Author: Raphael Holinshed File Type: epub [Original Title.] THE FIRST AND SECOND VOLUMES of CHRONICLES, comprising 1 The description and historie of England, 2 The description and historie of Ireland, 3 The description and historie of Scotland first collected and published BY RAPHAELL HOLINSHED, WILLIAM HARRISON, AND OTHERS Now newlie augmented and continued (with manifold matters of singular note and worthie memorie) TO THE YEARE 1586, By JOHN HOOKER alias VOWELL Gent. AND OTHERS. WITH CONUENIENT TABLES AT THE END OF THESE VOLUMES. HISTORI PLACEANT NOSTRATES AC PEREGRIN.

Author: James N. Frey File Type: mobi Myths, says James N. Frey, are the basis of all storytelling, and their structures and motifs are as powerful for contemporary writers as they were for Homer. In The Key, novelist and fiction-writing coach Frey applies his popular Damn Good approach to Joseph Campbells insights into the universal structure of myths, providing a practical guide for fiction writers and screenwriters who want to shape their ideas into a powerful mythic story. Amazon.com ReviewYou dont begin with meaning, according to fiction writer Rick DeMarinis, you end with it. A critic approaching a story from a mythological standpoint might find a mythological theme, but there are as many themes in a story as there are critical theories. Hogwash, says James N. Frey. Mythic structures, forms, motifs, and characters ... are The Key to writing more-powerful fiction, and it is a fiction writers job to imbue his or her work with them. In The Key, Frey describes each of the mythic qualities (ascribed to the mythic hero, the Evil One, the Call to Adventure, and the other elements of the mythic journey) and offers examples of how to use them in ones writing. Dont get the wrong idea. Frey is not interested in academic or overly intellectual writing. Sure, he invents a Proust-reading Nevada cowboy to illustrate the concept of The Heros Lover, but there are more references here to James Bond than to Homer. Frey advises using first-person journal writing to get to know ones characters. He emphasizes fictions need for conflict at every turn. And he recommends working from a premise, as it helps one know what to leave out (everything in the story must work to further the premise). Frey defines every possible mythic character or situation, then insists one not feel confined by them all. The mythic pattern is not a straitjacket, he says, its Play-Doh. Have fun with it. --Jane SteinbergFrom Library JournalIn this well-written and witty how-to, Frey, a writing teacher and author of the Damn Good writing books, focuses on the tradition of myth as a recipe for storytelling. Drawing from Joseph Campbells The Power of Myth, Frey explains that people respond strongly to mythic images and will essentially read the same stories over and over again readers of romances are a good example of this concept. The first half of the book is especially interesting, for it examines the mythic structure in such diverse works as Robin Hood, Beowulf, and Jaws and looks at myths that function in everyday modern life. In the second half, Frey provides the reader with a sample novella titled The Blue Light to illustrate the use of myth as a writing tool. Expect beginning writers to use this informative guide along with the authors other books. Recommended for public libraries.DLisa J. Cihlar, Monroe P.L., WI 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Author: Vladimir Latinovic File Type: pdf The volumes contributors strive for a realization of already existing common ground between religions. They engagingly explore how inter-religious dialogue can be re-energized for a new century. **

Author: Naci Yorulmaz File Type: pdf At the beginning of the nineteenth century, the Ottoman arms industry was self-sufficient. But from the 1880s to World War I, German arms companies held a monopoly position in the Ottoman arms market. How did Germany manage to conquer what had until then been an extremely competitive market, where British, French and American firms had been dominant for years? While acknowledging the importance of economic and political factors, Arming the Sultan suggests that the main determinants of the German success cannot be ascribed only to the market theory of supply and demand, but lie instead in a range of manipulative instruments built on foundations that were formed through close personal relations. Yorulmazs innovative book suggests that the value of these relationships has been overlooked, and ensured German success over British, French and American competition. Based on extensive multinational archival research in Germany, Turkey, Britain and the United States, Arming the Sultan explores the decisive impact of arms exports on the formation and stimulation of Germanys expansionist foreign economic policy towards the Ottoman Empire. Making an important contribution to the field of the historiography of the political economy of the international arms trade in the case of Germanys arms sales in the Ottoman Empire, Arming the Sultan reveals that arms exports proved to be an indispensable and integral part of Germanys foreign economic policy during the period under review.