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Ghosts of Ellicott City
The Ideology of Democratic Athens
The debate on Athenian democratic ideology has long been polarised around two extremes. A Marxist tradition views ideology as a cover-up for Athens' internal divisions. Another …
Undine - Illustrated by Arthur Rackham
Undine' is a fairy-tale novella, written by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqu (1777 - 1843). A true classic of the genre, it tells the story of Undine (a water spirit), who marries a …
Dancing With The Gods
This book is an ode to the mythological heritage of Bharatanatyam. The visual narrative captures the rich heritage of this temple dance and its original exponents, the Devadasis or …
Norse Mythology: Tales of Norse Gods, Heroes, Beliefs, Rituals & the Viking Legacy.
Norse Mythology Tales are often told marking the Vikings as no more than simple horn-helmeted explorers, infamous to abuse, pillage and plunder all that stood in their way. …
Performance, Culture, and Identity
This volume is based on the premise that artistic performance is epistemological, a way of knowing self, culture, and other. The nine essays in this book, based on a broad range of …
Roman Festivals of the Period of the Republic
Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with …
Stephen I, the First Christian King of Hungary
Stephen I, Hungary's first Christian king (reigned 997-1038) has been celebrated as the founder of the Hungarian state and church. Despite the scarcity of medieval sources, and …
Egyptian Tales
Labyrinth: Symbol of Fear, Rebirth, and Liberation
A labyrinth is an ancient circular diagram found in cultures around the world. Since antiquity, stories of the labyrinth--closely associated with the ancient sages of the Minotaur, …
A Semiotic Analysis of Guillaume Apollinaire's Mythology in Alcools
Guillaume Apollinaire's "Alcools" appears to be a haphazard accumulation of allusions, myths and neologisms. Biographically and historically oriented attempts to elucidate a …
The Unidentified: Mythical Monsters, Alien Encounters, and Our Obsession with the Unexplained
Absolutely perfect for the current moment. --Buzzfeed America's favorite cultural historian and author of Ghostland takes a tour of the country's most persistent unexplained …