Author: Publisher: TheBookEdition
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Author: Publisher: TheBookEdition
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Unica Zürn
Author: Esra PlumerPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0857739727
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
Diagnosed with schizophrenia in the 1950s, German writer and artist Unica Zürn produced a wealth of remarkable textual and visual material within psychiatric institutions across Germany and France. While Zürn is often discussed in relation to her partner, the controversial artist Hans Bellmer, this innovative book moves beyond the familiar model of the overlooked 'significant other' and re-introduces her as a member of the French Surrealist group. This is the first monograph on the life and work of the Unica Zürn in English. Esra Plumer presents Zürn's life and work in light of the artist's individual experiences with WWII, Post-war Surrealism and mental illness, at the same time revealing wider aspects of her artistic practice in relation to her contemporaries. She also reveals how the techniques of anagrams and automatism (writing and drawing methods designed to unlock the subconscious mind) form the pillars of Zürn's artistic creative output, which carry her work into the wider theoretical circles of psychoanalytic theory and post-structuralist thought.
The French Review
Author: James Frederick MasonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 1318
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La Guerrière
Author: S. Ilona H.Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1470982692
Category : Fiction
Languages : fr
Pages : 363
Book Description
En 2385, alors qu'un raz-de-marée a décimé la moitié la population terrestre, trois cent ans auparavant, les survivants ont reconstruis de nouvelles civilisations. Sur la côte Sud de laMéditerrannée, appelée maintenant Mer du Milieu, un système de castes de Beaux et de Laids s'est développé dans le pays nommé Iridium. Sur la côte Nord, les Keltois luttent contre les armées colonisatrices d'Irdium, dans un pays nommé Suraya.Sur la côte Est, à Petra, des prêtres préparent, depuis trois cent ans, l'arrivée d'un guerrier, d'un libérateur qui ramènera la justiceautour de la Mer du Milieu. Tous les dix ans, les druides sélectionneurs publient une liste, une sélection de candidats pour la mission de libérateur, faite de noms de Beaux et de Laids.Cette histoire commence lors de l'annonce de la nouvelle sélection. La rumeur dit même que ce serait la dernière sélection.Le libérateur serait-il donc prêt ? Mais est-ce UN libérateur ?
Déliberations Et Mémoires de la Société Royale Du Canada
Author: Royal Society of CanadaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Humanities
Languages : en
Pages : 1172
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In Defense of Witches
Author: Mona CholletPublisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 125027222X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
Mona Chollet's In Defense of Witches is a “brilliant, well-documented” celebration (Le Monde) by an acclaimed French feminist of the witch as a symbol of female rebellion and independence in the face of misogyny and persecution. Centuries after the infamous witch hunts that swept through Europe and America, witches continue to hold a unique fascination for many: as fairy tale villains, practitioners of pagan religion, as well as feminist icons. Witches are both the ultimate victim and the stubborn, elusive rebel. But who were the women who were accused and often killed for witchcraft? What types of women have centuries of terror censored, eliminated, and repressed? Celebrated feminist writer Mona Chollet explores three types of women who were accused of witchcraft and persecuted: the independent woman, since widows and celibates were particularly targeted; the childless woman, since the time of the hunts marked the end of tolerance for those who claimed to control their fertility; and the elderly woman, who has always been an object of at best, pity, and at worst, horror. Examining modern society, Chollet concludes that these women continue to be harrassed and oppressed. Rather than being a brief moment in history, the persecution of witches is an example of society’s seemingly eternal misogyny, while women today are direct descendants to those who were hunted down and killed for their thoughts and actions. With fiery prose and arguments that range from the scholarly to the cultural, In Defense of Witches seeks to unite the mythic image of the witch with modern women who live their lives on their own terms.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Canada
Author: Royal Society of CanadaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1182
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King's Men
Author: John P. CuttsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Incidental Music
Languages : en
Pages : 262
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Sorcellerie et justice criminelle
Author: Alfred SomanPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040247679
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
The Parlement of Paris was the largest secular court in Christendom. Although its criminal archives have been preserved virtually intact, historians of the period of the great witch trials, as well as scholars of the Ancien Régime in general, have been discouraged by the notorious difficulties of research into them, and have effectively avoided these records. Alfred Soman was the first historian to have undertaken the task. In the fifteen articles republished here, which include both detailed investigations of particular cases and broad-ranging overviews, he contends that criminal justice in the 16th- and 17th-century France was far more humane and less severe than traditional assumptions would suggest. As early as 1588, the High Court began to take steps to restrain indiscriminate witch hunting, particularly in the eastern provinces where prosecutions were instigated not in conformity with, but in defiance of, the highest judicial authority in the land. Le Parlement de Paris, la plus grande cour de justice de l’Occident, nous a légué ses archives criminelles quasiment intactes. Pourtant les historiens des procès de sorcellerie, ainsi que les spécialistes des aspects institutionnels et sociaux de l’Ancien Régime, découragés par les difficultés notoires de la recherche, ont évité l’exploitation de ces documents. Alfred Soman est le premier chercheur à en avoir relevé de défi. Dans cette série de quinze articles, qui comprennent des enquêtes détaillés, ainsi que des essais de synthèse, il soutient que l’ancienne justice a été beaucoup plus clémente et moins ’injuste’ que de vieilles idées reçues ne le prétendent. Dès 1588, la Haute Cour commença à réprimer les nombreuses poursuites pour faits de sorcellerie, plus particulièrement dans l’Est du royaume, où certains sièges subalternes entamaient des actions criminelles intempestatives, prenant le contre-pied de la politique mise en place par le Pouvoir judiciaire central.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (picture book edition)
Author: C. S. LewisPublisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060556501
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Narnia: A magical land full of wonder and excitement. A place where you will meet Aslan, the bravest of lions, and a beautiful but wicked Witch. There are lots of other fabulous creatures too: giants and dwarfs and animals that talk. It all begins when four children -- Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy -- discover a strange old wardrobe. Stepping inside, they find that it's stranger still, because behind all the fur coats there is a wondrous land of trees and mountains, all glistening with snow. The White Witch has spread an icy winter everywhere. Only Aslan can defeat her and reverse her wicked spell. The children must find the lion before it is too late. If they fail, the Witch will make them her prisoners forever. In the fifty years since it was written, The Lion, the Witch And the Wardrobe has become one of the great classics of children's literature. Now younger children can share the magical experience, stepping into a world of enchantment that will forever lure them back.
