The Danse Macabre of Women

The Danse Macabre of Women
Title The Danse Macabre of Women PDF eBook
Author Ann Tukey Harrison
Publisher Kent State University Press
Pages 194
Release 1994
Genre Drama
ISBN 9780873384735

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The 'Danse Macabre' of Women is a 15th-century French poem found in an illuminated late-medieval manuscript. This book contains reproductions of each manuscript folio, a translation and explanatory chapters by Ann Tukey Harrison. Art historian Sandra L. Hindman also contributes a chapter.

Mixed Metaphors

Mixed Metaphors
Title Mixed Metaphors PDF eBook
Author Stefanie Knöll
Publisher Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Pages 450
Release 2015-06-18
Genre Art
ISBN 1443879223

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This groundbreaking collection of essays by a host of international authorities addresses the many aspects of the Danse Macabre, a subject that has been too often overlooked in Anglo-American scholarship. The Danse was once a major motif that occurred in many different media and spread across Europe in the course of the fifteenth century, from France to England, Germany, Scandinavia, Poland, Spain, Italy and Istria. Yet the Danse is hard to define because it mixes metaphors, such as dance, di ...

Danse Macabre

Danse Macabre
Title Danse Macabre PDF eBook
Author Laurell K. Hamilton
Publisher Penguin
Pages 502
Release 2006-06-27
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1101146826

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In the thralls of supernatural passion, Anita Blake faces a most human dilemma.

The Dance of Death

The Dance of Death
Title The Dance of Death PDF eBook
Author Hans Holbein
Publisher Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Pages 62
Release 2016-09-22
Genre
ISBN 9781539025757

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The Dance of Death Danse Macabre Hans Holbein With an introductory note by Austin Dobson Dance of Death, also called Danse Macabre, is an artistic genre of late-medieval allegory on the universality of death: no matter one's station in life, the Dance of Death unites all. The Danse Macabre consists of the dead or personified Death summoning representatives from all walks of life to dance along to the grave, typically with a pope, emperor, king, child, and labourer. They were produced as mementos mori, to remind people of the fragility of their lives and how vain were the glories of earthly life. Its origins are postulated from illustrated sermon texts; the earliest recorded visual scheme was a now-lost mural in the Saints Innocents Cemetery in Paris dating from 1424 to 1425.

Danse Macabre

Danse Macabre
Title Danse Macabre PDF eBook
Author Desmond Manderson
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 301
Release 2019-04-18
Genre Art
ISBN 1107158664

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A revolutionary approach exploring legal themes such as justice, legitimacy, sovereignty, and power through close readings of major works of art.

Stephen King

Stephen King
Title Stephen King PDF eBook
Author Tony Magistrale
Publisher New York : Twayne Publishers ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International
Pages 218
Release 1992
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN

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Twayne's United States Authors, English Authors, and World Authors Series present concise critical introductions to great writers and their works. Devoted to critical interpretation and discussion of an author's work, each study takes account of major literary trends and important scholarly contributions and provides new critical insights with an original point of view. An Authors Series volume addresses readers ranging from advanced high school students to university professors. The book suggests to the informed reader new ways of considering a writer's work. Each volume features: -- A critical, interpretive study and explication of the author's works -- A brief biography of the author -- An accessible chronology outlining the life, the work, and relevant historical context -- Aids for further study: complete notes and references, a selected annotated bibliography and an index -- A readable style presented in a manageable length

Women and Other Monsters

Women and Other Monsters
Title Women and Other Monsters PDF eBook
Author Jess Zimmerman
Publisher Beacon Press
Pages 226
Release 2021-03-09
Genre Social Science
ISBN 0807054933

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A fresh cultural analysis of female monsters from Greek mythology, and an invitation for all women to reclaim these stories as inspiration for a more wild, more “monstrous” version of feminism The folklore that has shaped our dominant culture teems with frightening female creatures. In our language, in our stories (many written by men), we underline the idea that women who step out of bounds—who are angry or greedy or ambitious, who are overtly sexual or not sexy enough—aren’t just outside the norm. They’re unnatural. Monstrous. But maybe, the traits we’ve been told make us dangerous and undesirable are actually our greatest strengths. Through fresh analysis of 11 female monsters, including Medusa, the Harpies, the Furies, and the Sphinx, Jess Zimmerman takes us on an illuminating feminist journey through mythology. She guides women (and others) to reexamine their relationships with traits like hunger, anger, ugliness, and ambition, teaching readers to embrace a new image of the female hero: one that looks a lot like a monster, with the agency and power to match. Often, women try to avoid the feeling of monstrousness, of being grotesquely alien, by tamping down those qualities that we’re told fall outside the bounds of natural femininity. But monsters also get to do what other female characters—damsels, love interests, and even most heroines—do not. Monsters get to be complete, unrestrained, and larger than life. Today, women are becoming increasingly aware of the ways rules and socially constructed expectations have diminished us. After seeing where compliance gets us—harassed, shut out, and ruled by predators—women have never been more ready to become repellent, fearsome, and ravenous.