androgyny, Diane Long Hoeveler now examines the Gothic novels of Charlotte Smith, Ann Radcliffe, Jane Austen, Charlotte Dacre Byrne, Mary Shelley, and the Bront&ës to show how these writers helped define femininity for women of the British middle class. Hoeveler argues that a female-created literary ideology, now known as &"victim feminism,&" arose as the Gothic novel helped create a new social role of professional victim for women adjusting to the new bourgeois order. These novels were thinly disguised efforts at propagandizing a new form of conduct for women, teaching that &"professional femininity&"&—a cultivated pose of wise passiveness and controlled emotions&—best prepared them for social survival. She examines how representations of both men and women in these novels moved from the purely psychosexual into social and political representations, and how these writers constructed a series of ideologies that would allow their female characters&—and readers&—fictitious mastery over an oppressive social and political system. Gothic Feminism takes a neo-feminist approach to these women's writings, treating them not as sacred texts but as thesis-driven works that attempted to instruct women in a series of strategic poses. It offers both a new understanding of the genre and a wholly new interpretation of feminism as a literary ideology.
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271040971
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
As British women writers in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries sought to define how they experienced their era's social and economic upheaval, they helped popularize a new style of bourgeois female sensibility. Building on her earlier work in Romantic Androgyny, Diane Long Hoeveler now examines the Gothic novels of Charlotte Smith, Ann Radcliffe, Jane Austen, Charlotte Dacre Byrne, Mary Shelley, and the Bront&ës to show how these writers helped define femininity for women of the British middle class. Hoeveler argues that a female-created literary ideology, now known as &"victim feminism,&" arose as the Gothic novel helped create a new social role of professional victim for women adjusting to the new bourgeois order. These novels were thinly disguised efforts at propagandizing a new form of conduct for women, teaching that &"professional femininity&"&—a cultivated pose of wise passiveness and controlled emotions&—best prepared them for social survival. She examines how representations of both men and women in these novels moved from the purely psychosexual into social and political representations, and how these writers constructed a series of ideologies that would allow their female characters&—and readers&—fictitious mastery over an oppressive social and political system. Gothic Feminism takes a neo-feminist approach to these women's writings, treating them not as sacred texts but as thesis-driven works that attempted to instruct women in a series of strategic poses. It offers both a new understanding of the genre and a wholly new interpretation of feminism as a literary ideology.
The Mortal Immortal, and the Evil Eye
Author: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781406574869
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (nee Godwin) (1797-1851) was an English romantic gothic novelist. She received an excellent education, which was unusual for girls at the time. She never went to school, but she was taught to read and write by Louisa Jones, and then educated in a broad range of subjects by her father, who gave her free access to his extensive library. In particular, she was encouraged to write stories, and one of these early works Mounseer Nongtongpaw was published by the Godwin Company's Juvenile Library when she was only eleven. One night, perhaps attributable to Galvani's report, Mary had a waking dream; she recounted the episode in this way: "What terrified me will terrify others; and I need only describe the spectre which had haunted my midnight pillow. " This nightmare served as the basis for the novel that she entitled Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818). Amongst her other works are: The Last Man, Proserpine, Midas and Notes to the Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781406574869
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (nee Godwin) (1797-1851) was an English romantic gothic novelist. She received an excellent education, which was unusual for girls at the time. She never went to school, but she was taught to read and write by Louisa Jones, and then educated in a broad range of subjects by her father, who gave her free access to his extensive library. In particular, she was encouraged to write stories, and one of these early works Mounseer Nongtongpaw was published by the Godwin Company's Juvenile Library when she was only eleven. One night, perhaps attributable to Galvani's report, Mary had a waking dream; she recounted the episode in this way: "What terrified me will terrify others; and I need only describe the spectre which had haunted my midnight pillow. " This nightmare served as the basis for the novel that she entitled Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818). Amongst her other works are: The Last Man, Proserpine, Midas and Notes to the Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley.
Mortal Danger
Author: Ann Aguirre
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1250024641
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Edie seeks revenge against those who bullied her.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1250024641
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Edie seeks revenge against those who bullied her.
Proserpine and Midas
Author: Mary Shelley
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1427018928
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
First published in 1923, Proserpine and Midas is a compilation of two important verse dramas by Mary Shelley. They are based on ancient myths about the Roman god Proserpine and the legendary Greek character who was given the power of alchemy. Readers will enjoy this sampling of dramatic poetry by the author of Frankenstein....
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1427018928
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
First published in 1923, Proserpine and Midas is a compilation of two important verse dramas by Mary Shelley. They are based on ancient myths about the Roman god Proserpine and the legendary Greek character who was given the power of alchemy. Readers will enjoy this sampling of dramatic poetry by the author of Frankenstein....
All Men are Mortal
Author: Simone de Beauvoir
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393308457
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
After a beautiful and accomplished young actress revives a downcast stranger at a French resort, he reveals that he is immortal.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393308457
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
After a beautiful and accomplished young actress revives a downcast stranger at a French resort, he reveals that he is immortal.
The Mortal Hero
Author: Seth L. Schein
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520056268
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
From the Preface:This book is addressed mainly to non-specialist readers who do not know Greek and who read, study, or teach the Iliad in translation; it also is meant for classical scholars whose professional specialization has prevented them from keeping abreast of recent work on Homer. It is grounded in technical scholarship, to which it constantly referes and is intended to contribute, and I hope that even Homeric specialists will find ideas and interpretations to interest them. I have tried to present clearly what seem to me the most valuable results of modern research and criticism of the Iliad while setting forth my own views. My goal has been to interpret the poem as much as possible on its own mythological, religious, ethical, and artistic terms. The topics and problems I focus on are those that have arisen most often and most insistently when I have thought the poem, in translation and in the original, as I have done every year since 1968. This book is a literary study of the Iliad. I have not discussed historical, archaeologoical, or even linguistic questions except where they are directly relevant to literary interpretation. Throughout I have emphasized what is thematically, ethically, and artistically distinctive in the Iliad in contrast to the conventions of the poetic tradition of which it is an end product.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520056268
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
From the Preface:This book is addressed mainly to non-specialist readers who do not know Greek and who read, study, or teach the Iliad in translation; it also is meant for classical scholars whose professional specialization has prevented them from keeping abreast of recent work on Homer. It is grounded in technical scholarship, to which it constantly referes and is intended to contribute, and I hope that even Homeric specialists will find ideas and interpretations to interest them. I have tried to present clearly what seem to me the most valuable results of modern research and criticism of the Iliad while setting forth my own views. My goal has been to interpret the poem as much as possible on its own mythological, religious, ethical, and artistic terms. The topics and problems I focus on are those that have arisen most often and most insistently when I have thought the poem, in translation and in the original, as I have done every year since 1968. This book is a literary study of the Iliad. I have not discussed historical, archaeologoical, or even linguistic questions except where they are directly relevant to literary interpretation. Throughout I have emphasized what is thematically, ethically, and artistically distinctive in the Iliad in contrast to the conventions of the poetic tradition of which it is an end product.
Mortal Men, Immortal Warriors
Author: Steven London
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781980971467
Category : Afghan War, 2001-
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
For nearly seven continuous years the "Warriors" maintained a combat presence in some of the most austere and remote locations during the height of the war in Afghanistan. Through written accounts, photographs and interviews, the soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment illuminate the shadows of war to provide personal insight into the tolls of combat. From its opening words to its closing remarks, 'Mortal Men, Immortal Warriors' leads you across an uncharted terrain within narrative non-fiction. Journey alongside with them in this compelling tribute to one of the United States Army's unsung military units.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781980971467
Category : Afghan War, 2001-
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
For nearly seven continuous years the "Warriors" maintained a combat presence in some of the most austere and remote locations during the height of the war in Afghanistan. Through written accounts, photographs and interviews, the soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment illuminate the shadows of war to provide personal insight into the tolls of combat. From its opening words to its closing remarks, 'Mortal Men, Immortal Warriors' leads you across an uncharted terrain within narrative non-fiction. Journey alongside with them in this compelling tribute to one of the United States Army's unsung military units.
The Immortal Game
Author: Joannah Miley
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780986055522
Category : Chess
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
When struggling pre-med student Ruby West beats the unconquerable Ash at chess he becomes fixated on her. Which is great if you like smoldering blue eyes, sculpted features, and afternoons of unexpected adventure. But not so great when she discovers he is a Greek god and his father, Zeus, has forbidden the gods from interacting with humans. Ruby soon realizes her love for Ash threatens the fragile stability that has kept the gods from meddling in the mortal world. Before long the two find themselves on a quest to rescue a goddess, save the Earth from unending winter, and secure the right to be together forever.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780986055522
Category : Chess
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
When struggling pre-med student Ruby West beats the unconquerable Ash at chess he becomes fixated on her. Which is great if you like smoldering blue eyes, sculpted features, and afternoons of unexpected adventure. But not so great when she discovers he is a Greek god and his father, Zeus, has forbidden the gods from interacting with humans. Ruby soon realizes her love for Ash threatens the fragile stability that has kept the gods from meddling in the mortal world. Before long the two find themselves on a quest to rescue a goddess, save the Earth from unending winter, and secure the right to be together forever.
Immortal City
Author: Scott Speer
Publisher: Penguin Group Australia
ISBN: 0143567586
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
We pay them to protect us. And we're their biggest fans. They are our celebrities, and we worship them with paparazzi and endless gossip and speculation. To us, they are glamour. To them, we're an assignment. Their job is to guard us-that is, those of us who can afford them . . . Because the only thing stronger than a Guardian Angel is the rule they must obey. So what happens when one of them falls for one of us? In the City Angels, the rules are about to be broken.
Publisher: Penguin Group Australia
ISBN: 0143567586
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
We pay them to protect us. And we're their biggest fans. They are our celebrities, and we worship them with paparazzi and endless gossip and speculation. To us, they are glamour. To them, we're an assignment. Their job is to guard us-that is, those of us who can afford them . . . Because the only thing stronger than a Guardian Angel is the rule they must obey. So what happens when one of them falls for one of us? In the City Angels, the rules are about to be broken.