In the Mists of Time: Negotiating the Past in Ancient Literature
In the Mists of Time: Negotiating the Past in Ancient Literature

Author: Franco Montanari

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2024-10-07

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 3111502198

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The idea of the past, far from suggesting a nostalgic longing or an antiquarian curiosity for ages and cultures irrevocably lost, is essential to the human perception of the world. The volume at hand, entitled In the Mists of Time: Negotiating the Past in Ancient Literature, explores pastness as expressed through myth and early history and as reflected in sophisticated concepts and epistemological questions in Ancient Greek and Latin literature. The eighteen contributions illustrate how the ancients addressed the past through poetry, history and philosophy and lend insight into the metaliterary, self-reflexive way of dealing with past texts through scholarship.

The Mists of Time
The Mists of Time

Author: Susan Squires

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2010-08-31

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 1429928913

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Diana Dearborn knows all about romance, at least in the books she writes. But passion eludes her in real life—until she's offered the chance to travel back in time to Camelot. The world of King Arthur and Guinevere is nothing like she pictured, neither is the knight she encounters on her return to San Francisco: Gawain, the hero of her current project. He's complicated, mysterious, and sexier than anything her imagination could conjure. And he's been waiting for her... Now, joined together in a desperate race, Diana and Gawain must prevent an ancient, evil force from wreaking mayhem in the all-too-real present. Diana must learn to trust Gawain—even while she encounters secrets about her own past. But even if their mission succeeds, does Diana's destiny lie with this man from another time—and will their love alter history forever?

The Mists of Avalon
The Mists of Avalon

Author: Marion Zimmer Bradley

Publisher: Ballantine Books

Published: 2001-07-15

Total Pages: 1073

ISBN-13: 0345448162

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The magical saga of the women behind King Arthur's throne. “A monumental reimagining of the Arthurian legends . . . reading it is a deeply moving and at times uncanny experience. . . . An impressive achievement.”—The New York Times Book Review In Marion Zimmer Bradley's masterpiece, we see the tumult and adventures of Camelot's court through the eyes of the women who bolstered the king's rise and schemed for his fall. From their childhoods through the ultimate fulfillment of their destinies, we follow these women and the diverse cast of characters that surrounds them as the great Arthurian epic unfolds stunningly before us. As Morgaine and Gwenhwyfar struggle for control over the fate of Arthur's kingdom, as the Knights of the Round Table take on their infamous quest, as Merlin and Viviane wield their magics for the future of Old Britain, the Isle of Avalon slips further into the impenetrable mists of memory, until the fissure between old and new worlds' and old and new religions' claims its most famous victim.

Lost in the Mist of Time
Lost in the Mist of Time

Author: Karen Nutt

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2013-08-04

Total Pages: 496

ISBN-13: 9781493735037

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Aislinn Hennessy pens tales of courage, loyalty, and true love, but her heroes of old are pure fantasy-figments of her imagination. She long ago gave up thinking a knight in shining armor would sweep her off her feet, but then she never expected to run him off the road either. Sir Dougray Fitzpatrick has buried one wife and vows to never love again-but destiny has other plans for this 16th century Irish Lord. During a battle, a mist separates Dougray from his men and casts him into the future. Dougray must return to Dunhaven and to his century, but Aislinn follows him into the mist, leaving him no choice, but to take her home with him. Conspiracies, feuds and unexpected violence are commonplace threats, but along the way, Aislinn and Dougray discover a surprise neither one expects: a chance for love even when they're Lost in the Mist of Time.

Mists of Dawn
Mists of Dawn

Author: Chad Oliver

Publisher: Hachette UK

Published: 2014-05-29

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13: 057512637X

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A 17-year-old makes an unplanned trip through space and time to Europe 50,000 years ago where Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon man engage in conflict for survival.

Through the Mists of Time to Albeon
Through the Mists of Time to Albeon

Author: Linda Crichton

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2022-06-01

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 1663238391

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In this second book, King Ian, and Titus are at a celebration for their children. And with an explosion, a swirling vortex appears before King Ian, and Titus, and the vortex sucks them into it. The white dragon Zenith, follows them into the vortex. They are sent back in time, but not just back in time, but to the very mists of time. King Ian, and Titus are now twelve in this time. And with Zenith’s help they must find their way back to their own time, and back to Albeon their home, and their world Zantasy. An unknown evil wizard has sent them back to the mists of time, so he can claim their kingdoms, by getting rid of them, frozen in the mists of time. And unless the wizard is stopped the mists of time will destroy their world. King Ian, and Titus must find the other magical people sent back to this very odd time, or the mists of time. Now, their adventure begins, as they try to find their way back to their own time, to save their world, and to stop the evil wizard, and the mists of time, the evil one has created.

Jack the Ripper - Through the Mists of Time
Jack the Ripper - Through the Mists of Time

Author: Peter Hodgson

Publisher: Pneuma Springs Publishing

Published: 2011-08-26

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 1907728252

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Over a century ago a series of shocking mutilation murders took place in a squalid, overcrowded district of Victorian London. Five women fell victim to a man driven by rage and violent fantasy. The newspapers of the day gave him a chilling nickname, a name that evokes images of gas-lit foggy streets and a top-hatted sinister figure carrying a Gladstone bag. From the outset, the murderer attained almost mythical status merely by virtue of his name and his uncanny ability to avoid detection. The legend of Jack the Ripper was born. Peter Hodgson’s detailed and entertaining overview of Ripper lore in fact, film and fiction analyses the fiend’s awesome legacy. He explores the institutions and the individuals: the Jewish community and their rituals with meat, the scandal-prone royal family, the Victorian police and their simplistic methods of investigation, the streetwalkers and their trade. This book compares the fiction with the reality of those ghastly events, and clearly shows how the real killer has been transformed into a creature of the mind–the ‘other’ Jack the Ripper. Examination of the victims’ mutilations reveals the true nature of ‘Jack’s’ grotesque fantasies. This aspect–coupled with his elementary anatomical knowledge–is used in conjunction with the FBI’s appraisal of the case to construct a unique psychological profile. From the long list of candidates the author reveals his prime suspect for the role of the world’s most infamous serial killer. Book reviews online: PublishedBestsellers website.