How has the concept of the superhero developed over time? How has humanity's idealization of heroes with superhuman powers changed across millennia--and what superhero themes remain constant? Why does the idea of a superhero remain so powerful and relevant in the modern context, when our real-life technological capabilities arguably surpass the imagined superpowers of superheroes of the past? The Evolution of the Costumed Avenger: The 4,000-Year History of the Superhero is the first complete history of superheroes that thoroughly traces the development of superheroes, from their beginning in 2100 B.C.E. with the Epic of Gilgamesh to their fully entrenched status in modern pop culture and the comic book and graphic novel worlds.
The book documents how the two modern superhero archetypes--the Costumed Avengers and the superhuman Supermen--can be traced back more than two centuries; turns a critical, evaluative eye upon the post-Superman history of the superhero; and shows how modern superheroes were created and influenced by sources as various as Egyptian poems, biblical heroes, medieval epics, Elizabethan urban legends, Jacobean masques, Gothic novels, dime novels, the Molly Maguires, the Ku Klux Klan, and pulp magazines. This work serves undergraduate or graduate students writing papers, professors or independent scholars, and anyone interested in learning about superheroes.
Автор: Morgan Henry Название: Ned Nevins, the News Boy, Or, Street Life in Boston. ISBN: 1275721478 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781275721470 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 4931.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Nevins C. B. Название: The Falcon of Navarre ISBN: 0615872565 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780615872568 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 3447.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Question: If you knew the human race would be extinct in thirty-three years, but you could save it by destroying a portion of it, would you do it? Think about it. Would you?
On the surface, The Falcon of Navarre is a sophisticated, metaphysical thriller. But it's also an allegory for our time. Taking an atypical look at politics and power, this novel addresses the ambiguity of warfare and the motives for terrorism and genocide. It is about the deserted and disenfranchised. It is about savagery and honor, conviction and the bonds of blood. But mostly, it's about our survival.
The overlying crisis is global warming, but the story is multi-tiered. Opening in the rural west, the human saga is one of a penitent father and an abandoned son grappling with profound moral choices. Underscoring their struggle is an historic subplot - centering on the discovery of a cave - chronicling the lives of five conquistadors who perished there early in the seventeenth century.
Main Characters and Backdrop:
Once a troubled youth, Englishman Fletcher Lawson is a consummate ladies' man, securing the means for a lavish lifestyle by marrying American heiress Meredith Palter. But by eloping with him, the young socialite enrages her father and becomes a pariah in her once privileged world. In rebellion, she takes her coveted husband and moves to a secluded ranch east of Denver. There, her strange death leaves Lawson a target of suspicion and the venue of tabloid news. Although legally vindicated, he is oddly guilt-ridden, becoming a twelve year recluse with only one confidante: a five hundred year old skeleton found on his property. Christoval Alcon de Navarre y Marquis is a conquistador and a deserter from Onate's last Iberian push into the American southwest.
As a science major, Pete Peters was top in his class at Harvard, but transferred his third year to a seminary to follow a spiritual calling. Despite two PhD's and outright brilliance, he has a hard time keeping a job. The radical reverend continually fuses physics with theology, appalling his fundamentalist employers. He lands in rural Colorado, where he and Fletcher get together once a week for scotch, cigars and chess.
Porter Eckhart is an unrivaled genius in the field of bio-engineering. He is the CEO of Trans-Origins, Inc., founded in Massachusetts, now based in Spain.
Corey Martin is a real estate agent handling the sale of Fletcher Lawson's estate. Her client's sudden decision to leave comes as a disappointment to the westerner not-so-secretly infatuated with him. But in a sluggish economy, she thinks she has time to fan the flames; that is, until Colorado billionaire Gordon Mackey shows an inexplicable interest in the Lawson property.
Then a stranger arrives at Fletcher's door. Tristan Velasco is a young Spaniard, about to teach Fletcher the raw meaning of truth, love, absolution, horror and hatred. Fletcher is about to meet Armageddon. But Armageddon has another name; and whether the man behind that name becomes humanity's ruin or salvation is at the core of the conflict.
Fletcher tries to cling to his privileged fa ade, but must abandon all pretenses to find himself and the courage to save his son. His travails wrench him from the vast high plains to the high seas of the Atlantic. No character is without flaw or without merit including the antagonist, offering an alternate view of what we construe as good and evil and the value of forgiveness.
There is little down time and not one predictable step on this journey; and although it is a ghost story, a love story and a very human, epic adventure, it is one to take seriously. The signs are there.
Автор: Joseph Nevins Название: A Not-So-Distant Horror: Mass Violence in East Timor ISBN: 0801443067 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780801443060 Издательство: Wiley EDC Рейтинг: Цена: 18533.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание:
On August 30, 1999, in a United Nations-sponsored ballot, East Timor voted for independence from Indonesia and for an end to a brutal military occupation. Upon the announcement of the result, Indonesian troops and their paramilitary proxies launched a wave of terror that, over three weeks, resulted in the murder of more than 1,000 people, the rape of untold numbers of women and girls, the razing of 70 percent of the country's buildings and infrastructure, and the forcible deportation of 250,000 people. In recounting these horrible acts and the preceding events, Joseph Nevins shows that what took place was only the final scene in more than two decades of atrocities. More than 200,000 people, about a third of the population, lost their lives due to Indonesia's 1975 invasion and subsequent occupation, making the East Timorese case proportionately one of the worst episodes of genocide since World War II.
In A Not-So-Distant Horror, Nevins reveals the international complicity at the center of the East Timor tragedy. In his view, much if not all of the horror that plagued East Timor in 1999 and in the 24 preceding years could have been avoided had countries like Australia, Japan, the United Kingdom, and especially the United States, not provided Indonesia with valuable political, economic, and military assistance, as well as diplomatic cover. The author explores issues of accountability for East Timor's plight and probes the meaning of what took place in terms of international institutions and law. Examining issues such as violence, the geography of memory, and social power, Nevins makes clear that the case of East Timor has much to tell us about the contemporary world order.
Автор: Nevins, Joseph Название: Not-so-distant horror ISBN: 0801489849 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780801489846 Издательство: Wiley EDC Рейтинг: Цена: 4631.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание:
On August 30, 1999, in a United Nations-sponsored ballot, East Timor voted for independence from Indonesia and for an end to a brutal military occupation. Upon the announcement of the result, Indonesian troops and their paramilitary proxies launched a wave of terror that, over three weeks, resulted in the murder of more than 1,000 people, the rape of untold numbers of women and girls, the razing of 70 percent of the country's buildings and infrastructure, and the forcible deportation of 250,000 people. In recounting these horrible acts and the preceding events, Joseph Nevins shows that what took place was only the final scene in more than two decades of atrocities. More than 200,000 people, about a third of the population, lost their lives due to Indonesia's 1975 invasion and subsequent occupation, making the East Timorese case proportionately one of the worst episodes of genocide since World War II.
In A Not-So-Distant Horror, Nevins reveals the international complicity at the center of the East Timor tragedy. In his view, much if not all of the horror that plagued East Timor in 1999 and in the 24 preceding years could have been avoided had countries like Australia, Japan, the United Kingdom, and especially the United States, not provided Indonesia with valuable political, economic, and military assistance, as well as diplomatic cover. The author explores issues of accountability for East Timor's plight and probes the meaning of what took place in terms of international institutions and law. Examining issues such as violence, the geography of memory, and social power, Nevins makes clear that the case of East Timor has much to tell us about the contemporary world order.
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