Welcome to our book review site go-pdf.online!
You may have to Search all our reviewed books and magazines, click the sign up button below to create a free account.
Multiple Masks
In Multiple Masks, Maureen A. Carr studies Igor Stravinsky's creative process for Oedipus Rex, Apollo, Persäphone, and Orpheus through his musical sketches and other documents?scenarios, librettos, correspondence, reviews, and philosophical commentaries, as well as previously uncited sources for Stravinsky's book Poetics of Music. A clear explanation of Stravinsky's compositional techniques within a broad cultural context emerges for each of these four significant works. Carr concludes that Stravinsky used Greek myths as filters for certain poetic ideas and musical techniques that he developed in his earlier works. At the same time the mythological story lines provided him with the objective stance that he was seeking in these neoclassical works.
Temperamental
None
Ovid's Amores, Book One
Students of Latin have long enjoyed the poetry of Ovid, but his love poems, aptly titled Amores, have proved more difficult to introduce into the classroom. Curricular changes and increased appreciation of sophisticated love poetry are finally making room for the Amores. This edition of the first book of the Amores—the only one available for both intermediate- and advanced-level classes—addresses the needs of students of varying abilities and experience, helping them comprehend, and more fully enjoy, the rich complexities of Ovid's poetry. In their introduction to the volume, Maureen B. Ryan and Caroline A. Perkins recount Ovid's career as a poet, describe the elegiac genre, and explain ...
Rose by any other name
Rose's plan for the roadtrip of a lifetime - a solitary voyage of self-discovery - is turned upside down when her mother decides to join her.
Para-narratives in the Odyssey
Para-Narratives in the Odyssey is the first full-length study in English of the function and significance of secondary 'para-narratives' in the poem and their relationship to its main story. Entertaining in their own right, they create illuminating parallels to their immediate context and enhance our understanding of the central narrative.
A Study in Time
In a near future Australia, Minnie thought she'd live out the rest of her life researching and teaching all things Ancient Greece to eager students. Then, Ronnie comes on the scene. Young and attractive, he inducts Minnie into Freedom, a movement dedicated to rescuing climate refugees from government time agents eager to prevent people from 'illegally jumping borders.' Soon, Minnie's caught up in the adventure of a life time. Tasked with rescuing a fellow Freedom agent from ancient Delphi and saving people about to drown as sea levels rise, Minnie soon discovers no one is who they seem. As government agents chase her through time, and a traitor is revealed, Minnie must use all her smarts to survive ... A short novella about time travel, trips to far flung locales in past and present and women going on kickass adventures.
Coloring Sons of Apollo
A riveting, deeply personal coloring book for 2021. In the stirring, highly anticipated first "Adult Coloring Book" series, Coloring Sons of Apollo tells the story of Sons of Apollo in an artistic and creative way through many beautiful designs and ornaments.
Exploring Space
None
