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Flight has always fascinated human minds, but until a century ago it remained a dream& the exclusive domain of birds, gods, and mythological heroes. From the myths of the ancients to the poetry of Pindar and Yeats, 'Winged Words' traces the imprint of the human impulse to fly from premodern times to the age of terrorism in both literature and history. Piero Boitani begins his analysis with an account of the way the myths of Pegasus and Icarus have persisted from classical to twentieth-century politics and literature. He then takes up the figure of Hermes; the roles of halcyons and eagles in classical, biblical, and later literatures; and literary response to Pieter Brueghel's 'The Fall of Icarus'. Honing in on modern figures and concerns, Boitani also offers a fascinating discussion of author-pilot Antoine de Saint-Exupe;ry and concludes with a meditation on the flight of the hijacked airliners on 9/11. Throughout, 'Winged Word' brings a remarkable range of men of action, politicians, theologians, writers, and artists into dialogue with each other: Shakespeare with T. S. Eliot, Horace with Ovid, Leonardo with Milton, Leopardi with Mallarme;, Saint-Exupe;ry with Faulkner and Rilke, and the Ulysses of Homer with the Ulysses of Dante. Ultimately, by showing how writers and fliers have looked to the ancients for inspiration, Boitani testifies to the modern relevance of poetry and the classics.' '
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English literature --- Flight in literature --- Imprisonment in literature
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This book explores the significance of flight to Romantic literature. Although the Romantic movement and the age of ballooning coincided, there has been a curious and long-time tendency to forget that flight was not impossible during this period. This study details the importance of this new technology to Romantic authors, primarily English Romantic poets. It combines accounts of the exploits and experiences of early balloonists with references to Romantic texts, using ballooning lore to illuminate a range of Romantic writings. The balloonists are seen as not just supplying these writers with a new code of metaphors, but as colleagues engaged in similarly imaginative enterprises. The book uncovers an 'aerial imagination' shared by a large number of writers in the Romantic period that has its origins in the balloon adventures of the 1780s and following two decades. It will appeal to scholars and students of Romantic cultural history, as well as those interested in Romantic poetry and the history of early aeronautics. John Gilroy was formerly a senior lecturer at Anglia Ruskin University and panel tutor at the University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education, UK, where he served as a course director for many years.
Pure sciences. Natural sciences (general) --- Literature --- History --- wetenschapsgeschiedenis --- literatuur --- literatuurgeschiedenis --- anno 1800-1899 --- anno 1900-1999 --- Europe --- English poetry --- Flight in literature. --- History and criticism.
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Une étude des mythes et des représentations littéraires et cinématographiques du voyage aérien, de l'Occident à l'océan Indien. ©Electre 2015
Literature --- Flight in literature --- Travel in literature --- Littérature --- Vol dans la littérature --- Voyage dans la littérature --- Themes, motives. --- Thèmes, motifs
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American literature --- Astronautics in literature --- Astronauts in literature --- Space flight in literature --- History and criticism --- Earth (Planet) --- Outer space --- In literature. --- Exploration --- History.
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Flight --- Flight in literature. --- Flight in art. --- Classical literature --- Mythology, Classical. --- Folklore. --- History --- Themes, motives. --- 87.04 --- -Flight --- -Flight in art --- Flight in literature --- Mythology, Classical --- Classical mythology --- Flying --- Locomotion --- Aeronautics --- Literature, Classical --- Literature --- Literature, Ancient --- Greek literature --- Latin literature --- Klassieke literatuur: thema's --- Themes, motives --- Folklore --- 87.04 Klassieke literatuur: thema's --- Flight in art --- Flight - Folklore. --- Flight - History --- Classical literature - Themes, motives.
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Fantasy fiction, French-Canadian --- Flight in literature. --- Folklore in literature. --- French-Canadian fiction --- French-Canadians --- Legends in literature. --- Supernatural in literature. --- Symbolism in literature. --- History and criticism. --- History and criticism. --- Folklore.
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Prix de Thèse 2010 de la Chancellerie des Universités de Paris. Voyageurs en songe ou en extase, explorateurs de lunes et de paradis, curieux portés par les ailes de l'esprit, sorcières et démons voyageurs, chevaliers parcourant le monde à bord d’hippopotames volants... La Renaissance est riche en récits et rêveries d’envol, comme le montre cette «pré-histoire» inédite du voyage aérien, qui s’achève (et non débute) avec les fictions lunaires du premier XVIIe siècle. Accordant une large place aux héritages antiques et médiévaux, l’étude explore le champ de la fiction narrative française et européenne ainsi que celui des discours savants abordant la question du vol et de l’élévation (cosmographie, astronomie, magie, démonologie, etc.). Ainsi se révèle, dans ce dialogue entre littérature et savoirs, la vigueur de l’imaginaire du vol à la Renaissance et la richesse des récits d’élévation, ces fictions du décentrement par excellence, qui permettent de dominer la Terre du regard comme d’imaginer des mondes «excentriques». Fables superlatives, les récits de voyages aériens invitent également à interroger les conceptions renaissantes de la fiction romanesque et du vraisemblable, dont ils constituent un cas privilégié de la mise à l’épreuve.
Comparative literature --- Thematology --- anno 1500-1599 --- anno 1400-1499 --- Europe --- Flight in literature --- Travel in literature --- European literature --- History and criticism --- Flight in literature. --- Travel in literature. --- Fliegen (Motiv) --- Flugreise (Motiv) --- Literatur. --- History and criticism. --- Geschichte 1500-1600. --- Fliegen (Motiv). --- Flugreise (Motiv). --- Voyages and travels in literature --- European literature - Renaissance, 1450-1600 - History and criticism --- Littérature --- Récits de voyages --- Démonologie --- Diable --- Aérostation --- 1500-1800 --- Dans la littérature --- Renaissance --- Thèmes, motifs
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English literature --- anno 1700-1799 --- Flight in literature --- Imprisonment in literature --- Littérature anglaise --- Vol dans la littérature --- Emprisonnement dans la littérature --- History and criticism --- Histoire et critique --- -Flight in literature --- British literature --- Inklings (Group of writers) --- Nonsense Club (Group of writers) --- Order of the Fancy (Group of writers) --- Littérature anglaise --- Vol dans la littérature --- Emprisonnement dans la littérature --- Evasion dans la littérature --- 18e siècle
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Exoticism in literature --- Exotisme dans la littérature --- Exotisme in de literatuur --- Homoseksualiteit in de literatuur --- Homosexuality in literature --- Homosexualité dans la littérature --- Reis in de literatuur --- Reizen in de literatuur --- Space flight in literature --- Travel in literature --- Utopias in literature --- Utopies dans la littérature --- Utopieën in de literatuur --- Voyage dans la littérature --- Voyages dans la littérature --- Exoticism in literature. --- Space flight in literature. --- 82:003 --- 82:1 --- Utopian literature --- Voyages and travels in literature --- 82:1 Literatuur en filosofie --- Literatuur en filosofie --- 82:003 Semiotiek in de literatuur --- Semiotiek in de literatuur --- Barthes, Roland --- Barthes, Roland. --- Homosexuality in literature. --- Travel in literature. --- Utopias in literature. --- Barthes, R. --- Барт, Ролан --- Bart, Rolan --- Baruto, Roran --- בארת, רולאן --- بارت، رولان --- ロラン・バルト --- Luolan Bate --- 羅蘭・巴特
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