![]() ![]() ![]() I believe it could be shown in researches…that when a culture is in its historical phase of growing toward unity, its language reflects the unity and power whereas when a culture is in the process of change, dispersal, and disintegration, the language likewise loses its power. At other periods the language is weak, vague and uncompelling, such as when Greek culture was being disrupted and dispersed in the Hellenistic period. in which Aeschylus and Sophocles wrote their classics, or like the Elizabethan English of Shakespeare and the King James translation of the Bible. When you explore the rise and fall of historical eras, you will note how the language is powerful and compelling at certain times, like the Greek language of the fifth century B.C. The loss of the effectiveness of language…is a symptom of a disrupted historical period. ![]() Written in the middle of the 20th century, his guidance is no less relevant today. But May’s text is intelligent and engaging, with prose as lovely as the insights are profound. Author Rollo May Publisher Norton Copyright 1953 Buy this book AmazonĪ work of existential psychology-a movement which I make no claims to understanding. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() I found myself anxious for her to get her point made and move on. However, the style seemed stilted and detached. : Negotiating With the Dead : A Writer on Writing (9781844080274) by Atwood, Margaret and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible. In what ways, if any, does talent set you apart? Does it exempt you from the duties and responsibilities expected of others? Or does it load you up with even more duties and responsibilities, but of a different kind? Are you to be a detached observer…? Or ought you to be a dedicated spokesperson for the downtrodden of this earth…? She does have some very interesting points to make, and questions to ask. I cannot help but compare them, and I find this one better than Bradbury’s, but not so helpful (or entertaining) as King’sĪtwood clearly gave a lot of thought into the lecture series and she references many writers and books in a range of genres, though she does tend to rely most on classics / literary fiction and poetry. I read Ray Bradbury’s Zen in the Art of Writing last month and am just about to finish listening to Stephen King’s On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft. Somehow, I’ve found myself reading books about writing this past year. ![]() ![]() The lightness of her touch is underlined by a seriousness about the purpose and the pleasures of writing, and by a deep familiarity with the myths and traditions of Western literature. This book is the result of that experience. Margaret Atwood's wide reference to other writers is balanced by anecdotes from her own experiences, both in Canada and on the international scene. The series of six presentations were intended for scholars, students and the general public. Alternate or Subtitle: A Writer on WritingĪtwood was asked to give the Empson lectures at Cambridge University in 2000. ![]() ![]() ![]() In the present day, former Philly cop Nate Graves is stewing over the death of his abusive father, who's left him a home in the woods. ![]() An eerie opening introduces Edmund Walker Reese, a serial killer strapped into Pennsylvania’s electric chair circa 1990 for murdering four girls-a killer who disappears the second the switch is flipped. This is another doorstopper, but here he returns to macabre horror reminiscent of his supernatural Miriam Black novels, injected with a juicy dose of Stephen King–like energy. Prolific and delightfully profane, Wendig pulled off a good trick last time with his sprawling, inventive, and prescient apocalypse chronicle, Wanderers (2019). ![]() A family that's banished itself to the woods of rural Pennsylvania finds more than they bargained for when supernatural forces decide they would make quite a snack. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The right number of tasks is two, like Grandmother gave to Gentleman Jack: Fetch unto me the mountain's gold, to build our city fair. ![]() She finds two dolls who give her three tasks, even though she knows that three is too many tasks. But instead of gold, the Robber Girl finds a dollhouse cottage with doorknobs the size of apple seeds. Today, the Robber Girl and her dagger will ride with Gentleman Jack into the Indigo Heart to claim the gold that's rightfully his. Its voice in her head is as sharp as its two edges that taper down to a point. Part literary mystery, part magical tour de force-an incantatory novel of fierce beauty, lyricism, and originality from a National Book Award FinalistĪ brilliant puzzle of a book from the author of Chime and The Folk Keeper plunges us into the vulnerable psyche of one of the most memorable unreliable narrators to grace the page in decades. ![]() |