Library Skills (eBook)

Library Skills (eBook)

Author: Sylvia J. Duncan

Publisher: Lorenz Educational Press

Published: 1989-09-01

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 0787780707

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This book demonstrates the usefulness of libraries and books by presenting a basic overview of how to find and use library materials. Many of the exercises require visits to a school or public library. Most of the worksheets can be completed with minimal assistance from the teacher. The work-study pages reflect the changing world of libraries and information centers. New technology affecting present libraries and libraries of the future is introduced and explained on these pages.


Encyclopedia of Giants and Humanoids in Myth, Legend and Folklore

Encyclopedia of Giants and Humanoids in Myth, Legend and Folklore

Author: Theresa Bane

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2016-05-12

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 1476623384

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Every culture has in its folklore and mythology beings of immense size and strength, as well as other preternatural humanoids great or small who walk among us, serving the divine or fulfilling their own agendas. This book catalogs the lore and legends of more than 1,000 different humanoid species and individual beings, including the Titans, Valkyries, Jotnar, yōkai, biblical giants, elves, ogres, trolls and many more.


Classical Myth in Alfred Hitchcock's Wrong Man and Grace Kelly Films

Classical Myth in Alfred Hitchcock's Wrong Man and Grace Kelly Films

Author: Mark William Padilla

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2018-12-12

Total Pages: 413

ISBN-13: 1498563511

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Mark Padilla’s classical reception readings of Alfred Hitchcock features some of the director’s most loved and important films, and demonstrates how they are informed by the educational and cultural classicism of the director’s formative years. The six close readings begin with discussions of the production histories, so as to theorize and clarify how classicism could and did enter the projects. Exploration of the films through a classical lens creates the opportunity to explore new themes and ideological investments. The result is a further appreciation of both the engine of the director’s storytelling creativity and the expressionism of classicism, especially Greek myth and art, in British and American modernism. The analysis organizes the material into two triptychs, one focused on the three films sharing a wrong man pattern (wrongly accused man goes on the run to clear himself), the other treating the films starring the actress Grace Kelly. Chapter One, on The 39 Steps (1935), finds the origins of the wrong man plot in early 20th-century British classicism, and demonstrates that the movie utilizes motifs of Homer’s Odyssey. Chapter Two, on Saboteur (1942), theorizes the impact of the director’s memories of the formalism and myths associated with the Parthenon sculptures housed in the British Museum. Chapter Three, on North by Northwest, participates in the myths of the hero Oedipus, as associated with early Greek epic, Freud, Nietzsche, and Sophocles. Chapter Four, on Dial M for Murder (1954), returns to Homer’s Odyssey in the interpretive use of “the lay of Demodocus,” a story about the sexual triangle of Hephaestus, Aphrodite, and Ares. Chapter Five, on Rear Window (1954), finds its narrative archetype in The Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite; the erotic theme of Sirius, the Dog Star, also marks the film. Chapter Six, on To Catch a Thief (1955), offers the opportunity to break from mythic analogues, and to consider the film’s philosophical resonances (Plato and Epicurus) in the context of motifs coalesced around the god Dionysus/Bacchus.


The Library of Greek Mythology

The Library of Greek Mythology

Author: Apollodorus

Publisher:

Published: 2020-12-28

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 9781420971071

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"The Library of Greek Mythology" is a classic source of Greek mythology, heroes, and legend. Also known as the "Library of Apollodorus", or the "Bibliotheca of Pseudo-Apollodorus", this definitive compendium dates originally from the first or second century A.D. The "Library" was first mentioned in a 9th century manuscript and has been considered over the centuries to be one of the most important and valuable works of mythology to survive from ancient times. The stories found in this priceless collection are the famous stories and legends of ancient Greece, from the beginning of the world to the events of the Trojan War. The "Library" introduced countless readers and writers to the fascinating tales of Greek gods, frightful monsters, and fearless heroes, such as Jason, Hercules, and Perseus. This authoritative collection is a must-read for scholars, students, and fans of Greek mythology. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper. This is a publication of Digireads.com Publishing. Digireads.com Publishing has been focused on the publishing of classic works of literature in paperback and electronic formats (ebooks) globally since 2003.


Legends of the Gods: The Egyptian Texts; Edited with Translations

Legends of the Gods: The Egyptian Texts; Edited with Translations

Author: E. A. Wallis Budge

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2022-10-27

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781015708037

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.


Legends of the Gods

Legends of the Gods

Author: E. A. E. A. Wallis Budge

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2014-12-10

Total Pages: 84

ISBN-13: 9781505446586

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The welcome which has been accorded to the volumes of this Series, and the fact that some of them have passed into second and third editions, suggest that these little books have been found useful by beginners in Egyptology and others. Hitherto the object of them has been to supply information about the Religion, Magic, Language, and History of the ancient Egyptians, and to provide editions of the original texts from which such information was derived.