Strike Through the Mask - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Strike Through the Mask write by Elizabeth Renker. This book was released on 1996. Strike Through the Mask available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. And she explores Melville's complex relationship with women, particularly his wife and sisters, on whom he depended to copy and correct his manuscripts. (Renker's evidence that Melville physically and emotionally abused his wife, Elizabeth Shaw Melville, has already generated attention and controversy).
Masks of the Spirit
Masks of the Spirit - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Masks of the Spirit write by Peter T. Markman. This book was released on 1989-01-01. Masks of the Spirit available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Drawing on secondary works in archaeology, art history, folklore, ethnohistory, ethnography, and literature, the authors maintain that the mask is the central metaphor for the Mesoamerican concept of spiritual reality. Covers the long history of the use of the ritual mask by the peoples who created and developed the mythological tradition of Mesoamerica. Chapters: (1) the metaphor of the mask in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica: the mask as the God, in ritual, and as metaphor; (II) metaphoric reflections of the cosmic order; and (III) the metaphor of the mask after the conquest: syncretism; the Pre-Columbian survivals; the syncretic compromise; and today's masks. Over 100 color and black-&-white photos.
Striking Through the Masks
Striking Through the Masks - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Striking Through the Masks write by Morton Marcus. This book was released on 2008. Striking Through the Masks available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Moby Dick
Moby Dick - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Moby Dick write by Herman Melville. This book was released on 1892. Moby Dick available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A literary classic that wasn't recognized for its merits until decades after its publication, Herman Melville's Moby-Dick tells the tale of a whaling ship and its crew, who are carried progressively further out to sea by the fiery Captain Ahab. Obsessed with killing the massive whale, which had previously bitten off Ahab's leg, the seasoned seafarer steers his ship to confront the creature, while the rest of the shipmates, including the young narrator, Ishmael, and the harpoon expert, Queequeg, must contend with their increasingly dire journey. The book invariably lands on any short list of the greatest American novels.
The Unreasoning Mask
The Unreasoning Mask - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Unreasoning Mask write by Philip José Farmer. This book was released on 2021-06-29. The Unreasoning Mask available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A novel of alien gods, monsters, and galactic destruction from the New York Times–bestselling author of the Riverworld series. Captain Ramstan commands the crew of one of the only alaraf-drive vessels capable of instantaneous travel between two points of space. While on an official scientific surveillance expedition, he revises their mission to join the search for a missing ship. But instead of the spacecraft, they discover a planet in its death throes, decimated by meteors that have been launched with extreme velocity from just outside of its atmosphere. The ultimate source of the destruction, however, is beyond anyone’s imagination . . . Ramstan may be the only man who can stop the world-destroying entity known as the “Chaos-Monster” before it follows in their footsteps to Earth. A stolen alien idol offers aid—though at a price. But there are those who hear his warnings as nothing but the rantings of a delusional madman, and Ramstan will have to put his career—and life—on the line to prove that, though he might not be the savior the universe wants, he’s exactly the one it needs. Praise for Philip José Farmer “An excellent science fiction writer.” —Isaac Asimov “[Farmer’s work is a] blend of intellectual daring and pulp fiction prose.” —The New York Times “Farmer offers his audience a wide-screen adventure that never fails to provoke, amuse, and educate. . . . His imagination is certainly of the first rank.” —Time on The World of Tiers “The greatest science fiction writer ever.” —Leslie A. Fiedler, author of Love and Death in the American Novel
