Heroes and Villains

2011-02-03 Fiction

Author : Angela Carter
Release : 2011-02-03
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 370/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Heroes and Villains written by Angela Carter. This book was released on 2011-02-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sharp-eyed Marianne lives in a white tower made of steel and concrete with her father and the other Professors. Outside, where the land is thickly wooded and wild beasts roam, live the Barbarians, who raid and pillage in order to survive. Marianne is strictly forbidden to leave her civilized world but, fascinated by these savage outsiders, decides to escape. There, beyond the wire fences, she will discover a decaying paradise, encounter the tattooed Barbarian boy Jewel and go beyond the darkest limits of her imagination. Playful, sensuous, violent and gripping, Heroes and Villains is an ambiguous and deliriously rich blend of post-apocalyptic fiction, gothic fantasy, literary allusion and twisted romance.

Heroes and Villains

2010-11 Literary Collections

Author : David Hajdu
Release : 2010-11
Genre : Literary Collections
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Book Rating : 835/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Heroes and Villains written by David Hajdu. This book was released on 2010-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heroes and Villains is the first collection of essays by David Hajdu' award - winning author of The Ten - Cent Plague' Positively 4th Street' and Lush Life. Eclectic and controversial' Hajdu's essays take on topics as varied as pop music' jazz' th...

Heroes & Villains

2003 Caricature

Author : Gerald Scarfe
Release : 2003
Genre : Caricature
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Download or read book Heroes & Villains written by Gerald Scarfe. This book was released on 2003. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heroes and Villains is a unique collaboration with the caricaturist Gerald Scarfe, which will also be the subject of a documentary on BBC Four. In the book, portraits of well-known figures, selected from the National Portrait Gallery's collections, are quirkily juxtaposed with caricatures that depict their villainous side. Gerald Scarfe, Britain's best-known caricaturist, provides these artful, glib distortions, many of which have been specially commissioned. They reveal the wit and vision of an exceptional draughtsman at work. who argue their views for and against, on subjects as wide ranging as Henry VIII, Oswald Mosley, Virginia Woolf, Princess Diana and David and Victoria Beckham.

Heroes, Villains, and Fools

2017-09-08 History

Author : Orrin E. Klapp
Release : 2017-09-08
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 829/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Heroes, Villains, and Fools written by Orrin E. Klapp. This book was released on 2017-09-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents three major social types in American society-heroes, villains, and fools-as models for American behaviour. Approaching these models primarily through language, Orrin E. Klapp explores what they may suggest about Americans as a people. Rather than study people, the author describes abstract types named and embedded in popular language. These social types are important symbols; and a way to attack a symbol is by identifying its meaning in various contexts. He further argues that the language surrounding heroes, villains, and fools reveals a social structure. We may not escape being ascribed a type, but we do have a choice of type. Known more commonly as "finding oneself," we can manipulate cues-with dress, facial expressions, style of life, or conspicuous public roles-to build an identity. This classic study has serious contemporary implications. For a public figure, an inevitable result of the typing process is the development of at least two selves, the public and the private. When the book originally appeared in 1962, the struggle to balance two images generally only plagued celebrities and politicians. Today, social media offers everyone the opportunity to develop an online persona. This volume will be of interest to sociologists as well as anyone who has a Facebook account.

Villains and Heroes

2020-10-15

Author : Lord Night
Release : 2020-10-15
Genre :
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Download or read book Villains and Heroes written by Lord Night. This book was released on 2020-10-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Phil Grey has always been a kid with special talents and his family has always maintained their privacy. But after moving to a new neighborhood and leaving his old friends behind Phil meets other kids with similar talents and he is prompted to unveil his secrets to them. Together the children discover a connection between their families and a history that is linked to a bitter enemy who is determined to destroy Phil's family. In contrast to the enemy the children meet an ally who endows them with powerful tools and vows to help them defeat the rising foe. With his newfound comrades Phil begins a journey that takes him away from his home and on a path of self-discovery. While the enemy becomes stronger Phil realizes that he must protect his city and his loved ones from danger, and he finds a bravery he never knew. Now having the new ally as a mentor Phil begins to realize his fullest potential and the ultimate power of friendship.

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