Author: Patrick Anderson
Publisher: London : Chatto & Windus
ISBN:
Category : Greece
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Travels to the main archaeological sites of Greece with descriptions from ancient and modern literature.
The Smile of Tragedy: Nietzsche and the Art of Virtue
Author:
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271059516
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271059516
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
The Smile of Tragedy
Author: Daniel R. Ahern
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271058900
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
In The Smile of Tragedy, Daniel Ahern examines Nietzsche’s attitude toward what he called “the tragic age of the Greeks,” showing it to be the foundation not only for his attack upon the birth of philosophy during the Socratic era but also for his overall critique of Western culture. Through an interpretation of “Dionysian pessimism,” Ahern clarifies the ways in which Nietzsche sees ethics and aesthetics as inseparable and how their theoretical separation is at the root of Western nihilism. Ahern explains why Nietzsche, in creating this precursor to a new aesthetics, rejects Aristotle’s medicinal interpretation of tragic art and concentrates on Apollinian cruelty as a form of intoxication without which there can be no art. Ahern shows that Nietzsche saw the human body as the vessel through which virtue and art are possible, as the path to an interpretation of “selflessness,” as the means to determining an order of rank among human beings, and as the site where ethics and aesthetics coincide.
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271058900
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
In The Smile of Tragedy, Daniel Ahern examines Nietzsche’s attitude toward what he called “the tragic age of the Greeks,” showing it to be the foundation not only for his attack upon the birth of philosophy during the Socratic era but also for his overall critique of Western culture. Through an interpretation of “Dionysian pessimism,” Ahern clarifies the ways in which Nietzsche sees ethics and aesthetics as inseparable and how their theoretical separation is at the root of Western nihilism. Ahern explains why Nietzsche, in creating this precursor to a new aesthetics, rejects Aristotle’s medicinal interpretation of tragic art and concentrates on Apollinian cruelty as a form of intoxication without which there can be no art. Ahern shows that Nietzsche saw the human body as the vessel through which virtue and art are possible, as the path to an interpretation of “selflessness,” as the means to determining an order of rank among human beings, and as the site where ethics and aesthetics coincide.
Cinema and Classical Texts
Author: Martin M. Winkler
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521518601
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
This book interprets films as visual texts and demonstrates the affinities between Greco-Roman literature and the cinema.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521518601
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
This book interprets films as visual texts and demonstrates the affinities between Greco-Roman literature and the cinema.
Archaic Smile
Author: A. E. Stallings
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 0374600732
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 77
Book Description
A new edition of A. E. Stallings's first book of poems, which was awarded the Richard Wilbur Award. In Archaic Smile, by the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award finalist A. E. Stallings, the poet couples poetic meditations on classic stories and themes with poems about the everyday, sometimes mundane occurrences of contemporary life (like losing an umbrella or fishing with one’s father), and she infuses the latter with the magic of myth and history. With the skill of a scholar and translator and the playful, pristine composition of a poet, Stallings bridges the gap between these two distant worlds. Stallings “invigorates the old forms and makes them sing” (Meryl Natchez, ZYZZYVA) in her poetry, and the scope and origins of her talents are on full display in the acclaimed author's first collection. The poems of Archaic Smile are sung with a timeless, technically impeccable, and utterly true voice.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 0374600732
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 77
Book Description
A new edition of A. E. Stallings's first book of poems, which was awarded the Richard Wilbur Award. In Archaic Smile, by the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award finalist A. E. Stallings, the poet couples poetic meditations on classic stories and themes with poems about the everyday, sometimes mundane occurrences of contemporary life (like losing an umbrella or fishing with one’s father), and she infuses the latter with the magic of myth and history. With the skill of a scholar and translator and the playful, pristine composition of a poet, Stallings bridges the gap between these two distant worlds. Stallings “invigorates the old forms and makes them sing” (Meryl Natchez, ZYZZYVA) in her poetry, and the scope and origins of her talents are on full display in the acclaimed author's first collection. The poems of Archaic Smile are sung with a timeless, technically impeccable, and utterly true voice.
Apollo's Outcasts
Author: Allen Steele
Publisher: Prometheus Books
ISBN: 1616146877
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Jamey Barlowe has been crippled since childhood, the result of being born on the Moon. He lives his life in a wheelchair, only truly free when he is in the water. But then Jamey's father sends him, along with five other kids, back to the Moon to escape a political coup d'etat that has occurred overnight in the United States. Moreover, one of the other five refugees is more than she appears. Their destination is the mining colony, Apollo. Jamey will have to learn a whole new way to live, one that entails walking for the first time in his life. It won't be easy and it won't be safe. But Jamey is determined to make it as a member of Lunar Search and Rescue, also known as the Rangers. This job is always risky, but could be even more dangerous if the new U.S. president makes good on her threat to launch a military invasion. Soon Jamey is front and center in a political and military struggle stretching from the Earth to the Moon. From the Hardcover edition.
Publisher: Prometheus Books
ISBN: 1616146877
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Jamey Barlowe has been crippled since childhood, the result of being born on the Moon. He lives his life in a wheelchair, only truly free when he is in the water. But then Jamey's father sends him, along with five other kids, back to the Moon to escape a political coup d'etat that has occurred overnight in the United States. Moreover, one of the other five refugees is more than she appears. Their destination is the mining colony, Apollo. Jamey will have to learn a whole new way to live, one that entails walking for the first time in his life. It won't be easy and it won't be safe. But Jamey is determined to make it as a member of Lunar Search and Rescue, also known as the Rangers. This job is always risky, but could be even more dangerous if the new U.S. president makes good on her threat to launch a military invasion. Soon Jamey is front and center in a political and military struggle stretching from the Earth to the Moon. From the Hardcover edition.
Apollo's Raven
Author: Linnea Tanner
Publisher: Bublish, Inc.
ISBN: 164704054X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
PenCraft 2019 Best Book of the Year Award A Celtic warrior princess is torn between her forbidden love for the enemy and duty to her people. AWARD-WINNING APOLLO'S RAVEN sweeps you into an epic Celtic tale of forbidden love, mythological adventure, and political intrigue in Ancient Rome and Britannia. In 24 AD British kings hand-picked by Rome to rule are fighting each other for power. King Amren's former queen, a powerful Druid, has cast a curse that Blood Wolf and the Raven will rise and destroy him. The king's daughter, Catrin, learns to her dismay that she is the Raven and her banished half-brother is Blood Wolf. Trained as a warrior, Catrin must find a way to break the curse, but she is torn between her forbidden love for her father's enemy, Marcellus, and loyalty to her people. She must summon the magic of the Ancient Druids to alter the dark prophecy that threatens the fates of everyone in her kingdom. Will Catrin overcome and eradicate the ancient curse. Will she be able to embrace her forbidden love for Marcellus? Will she cease the war between Blood Wolf and King Amren and save her kingdom?
Publisher: Bublish, Inc.
ISBN: 164704054X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
PenCraft 2019 Best Book of the Year Award A Celtic warrior princess is torn between her forbidden love for the enemy and duty to her people. AWARD-WINNING APOLLO'S RAVEN sweeps you into an epic Celtic tale of forbidden love, mythological adventure, and political intrigue in Ancient Rome and Britannia. In 24 AD British kings hand-picked by Rome to rule are fighting each other for power. King Amren's former queen, a powerful Druid, has cast a curse that Blood Wolf and the Raven will rise and destroy him. The king's daughter, Catrin, learns to her dismay that she is the Raven and her banished half-brother is Blood Wolf. Trained as a warrior, Catrin must find a way to break the curse, but she is torn between her forbidden love for her father's enemy, Marcellus, and loyalty to her people. She must summon the magic of the Ancient Druids to alter the dark prophecy that threatens the fates of everyone in her kingdom. Will Catrin overcome and eradicate the ancient curse. Will she be able to embrace her forbidden love for Marcellus? Will she cease the war between Blood Wolf and King Amren and save her kingdom?
Apollo's Lair
Author: Eddie Isley
Publisher: LifeRich Publishing
ISBN: 1489743588
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Apollo’s Lair is the first in a four part series that mixes fact, supposition, and fiction to craft a wonderfully complex tale. Could there be a group operating behind a veil of secrecy controlling all governments and making the political class little more than puppets on a string? Apollo’s Lair takes a peek behind that veil when Brooks Logan stumbles onto the ultimate conspiracy with one goal; to rule the world. Can he and his associates bring the world back from the edge of the abyss before freedom and democracy are destroyed?
Publisher: LifeRich Publishing
ISBN: 1489743588
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Apollo’s Lair is the first in a four part series that mixes fact, supposition, and fiction to craft a wonderfully complex tale. Could there be a group operating behind a veil of secrecy controlling all governments and making the political class little more than puppets on a string? Apollo’s Lair takes a peek behind that veil when Brooks Logan stumbles onto the ultimate conspiracy with one goal; to rule the world. Can he and his associates bring the world back from the edge of the abyss before freedom and democracy are destroyed?
Apollo's Seed
Author: Anne Mather
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1460347544
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
"You're trying to frighten me, Dion." Martha's voice was uneven, trying to conceal the fact that he was succeeding. She'd been tricked into this confrontation with her husband, and his proposal amazed her. After five years apart, she was being virtually forced to rejoin her wealthy Greek husband as his wife. Along with their small daughter, Josy. Martha realized her feelings for Dion were as deep as ever. But how could she once again cope with Dion's strong passionate nature if getting their child back was his only reason for wanting her?
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1460347544
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
"You're trying to frighten me, Dion." Martha's voice was uneven, trying to conceal the fact that he was succeeding. She'd been tricked into this confrontation with her husband, and his proposal amazed her. After five years apart, she was being virtually forced to rejoin her wealthy Greek husband as his wife. Along with their small daughter, Josy. Martha realized her feelings for Dion were as deep as ever. But how could she once again cope with Dion's strong passionate nature if getting their child back was his only reason for wanting her?
Looking for Smile
Author: Ellen Tarlow
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1534466207
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
In this sweet and gentle picture book, Bear wakes one day to find his Smile gone and enlists his friends to help him find it. Bear and Smile are always together. They wake up together, swim by the waterfall together, and eat honey together. But one day, Bear wakes up and Smile is nowhere to be found. With the help of his woodland friends, will Bear be able to find his Smile again? This tender and special debut picture book explores sadness with a light touch and shows that sometimes a good friend can make all the difference.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1534466207
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
In this sweet and gentle picture book, Bear wakes one day to find his Smile gone and enlists his friends to help him find it. Bear and Smile are always together. They wake up together, swim by the waterfall together, and eat honey together. But one day, Bear wakes up and Smile is nowhere to be found. With the help of his woodland friends, will Bear be able to find his Smile again? This tender and special debut picture book explores sadness with a light touch and shows that sometimes a good friend can make all the difference.
Apollo
Author: Carly Spade
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781734937923
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
For ballet dancer Laurel Berg, no amount of artistic expression ever seemed enough to satisfy the ravenous muse within her. Painting didn't have enough brush strokes, music didn't seem to have enough notes. But when the company director announces Ace, front man of the band Apollo's Suns would have a special appearance in their new production, she had no idea she'd be amidst the King of the Muses himself. And when magical things start happening, things she can't rationally explain, she'll discover there's more to rock star Ace than an ego the size of Mount Olympus and a dazzling smile that could put the sun to shame.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781734937923
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
For ballet dancer Laurel Berg, no amount of artistic expression ever seemed enough to satisfy the ravenous muse within her. Painting didn't have enough brush strokes, music didn't seem to have enough notes. But when the company director announces Ace, front man of the band Apollo's Suns would have a special appearance in their new production, she had no idea she'd be amidst the King of the Muses himself. And when magical things start happening, things she can't rationally explain, she'll discover there's more to rock star Ace than an ego the size of Mount Olympus and a dazzling smile that could put the sun to shame.