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Author: Marion Zimmer Bradley
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Published: 1995
Total Pages: 424
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe cross-currents of two cultures, one male-dominated, one egalitarian, combined with the human problems of two who switched allegiances, brings into focus all the deepest questions of love and marriage, justice and injustice. THENDARA HOUSE is a novel of speculation which has become a classic masterwork on the role of women on any world, past, present, or future.
Author: Sheldon Jaffery
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Published: 1987-01-01
Total Pages: 318
ISBN-13: 1557420025
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFuture and Fantastic Worlds embodies an unusual approach to the field of bibliographic research, including over 700 annotations of every DAW book published through mid-1987, with indexes by author, artist, and title, providing a massive guide to modern SF writers and their works, with much background data. Interspersed throughout the book are numerous wry, irreverent, and amusing observations offered by the late and highly respected researcher in this extremely valuable genre tool.
Author: Marion Zimmer Bradley
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Total Pages: 414
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Marion Zimmer Bradley
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2002-08
Total Pages: 1122
ISBN-13: 0756400929
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFantasy.
Author: Mary Ellen Snodgrass
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2020-08-27
Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 1476679525
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis literary companion surveys the young adult works of American author Marion Zimmer Bradley, primarily known for her work in the fantasy genre. An A to Z arrangement includes coverage of novels (The Catch Trap, Survey Ship, The Fall of Atlantis, The Firebrand, The Forest House and The Mists of Avalon), the graphic narrative Warrior Woman, the Lythande novella The Gratitude of Kings, and, from the Darkover series, The Shattered Chain, The Sword of Aldones and Traitor's Sun. Separate entries on dominant themes--rape, divination, religion, violence, womanhood, adaptation and dreams--comb stories and longer works for the author's insights about the motivation of institutions that oppress marginalized groups, especially women.
Author: Lucy Sargisson
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2002-11-01
Total Pages: 278
ISBN-13: 113476765X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA new and challenging entry into the debates between feminism and postmodernism, Contemporary Feminist Utopianism challenges some basic preconceptions about the role of political theory today. Sargisson explores current debates within utopian studies, feminist theory and poststructuralist deconstruction. Utopian thinking is offered as a route out of the dilemma of contemporary feminism as well as a way of conceptualizing its current situation. This book provides an exploration of, and exercise in, utopian thought.
Author: Pat Browne
Publisher: Popular Press
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 198
ISBN-13: 9780879724092
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom life and literature come the heroines of this volume. The essays demonstrate that women can fit the role of hero as defined by Joseph Campbell: "A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder, fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won, the hero comes back from this mysterious adventure with the power to bestow boons on his fellow man." Contributors to this volume cover a wide range of heroic women.
Author: Helen Saberi
Publisher: Oxford Symposium
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 392
ISBN-13: 1903018854
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEssays on cured, smoked, and fermented foods from the Proceedings of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cooking, 2010.
Author: Marion Zimmer Bradley
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
Published: 1997-04-01
Total Pages: 456
ISBN-13: 1101165723
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHaunted by fleeting, nightmarish memories of her childhood on Darkover, Margaret Alton flees her home with her uncommunicative, brooding father to take a job as assistant to musicologist Ivor Davidson, a career that takes her back to Darkover and a terrifying confrontation with the past.
Author: Laura Lambdin
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2007-11-30
Total Pages: 425
ISBN-13: 0313346836
DOWNLOAD EBOOKKing Arthur is perhaps the central figure of the medieval world, and the lore of Camelot has captivated literary imaginations from the Middle Ages to the present. Included in this volume are extended entries on more than 30 writers who incorporate Arthurian legend in their works. Arranged chronologically, the entries trace the pervasive influence of Arthurian lore on world literature across time. Entries are written by expert contributors and discuss such writers as Geoffrey of Monmouth, Boccaccio, Chaucer, Mark Twain, John Steinbeck, and Margaret Atwood. Each entry provides biographical information, a discussion of the author's use of Arthurian legend and contribution to the Arthurian literary tradition, and a bibliography of primary and secondary material. The volume begins with an introductory overview and concludes with suggestions for further reading. The central figure of the medieval world, King Arthur has captivated literary imaginations from the Middle Ages to the present. This book includes extended entries on more than 30 writers in the Arthurian tradition. Arranged chronologically and written by expert contributors, the entries trace the pervasive influence of Arthurian legend from the Middle Ages to the present. Each entry provides biographical information, a discussion of the writer's use of Arthurian legend and contribution to the Arthurian literary tradition, and a bibliography of primary and secondary material. The volume begins with an introductory overview and closes with a discussion of Arthurian lore in art, along with suggestions for further reading. Students will gain a better understanding of the Middle Ages and the lasting significance of the medieval world on contemporary culture.
