The Grotesque
Title | The Grotesque PDF eBook |
Author | Patrick McGrath |
Publisher | Vintage |
Pages | 193 |
Release | 2012-07-11 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0307822974 |
This exuberantly spooky novel, in which horror, repressed eroticism, and sulfurous social comedy intertwine like the vines in an overgrown English garden, is now a major motion picture, starring Alan Bates, Sting, and Theresa Russell.
Gargoyles and Grotesques
Title | Gargoyles and Grotesques PDF eBook |
Author | Alex Woodcock |
Publisher | Shire Publications |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2011-05-24 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9780747808312 |
Gargoyles are an architectural feature designed to throw rainwater clear of the walls of a building. Widely used on medieval churches, these water spouts were often richly decorated, and fashioned as serpents' heads and other fanciful shapes. Today, the term gargoyle is also popularly applied to any carved decorative head or creature high up on a building and this book is an exploration of all of these enchanting features. Written by an academic and stonecarver, it is the perfect introduction to this fascinating subject. Gargoyles aims to provide a concise introduction to the stone carvings often found on religious and secular buildings in Britain from the medieval period to the modern. It will explore the typical imagery, some of the theories put forward to explain them, as well as consider the carvings within their architectural and social contexts. Incorporating recent and current research, the book will nevertheless be accessible to the general reader.
The Grotesques
Title | The Grotesques PDF eBook |
Author | Arash Kamiar |
Publisher | Booktango |
Pages | 17 |
Release | 2012-10-29 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1468918133 |
The Pragmatists brought peace through reason to a war torn society. The warring factions obliged and admired the objectivity of the Pragmatists. Over time, however, the saving message of Pragmatism was twisted into a vain self-serving philosophy. The scars of which adorne the bodies of "The Grotesques."
Grotesque
Title | Grotesque PDF eBook |
Author | Natsuo Kirino |
Publisher | Vintage |
Pages | 482 |
Release | 2007-03-13 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0307267296 |
Life at the prestigious Q High School for Girls in Tokyo exists on a precise social axis: a world of insiders and outsiders, of haves and have-nots. Beautiful Yuriko and her unpopular, unnamed sister exist in different spheres; the hopelessly awkward Kazue Sato floats around among them, trying to fit in.Years later, Yuriko and Kazue are dead — both have become prostitutes and both have been brutally murdered. Natsuo Kirino, celebrated author of Out, seamlessly weaves together the stories of these women’s struggles within the conventions and restrictions of Japanese society. At once a psychological investigation of the pressures facing Japanese women and a classic work of noir fiction, Grotesque is a brilliantly twisted novel of ambition, desire, beauty, cruelty, and identity by one of our most electrifying writers.
The Works of Thǒphile Gautier: The grotesques: Franȯis Villon, Thǒphile de Viau, Saint-Amant, Cyrano de Bergerac, George de Scudřy, Paul Scarron
Title | The Works of Thǒphile Gautier: The grotesques: Franȯis Villon, Thǒphile de Viau, Saint-Amant, Cyrano de Bergerac, George de Scudřy, Paul Scarron PDF eBook |
Author | Thǒphile Gautier |
Publisher | |
Pages | 364 |
Release | 1901 |
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A New Book of the Grotesques
Title | A New Book of the Grotesques PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Dunne |
Publisher | Kent State University Press |
Pages | 166 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9780873388276 |
Sherwood Anderson, remembered chiefly as a writer of short stories about life in the Midwest at the turn of the century, was acknowledged as an innovator of the short story form. This book looks at Anderson's early fiction from contemporary interpretative methodologies, particularly from poststructuralist approaches.
The Grotesques
Title | The Grotesques PDF eBook |
Author | Théophile Gautier |
Publisher | |
Pages | 766 |
Release | 1901 |
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