Joy of the Worm

Joy of the Worm

Author: Drew Daniel

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2022-05-02

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 0226816508

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Consulting an extensive archive of early modern literature, Joy of the Worm asserts that voluntary death in literature is not always a matter of tragedy. In this study, Drew Daniel identifies a surprisingly common aesthetic attitude that he calls “joy of the worm,” after Cleopatra’s embrace of the deadly asp in Shakespeare’s play—a pattern where voluntary death is imagined as an occasion for humor, mirth, ecstatic pleasure, even joy and celebration. Daniel draws both a historical and a conceptual distinction between “self-killing” and “suicide.” Standard intellectual histories of suicide in the early modern period have understandably emphasized attitudes of abhorrence, scorn, and severity toward voluntary death. Daniel reads an archive of literary scenes and passages, dating from 1534 to 1713, that complicate this picture. In their own distinct responses to the surrounding attitude of censure, writers including Shakespeare, Donne, Milton, and Addison imagine death not as sin or sickness, but instead as a heroic gift, sexual release, elemental return, amorous fusion, or political self-rescue. “Joy of the worm” emerges here as an aesthetic mode that shades into schadenfreude, sadistic cruelty, and deliberate “trolling,” but can also underwrite powerful feelings of belonging, devotion, and love.


The Worm Family

The Worm Family

Author: Tony Johnston

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13: 9780152050115

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The Witches of Worm

The Witches of Worm

Author: Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2012-10-23

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 1416995412

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Cats. Jessica’s never liked them. Especially not a skinny, ugly kitten that looks like a worm. Worm. Jessica wishes she’d never brought Worm home with her, because now he’s making her do terrible things. She’s sure she isn’t imagining the evil voice coming from the cat, telling her to play mean tricks on people. But how can she explain what’s happening? Witches. Jessica has read enough books to know that Worm must be a witch’s cat. He’s cast a spell on her, but whom can she turn to? After all, no one will believe that Worm has bewitched her...or worse!


The Worm at the Core

The Worm at the Core

Author: Sheldon Solomon

Publisher:

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 1400067472

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Demonstrates how an unconscious fear of death motivates nearly all human goals, behaviors, and cultures, examining the role of mortality awareness in prompting social unrest and war.


Worms Are A Yummy Snack

Worms Are A Yummy Snack

Author: Dorsey Spencer

Publisher:

Published: 2020-10-25

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 9781735536507

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Chase LOVES fish. His favorite is the catfish, with their funny whiskers and shark-like fins. But most of all, Chase likes eating fish - it's his FAVORITE food. When Dad says they can go fishing for the first time, Chase can barely wait to get to the pier...but fishing proves to be trickier than he thought! Worms Are A Yummy Snack helps young readers understand the importance of resilience and perseverance when learning a new skill, and introduces them to the art of fishing and its potential to turn into a yummy family dinner! This delightful story showcases a loving relationship between father and son, and allows parents, caregivers and young readers to positively discuss themes of patience, expression and management of emotions and dealing with failure.


The Tequila Worm

The Tequila Worm

Author: Viola Canales

Publisher: Wendy Lamb Books

Published: 2007-12-18

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 030743401X

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Sofia comes from a family of storytellers. Here are her tales of growing up in the barrio in McAllen, Texas, full of the magic and mystery of family traditions: making Easter cascarones, celebrating el Dia de los Muertos, preparing for quinceañera, rejoicing in the Christmas nacimiento, and curing homesickness by eating the tequila worm. When Sofia is singled out to receive a scholarship to boarding school, she longs to explore life beyond the barrio, even though it means leaving her family to navigate a strange world of rich, privileged kids. It’s a different mundo, but one where Sofia’s traditions take on new meaning and illuminate her path.


The Melancholy Assemblage

The Melancholy Assemblage

Author: Drew Daniel

Publisher: Fordham Univ Press

Published: 2013-04-22

Total Pages: 333

ISBN-13: 0823251276

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Tilting the English Renaissance against the present moment, The Melancholy Assemblage examines how the interpretive experience of emotion produces social bonds. Placing readings of early modern painting and literature in conversation with psychoanalytic theory and assemblage theory, this book argues that, far from isolating its sufferers, melancholy brings people together.


Worms

Worms

Author: Sian Smith

Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library

Published: 2012-07

Total Pages: 26

ISBN-13: 1410948129

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Presented in rhyming patterns, this book introduces worms.