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MYTH IN THE POETRY OF THOMAS KINSELLA
Title
MYTH IN THE POETRY OF THOMAS KINSELLA.
Creator
MARRIAGE, SUZANNE E., Florida Atlantic University, Peyton, Ann
Abstract/Description
Thomas Kinsella creates his own private mythology to explain those features of life which continually bewilder man. The central myth in Kinsella's poetry involves the isolated hero figu.re and his quest for order in a chaotic world. The quest exists perpetually, but glimpses of order appear after each ordeal encountered and through subjection to and acceptance of the brutal, bitter life offered by the chaos. He derives the basic pattern for his myth from the cyclical processes evident in...
Show moreThomas Kinsella creates his own private mythology to explain those features of life which continually bewilder man. The central myth in Kinsella's poetry involves the isolated hero figu.re and his quest for order in a chaotic world. The quest exists perpetually, but glimpses of order appear after each ordeal encountered and through subjection to and acceptance of the brutal, bitter life offered by the chaos. He derives the basic pattern for his myth from the cyclical processes evident in nature and in earlier myths. The seasonal, solar, and organic cycles of nature correspond to the appearance and themes of Kinsella's works. Kinsella's style reflects his quest. It is ordered and carefully structured. Structure and syntax work together to support and reinforce the thoughts and meanings within each poem and throughout the cycle of his myth.
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Date Issued
1977
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13842
Subject Headings
Kinsella, Thomas--Criticism and interpretation, Mythology in literature
Format
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Brooch of Clytemnestra
Title
The Brooch of Clytemnestra.
Creator
Moorhead, Kathleen T., Florida Atlantic University, Bucak, Ayse Papatya
Abstract/Description
The Brooch of Clytemnestra follows the adventures Margaret O'Brien, age thirteen, encounters when her family returns to the United States after living in Venezuela for ten years. Set in 1963, in the fictional town of Desolasol, located on southeastern coast of Florida, the O'Brien family must cope with cultural, social and religious changes in order to adjust to life in the U.S. The story takes place over the course of one week in story present in Florida, and over the course of one year in...
Show moreThe Brooch of Clytemnestra follows the adventures Margaret O'Brien, age thirteen, encounters when her family returns to the United States after living in Venezuela for ten years. Set in 1963, in the fictional town of Desolasol, located on southeastern coast of Florida, the O'Brien family must cope with cultural, social and religious changes in order to adjust to life in the U.S. The story takes place over the course of one week in story present in Florida, and over the course of one year in story past in Venezuela. The protagonist, Meg, runs afoul of the gods, when she unwittingly incurs the wrath of Zeus, who, along with the Pantheon of Greek gods, is summering on the coast in Desolasol. Meg is a normal girl, without magical powers. However, to protect herself, and her family, she must become willing to stand up to Zeus.
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Date Issued
2006
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13345
Subject Headings
Symbolism in literature., Florida--Social life and customs--20th century., Venezuela--Social life and customary--20th century., Mythology in literature.
Format
Document (PDF)
Mythological backgrounds in Sheri S. Tepper's fiction
Title
Mythological backgrounds in Sheri S. Tepper's fiction.
Creator
Carroll, Lonna Pomeroy., Florida Atlantic University, Collins, Robert A.
Abstract/Description
Sheri S. Tepper, using postmodern literary techniques, utilizes ancient story forms to examine our contemporary world in three science fiction novels. Classical Greek mythology in the form of a parodic drama, "Iphigenia at Ilium" is intricately woven into The Gate to Women's Country. European fairy tale characters become metaphors for a postmodern world threatened by overpopulation and the loss of magic in Beauty. An American Indian fable, featuring Coyote, provides the mythic paradigm for A...
Show moreSheri S. Tepper, using postmodern literary techniques, utilizes ancient story forms to examine our contemporary world in three science fiction novels. Classical Greek mythology in the form of a parodic drama, "Iphigenia at Ilium" is intricately woven into The Gate to Women's Country. European fairy tale characters become metaphors for a postmodern world threatened by overpopulation and the loss of magic in Beauty. An American Indian fable, featuring Coyote, provides the mythic paradigm for A Plague of Angels. Each ancient story form is re-worked into Tepper's postmodernist fiction giving a new slant to familiar stories that highlight Tepper's feminist, ecological themes: of the folly of war, the threat of overpopulation, and mankind's interconnectedness to all living creatures.
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Date Issued
1996
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15317
Subject Headings
Tepper, Sheri S--Criticism and interpretation, Mythology in literature, Science fiction--History and criticism, Fantastic literature--History and criticism
Format
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Which witch?: Morgan Le Fay as shape-shifter and English perceptions of magic reflected in Arthurian legend
Title
Which witch?: Morgan Le Fay as shape-shifter and English perceptions of magic reflected in Arthurian legend.
Creator
Oliver, Cheyenne, Lowe, Ben, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of History
Abstract/Description
Descended from Celtic goddesses and the fairies of folklore, the literary character of Morgan le Fay has been most commonly perceived as a witch and a one-dimensional villainess who plagues King Arthur and his court, rather than recognized as the legendary King’s enchanted healer and otherworldly guardian. Too often the complexity of Morgan le Fay and her supernatural abilities are lost, her character neglected as peripheral. As a literary figure of imaginative design this thesis explores...
Show moreDescended from Celtic goddesses and the fairies of folklore, the literary character of Morgan le Fay has been most commonly perceived as a witch and a one-dimensional villainess who plagues King Arthur and his court, rather than recognized as the legendary King’s enchanted healer and otherworldly guardian. Too often the complexity of Morgan le Fay and her supernatural abilities are lost, her character neglected as peripheral. As a literary figure of imaginative design this thesis explores Morgan le Fay as a unique “window” into the medieval mindset, whereby one can recover both medieval understandings of magic and female magicians. By analyzing her role in key sources from the twelfth to fifteenth century, this thesis uses Morgan le Fay to recover nuanced perceptions of the supernatural in medieval England that embraced the ambiguity of a pagan past and remained insulated from continental constructions of demonic witchcraft.
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Date Issued
2015
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004396, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004396
Subject Headings
Arthur -- King -- Legends -- Criticism and interpretation, Arthurian romances -- History and criticism, Druids and druidism, Magic in literature, Morgan le Fay (Legendary character)--Romances, Mythology, Celtic
Format
Document (PDF)
Emotion, language, and heroism in C. S. Lewis's Space Trilogy
Title
Emotion, language, and heroism in C. S. Lewis's Space Trilogy.
Creator
Leger, Heather Marie., Florida Atlantic University, Martin, Thomas L.
Abstract/Description
C. S. Lewis's Space Trilogy presents a hero in the person of philologist Dr. Elwin Ransom. Lewis's presentation exhibits a purposeful and precise use of language that describes experience and characterizes emotional authenticity. This use of language becomes particularly interesting when examined in light of the theories of Owen Barfield, who along with Lewis recognizes that myth is significant as an expression of language and its relation to the human condition, and Joseph Campbell, who...
Show moreC. S. Lewis's Space Trilogy presents a hero in the person of philologist Dr. Elwin Ransom. Lewis's presentation exhibits a purposeful and precise use of language that describes experience and characterizes emotional authenticity. This use of language becomes particularly interesting when examined in light of the theories of Owen Barfield, who along with Lewis recognizes that myth is significant as an expression of language and its relation to the human condition, and Joseph Campbell, who discusses the journey of the hero. In his own writings Lewis contends that there has been a process of working against the "mythical imagination," moving the hero away from the concrete and toward the abstract. Lewis works to reverse this process by presenting a modern hero who demonstrates an awareness of "old" conventions of language, emotion, and expression in which archaic and mythic concepts are available, where understanding need not be abstract to be acceptable.
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Date Issued
2004
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13180
Subject Headings
Lewis, CS--(Clive Staples),--1898-1963, Ransom, Elwin (Fictitious character), Lewis, CS--(Clive Staples),--1898-1963--Fictional works, Mythology in literature, English language--Rhetoric
Format
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