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Cultural Reflections of Medusa The Shadow in the Glass. by Hedgecock, Jennifer

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Half Title; Series Information; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of contents; Introduction; Bibliography; Part I The myth; 1 The modern Medusa; Bibliography; 2 The historical and mythical origins of Medusa; Gaia the primordial goddess; The Medusa head in Greek myth; 3 Symbolism in the Medusa myth: The decapitated head of Medusa; The snake archetype; The rite of passage; Philosophical influences on the Symbolist Movement; Bibliography; Part II Symbolist interpretations of Medusa; 4 Jean Delville and The Idol of Perversity; Bibliography…”
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From chanson de geste to epic chronicle : medieval Occitan poetry of war / by Gouiran, Gérard

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- List of Original Essays -- Part I Women and Saracens in the Occitan chansons de geste -- 1 Silhouettes of women in the Occitan and Old French Roland texts -- 2 Belauda's garden -- 3 Aude, Iphigenia, Polyxena -- 4 So dis la donna: 'Oy, bel sira Rollan, mos maritz es en malaür lo gran': the Saracens and the Saracen woman in Rollan a Saragossa -- 5 The Saracen: from the depths of Hell to the gates of salvation -- 6 Between Saracens and Christians, or the decapitated horse…”
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