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25 de mai. de 2024 · The Earth Mother was demoted in favor of a god of war — the heavenly hierarchy now reflected the earthly reality of a ruling patriarchy. Tiamat, though a demoness in the Enuma Elish, is descended from the Mother of All but has been transformed by an ancient defamation campaign waged by men with a political agenda.
Há 4 dias · 1 Byatt incorporates Jean d’Arras’s story of Melusine in her novel Possession: A Romance. This snake woman is also the Paracelsian Melusine (Zhang 31–4). 2 Paracelsus describes a typical alchemical process as follows: “[T]ake the electrum which has been destroyed and rendered evanescent, … place it in the Philosophic Egg, and seal it closely so that nothing may evaporate.
21 de mai. de 2024 · Tellingly, some readers of A.S. Byatt’s Booker Prize-winning Possession, whose intricate plot turns on the contemporary discovery of 19th century letters, were upset by a few sections that ...
Há 14 horas · While Byatt’s work is far more female forward and empowering, Miller gives us fantasy, magic, and spectacle. Idris Elba Is A Genie In A Bottle Three Thousand Years of Longing begins with Tilda Swinton’s character, Alithea, giving a lecture on mythology, what makes us hold onto stories for centuries, and why we believe in the characters we love.
12 de mai. de 2024 · Best known for his evocative and monumental steel structures, you can find Serra's... Published 05/05/24. Listen now to Looking back at A.S. Byatt, the celebrated English novelist and imaginative intellectual from Writers and Company on Chartable. See historical chart positions, reviews, and more.
10 de mai. de 2024 · A. S. Byatt is one of those rare writers equally powerful as a short story writer and a novelist, both filled with her rich knowledge of culture and history. Her work isn’t very fashionable at the moment, and I think its because we live in an especially anti-art and anti- intellectual moment.
Há 2 dias · Autore. A. S. Byatt. Editore. Casa editrice. Einaudi. Roland Michell, giovane studioso londinese mite e riservato, trova accidentalmente in un libro appartenuto a un poeta vittoriano due minute di una lettera indirizzata a una donna. Roland s'improvvisa detective, scopre l'identità della destinataria di quella missiva e coinvolge ...
