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Kevan Manwaring

    Kevan Manwaring je ocenený autor a prednášajúci tvorivého písania, ktorý sa zameriava na prepojenie mýtov, folklóru a moderného života. Jeho diela často skúmajú hranice reality a fantázie, vťahujú čitateľov do svetov, kde sa prastaré legendy prelínajú s contemporary prostrediami. Manwaringov štýl sa vyznačuje poetickým jazykom a hlbokým pochopením archetypálnych príbehov, ktoré rezonujú naprieč kultúrami. Jeho písanie je pozvaním k preskúmaniu skrytých dimenzií existencie a k objavovaniu mágie v každodennom svete.

    Lost Islands
    Oxfordshire Folk Tales
    • Oxfordshire Folk Tales

      • 224 stránok
      • 8 hodin čítania

      Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross and listen to the tales of this ancient county. Hear how a King and his knights were turned to stone at the mysterious Rollright Stones; how Dragon Hill got its name; take the Devil's Highway to the End of the World - if you dare; or spend a night on the weird Ot Mo∨ listen in on the Boar's Head Carol; walk the oldest trackway in Europe in the footsteps of a Neolithic pilgrim; pause to try the Blowing Sto≠ leave a coin for the enigmatic blacksmith to shoe your horse at Wayland's Smithy; eavesdrop upon the Inklings in the Eagle and Child; and meet that early fabulist, Geoffrey of Monmouth in the city of dreaming spires. This collection will take you on an oral tour across the county - on the way you'll meet gypsies, highwaymen, cavaliers, a prime minister and a devilish mason.

      Oxfordshire Folk Tales2012
      4,0
    • Lost Islands

      Inventing Avalon, Destroying Eden

      • 217 stránok
      • 8 hodin čítania

      Imaginary, otherwordly and lost islands frequently feature in literature. This study considers these mythic isles in the context of climate change and Earth itself as a threatened 'island'.

      Lost Islands2008