Fantastic Histories

Author : Victoria Flood
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526164132
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fantastic histories written by Victoria Flood and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2024-05-28 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fantastic Histories explores the political and cultural contexts of the entry of fairies to the historical record in twelfth century England, and the subsequent uses of fairy narratives in both insular and continental history and romance. It traces the uses of the fairy as a contested marker of historicity and fictionality in the histories of Gerald of Wales and Walter Map, the continental mirabilia of Gervase of Tilbury, and the fourteenth- and fifteenth-century French Mélusine romances and their early English reception. Working across insular and continental source material, Fantastic Histories explores the practices of history-writing, fiction-making, and the culturally determined boundaries of wonder that defined the limits of medieval history.

Author : Christopher Stoll
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780692560297
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Natural History of the Fantastic written by Christopher Stoll and published by . This book was released on 2015-12-25 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 120-page artbook bestiary includes the anatomy, behavior, and origins of over 20 amazing fantasy creatures. Each interconnected through a series of recorded histories, myths, and first-hand encounters that stress the value of exploration and curiosity in the face of superstition.

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781786173355
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fantastic History Facts written by and published by . This book was released on 2017-06 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Abram Tert͡s
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780810107274
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fantastic Stories written by Abram Tert͡s and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abram Tertz is the pseudonym of Andrei Sinyavsky, the exile Soviet dissident writer whose works have been compared to fabulists like Kafka and Borges. Tertz's settings are exotic but familiar and as compelling as those of lunatics and mystics. This edition contains the nightmarish "Pkhentz," a story missing from the first English edition.

Author : Belinda Gallagher
Publisher : Miles Kelly
ISBN 13 : 9781848106611
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Over 1000 Fantastic History Facts written by Belinda Gallagher and published by Miles Kelly. This book was released on 2012-07 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover 1095 fantastic history facts with this incredible book. Why did the Egyptians make mummies? What was a hoplite? Where was the Colosseum built? Plus, you can have fun with the activities, test your knowledge with the quizzes and read extraordinary information in the I Don't Believe It panels.

Author : Terry Jones
Publisher : Puffin HC
ISBN 13 : 9780140362763
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fantastic Stories written by Terry Jones and published by Puffin HC. This book was released on 1994 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-two stories of mischief and magic, dragons and dinosaurs, monsters and mermaids, cruelty and courage.

Author : Fran Bromage
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781789892482
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fantastic Facts written by Fran Bromage and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Gary Gerani
Publisher : Harmony
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fantastic Television written by Gary Gerani and published by Harmony. This book was released on 1977 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Text and more than 400 illustrations provide information on every science fiction and fantasy program that has been shown on television.

Author : Betsy Harvey Kraft
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
ISBN 13 : 1627799125
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Fantastic Ferris Wheel written by Betsy Harvey Kraft and published by Henry Holt and Company (BYR). This book was released on 2015-10-13 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The World's Fair in Chicago, 1893, was to be a spectacular event: architects, musicians, artists, and inventors worked on special exhibits to display the glories of their countries. But the Fair's planners wanted something really special, something on the scale of the Eiffel Tower, which had been constructed for France's fair three years earlier. At last, engineer George Ferris had an idea-a crazy, unrealistic, gigantic idea. He would construct a twenty-six-story tall observation wheel. The planners didn't think it could be done. They called it a "monstrosity." It wouldn't be safe. But George fought for his design. Finally, in December 1892, with only four months to go until the fair, George was given permission to build his wheel. He had to fight the tight schedule, bad weather, and general disapproval. Against all odds, the Ferris Wheel turned out to be the talk of the Fair, and proof that dreaming big dreams could pay off. Today, George's Ferris Wheel is an icon of adventure and amusement throughout the world.

Author : Edward Yardley (writer of verse.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fantastic stories written by Edward Yardley (writer of verse.) and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: