The Methods Of The Gernet Classicists Rle Myth

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The Gernet Centre was founded as a place where the structural method could be applied to the classics. ‘Structuralists’ attribute the survival, origin and function of myths to common crosscultural factors they identify as ‘structures’. As this book, first published as The Structuralists on Myth in 1992 explains, these structures are bundles of information not obvious either to the narrator or to the listener. The bundles are collected features that reveal either the reasons for the survival of myths, or their origins, or their functions within their contexts. The structuralists consider themselves to have talents as the collectors from myths of these bundles of information.

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Genre : Literary Criticism
Author : Roland A. Champagne
Publisher : Routledge
Release : 2015-03-05
File : 168 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781317555926


Hitler The Survival Myth

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This is the only comprehensive history of the mythology surrounding Hitler's death; the legends of his survival and escape from Germany; and what the public's continuing fascination and the media's wild theories reveal about our society, historical perspectives and popular culture.

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Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Author : Donald M. McKale
Publisher : Cooper Square Publishers
Release : 2001
File : 316 Pages
ISBN-13 : STANFORD:36105110175549


Mindscapes The Geographies Of Imagined Worlds

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Eighteen essays plus four examples from the ninth annual J. Lloyd Eaton Conference on Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature at the University of California, Riverside. The concept of mindscape, Slusser and Rabkin explain, allows critics to focus on a single fundamental problem: "The constant need for a relation between mind and some being external to mind." The essayists are Poul Anderson, Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty, Ronald J. Heckelman, David Brin, Frank McConnell, George E. Slusser, James Romm, Jack G. Voller, Peter Fitting, Michael R. Collings, Pascal J. Thomas, Reinhart Lutz, Joseph D. Miller, Gary Westfahl, Bill Lee, Max P. Belin, William Lomax, and Donald M. Hassler. The book concludes with four authors discussing examples of mindscape. The participants are Jean-Pierre Barricelli, Gregory Benford, Gary Kern, and David N. Samuelson.

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Genre : Fiction
Author : George Edgar Slusser
Publisher : SIU Press
Release : 1989
File : 326 Pages
ISBN-13 : 0809314541


The Birth And Growth Of Myth

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Genre : Religion
Author : Edward Clodd
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Release : 1884
File : 52 Pages
ISBN-13 : OSU:32435000292748


Humboldt Library Of Science No 54 1884

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Release : 1884
File : 60 Pages
ISBN-13 : STANFORD:24504225095


The World Hitler Never Made

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A fascinating 2005 study of the place of alternate histories of Nazism within Western popular culture.

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Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Author : Gavriel D. Rosenfeld
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Release : 2005-05-23
File : 544 Pages
ISBN-13 : 0521847060


The Survival Of Easter Island

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Jan J. Boersema reconstructs the ecological and cultural history of Easter Island and critiques the hitherto accepted theory of its collapse.

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Genre : History
Author : J. J. Boersema
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Release : 2015-04-13
File : 313 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781107027701


King Harold Ii And The Bayeux Tapestry

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Harold II is chiefly remembered today, perhaps unfairly, for the brevity of his reign and his death at the Battle of Hastings. The papers collected here seek to shed new light on the man and his milieu before and after that climax. They explore the long career and the dynastic network behind Harold Godwinesson's accession on the death of King Edward the Confessor in January 1066, looking in particular at the important questions as to whether Harold's kingship was opportunist or long-planned; a usurpation or a legitimate succession in terms of his Anglo-Scandinavian kinships? They also examine the posthumous legends that Harold survived Hastings and lived on as a religious recluse. The essays in the second part of the volume focus on the Bayeux Tapestry, bringing out the small details which would have resonated significantly for contemporary audiences, both Norman and English, to suggest how they judged Harold and the other players in the succession drama of 1066. Other aspects of the Tapestry are also covered: the possible patron and locations the Tapestry was produced for; where and how it was designed; and the various sources - artistic and real - employed by the artist.

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Genre : Art
Author : Gale R. Owen-Crocker
Publisher : Boydell Press
Release : 2011
File : 217 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781843836155


Domestic Violence And Psychology

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Despite changes to laws and policies across most western democracies intended to combat violence to women, intimate partner violence and abuse (IPVA) remains discouragingly commonplace. Domestic Violence and Psychology: Critical Perspectives on Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse showcases women’s harrowing stories of living with and leaving violent partners, offering a psychological perspective on domestic violence and developing a theoretical framework for examining the context, intentions and experiences in the lives of people who experience abuse and abuse themselves. Nicolson provides an analysis of survivors’ real-life stories, and thoughts about IPVA. The attitudes of the general public and health and social care professionals are also presented and discussed. The theoretical perspective employs three levels of evidence – the material (context), discursive (explanations) and intrapsychic (emotional). Domestic Violence and Psychology is divided into three parts accordingly, engaging qualitative data from interviews and quantitative data from surveys to illustrate these theoretical perspectives. Although many pro-feminist sociologists and activists firmly believe that any attempt to explain domestic violence potentially condones it, this book takes up the challenge to make a compelling case demonstrating how we need to widen understanding of the psychology of survivors and their intimate relationships if we are to defeat IPVA. The new edition has been updated to include the latest developments in IPVA research and practice, and in particular examines the impact of a violent and abusive family life on all members, including children. This is essential reading for students, academics and professionals interested in domestic abuse, as well as professionals and practitioners, including psychologists, social workers, the police, prison officers, probation staff, policy makers, and charity workers.

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Genre : Psychology
Author : Paula Nicolson
Publisher : Routledge
Release : 2019-01-11
File : 199 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781351202060


All The Year Round

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Release : 1885
File : 728 Pages
ISBN-13 : CUB:P203201506004