McClure, Michael

Myth and Knowing: An Introduction to World Mythology

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Mythology class book
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Myth and Knowing: An Introduction to World Mythology
LEONARD , Scott A. Leonard , and Michael McClure
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Myth and Knowing is a rich resource of myths and mythology through the ages, in which scholarly and literary materials combine to provide a seamless portrait of this multicultural topic. Balanced and nuanced discussions explore the ways in which myths have portrayed both men and women. In addition, art and maps contextualize selected myths, providing insights into the cultures and religious traditions from which they originated.</p>

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A New Standard.......2006-05-11

Though many have attempted such a feat, in Myth & Knowing, Leonard and McClure have finally written the foundational textbook for comparative mythologies, and, in doing so, have also created a remarkable text for exploring the transition from oral tradition to written text. As the title suggests, Myth & Knowing moves beyond a simple reiteration of the stories by grouping them into conceptual chapters (Creation Myths, The Female Divine, The Male Divine, Trickster Myths, and Sacred Places)which not only invites direct comparisons but creates archetypal structures that become the critical basis for analyzing modern mythologies and even modern epistomologies. I have used this text with great success in introductory mythology, religion, and literature classes.

Mythology class book.......2005-10-01

This was a book that I read for a Mythology and Folklore class. I liked the book because it was easy to read and it contained a lot of history. Having the background information to accompany the stories was helpful and made the reading more interesting. Highly recommended.

Great for class or just to read.......2004-03-19

Myth and Knowing was used for my Mythology in Literature class at University and it was a great book. The chapter divisions are helpful for the way my class was taught. The chapters are divded into groups like; The Male Divine and Creation Myths. In this format you can look at the many many different creation myths out there all in one section to see the differences and similarities. The book covers a huge range of cultures in the stories used for examples about the topic at hand. From Iceland to Africa and America it offers stories on how the many people groups of the world view the divine.

Crosley: Two Brothers and a Business Empire That Transformed the Nation

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Crosley
Could NOT Put The Book down until I was DONE!
An extremely well-written and enjoyable adventure
Had a wonderful time with this book!
Crosley

Crosley: Two Brothers and a Business Empire That Transformed the Nation
David Stern , Michael A. Banks , and Rusty McClure
Manufacturer: Emmis Books
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Binding: Hardcover

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Set in the vibrant Industrial Age and filigreed with family drama and epic ambition, Crosley chronicles one of the great untold tales of the twentieth century. Born in the late 1800s into a humble world of dirt roads and telegraphs, Powel and Lewis Crosley were opposites in many ways but shared drive, talent, and an unerring knack for knowing what Americans wanted. Their pioneering inventions — from the first mass-produced economy car to the push-button radio — and breakthroughs in broadcasting and advertising made them both wealthy and famous, as did their ownership of the Cincinnati Reds. But as their fortunes grew, so did Powel’s massive ego, which demanded he own eight mansions and seven yachts at the height of the Great Depression. Rich with detailed reminiscences from surviving family members, Crosley is both a powerful saga of a heady time in American history and an intimate tale of two brilliant brothers navigating triumph and tragedy.

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Crosley.......2007-05-31

This was one of the most intersting biog. I have read in a long time. It is hard to believe the brothers could jam that much into just one lifetime and then it was all gone. I heartly recommend this book if you have an interest in one of our most exciting periods.

Could NOT Put The Book down until I was DONE!.......2007-05-14

While growing up in the sixties I went to Crosley field many times. Interesting that Powel, the elder brother, had many issues with parking, and bribed Cinci officials to do something about the parking by threatening to move the team out of the city.
This book is a fascinating snapshot of the elder, driven brother, who was a classic "Idea man" who left the implementation to his brother Lewis, the soft spoken engineer type who made ideas happen, but longed to be a farmer.
Many of their ideas did not pan out, interesting that when Powel threw out an idea they talked about how much money it was ok to lose on an idea before going ahead with it.
When their station WLW was at its peak my dad told me that you could light up a flourescent bulb by standing near the antenna- at their peak they transmitted with 700,000 watts of broadcast power, and could be heard a large distance around the globe.
I literally wasted, no invested, a Sunday with this well written book, and could not put it down until I finished it. The Gearhead in me would have loved some more technical pictures and engineering analysis about their projects. These can be accessed via the web however, and is not a significant fault.
To capture the essence of two dynamic, historical figures and the times they lived in is remarkable, to do so in only 400 some pages is outstanding. WELL DONE!

An extremely well-written and enjoyable adventure.......2007-04-30

I don't read very many biographies but I made an exception with Crosley and I'm glad I did. I just finished it last night and it was one of the most enjoyable reads I've had in quite awhile. The book covers the lives of two brothers, Powel and Lewis Crosley, and their remarkable careers; Powel was the creative genius and Lewis was the hard-working, reliable partner who made everything happen.

So what exactly did these two do? Not a whole lot, other than create radios "for the masses, not the classes", build one of the leading AM radio stations in the country, pioneer and build home refrigeration systems, manufacture explosive devices that helped win World War II, design and manufacture automobiles and own the Cincinnati Reds. (I left a few of the smaller items out, btw.)

If you're from the Cincinnati area you're probably familiar with the Crosley name. The Reds used to play at Crosley Field before Riverfront Stadium opened in 1970 -- that was the extent of my Crosley knowledge prior to reading this great book. Now I feel like a bit of a Crosley expert, primarily because the authors did a fantastic job of assembling the facts and telling the story. There's also a companion website for the book where you can find more information about the authors and loads of Crosley family pictures, including several that aren't in the book.

Even if you're like I was and aren't that familiar with the Crosley family, you owe it to yourself to grab a copy of this and read it cover to cover -- you won't be disappointed.

Had a wonderful time with this book!.......2007-03-26

Could not put it down once I got into it. I enjoyed every single page; what a learning experience. Although I only live near Cincinnati, I love to delve into anything that has to do with Cincy, and this book sped me to the head of the class. Did you know that "sport utility vehicle" was coined by Powel Crosley himself? Betcha didn't! Thanks for a great read.

Crosley.......2007-03-23

This is a very interesting book that tells the story of a true genius and the unsung brother that could make things happen. The Crosley brothers were a team that accomplished major radio first. Anyone interested in the hay day of radio will love this book. It is an easy read that will be hard to put down!

Lighting the Corners: On Nature, Art, & the Visionary : Essays & Interviews (American Poetry Series)

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Lighting the Corners: On Nature, Art, & the Visionary : Essays & Interviews (American Poetry Series)
Michael McClure
Manufacturer: Univ of New Mexico Pr
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Gargoyle cartoons;: Or, The charbroiled chinchilla

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Gargoyle cartoons;: Or, The charbroiled chinchilla
Michael McClure
Manufacturer: Delacorte Press
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Binding: Hardcover

Huge Dreams: San Francisco and Beat Poems (Penguin Poets)

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Huge Dreams : San Francisco and Beat Poems

Huge Dreams: San Francisco and Beat Poems (Penguin Poets)
Michael McClure
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Book Description

Huge Dreams republishes two books, out of print for thirty years, which together are a cornerstone of the Beat movement--The New Book/A Book of Torture and Star. Both were influential in expanding poetry into a larger world--the West Coast Beat phenomena, which focused on nature, the environment, antiwar activities, individual anarchism, Zen Buddhism, jazz, and a kind of romantic mystical thought. With these books Michael McClure brought an animal energy and a knowledge of art and physical human nature that was new to the scene.

The New Book/A Book of Torture was written spontaneously while McClure was in a "dark night of the soul" brought on by psychedelics. A single long poem of experience and exploration, it offers the means of liberation from the darkness it examines. Star is a wide-ranging book of chalice seeking, spiritual discovery, and political protest, grounded in the emotions and sensations of eros and play.

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Huge Dreams : San Francisco and Beat Poems.......2000-06-15

I'm so excited that these books have been republished. I've never been able to own a copy of either of these books but now after about 30 years you can own a New Book/A Book of Torture and Star in one volume.

If you enjoy beat poetry these books are a must read. The richness of the writing and the vastly different ideas are a shining of example of the beat era. McClure's writing is clear, extremely provocative, and a delight to read.

Scratching the Beat Surface: Essays on New Vision from Blake to Kerouac
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Insight From An Enlightened Beat

Scratching the Beat Surface: Essays on New Vision from Blake to Kerouac
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Insight From An Enlightened Beat.......2000-06-17

As a person fortunate enough to have met Michael McClure, it seems only natural that I would appreciate this book. However, I read this book a few years before I was actually privileged with Mr. McClure's presence. What I found so refreshing about this book is that not only are we, as readers, exposed to new insight into the Beat phenomenom but we are graced with the knowledge of someone who was there and lived it. McClure allows us into his mind and gives us a private tour of what many literary individuals have meant to him. While there are many wonderful and deserving books out there on the topic, one can't help but feel blessed upon discovering this beauty. I found that it not only allowed me to experience literature in a whole new element but it also allowed me to experience it through the eyes of a quiet master of the art. This is definitely a read that I highly recommend.

The Beard and Vktms: Two Plays by Michael McClure

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The Beard and Vktms: Two Plays by Michael McClure
Michael McClure
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Fragments of Perseus
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A dance along the path from Beat to Buddhist.
MIND MANIFESTING

Touching the Edge
Michael Mcclure
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Release Date: 1999-04-06

Book Description

Innovative Beat poet Michael McClure has written a book of poems unlike any of his others. These dharma devotions are fruits of his Buddhist mediation practice. Like bold calligraphy moving vertically down a white scroll, they surprise the eye and mind, awakening us to a heightened sense of everyday things.

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A dance along the path from Beat to Buddhist........1999-09-18

Few reviews notice the delicious subtext -- a biography of the poet's calico kitten growing to cathood through the year of zazen these poems reflect, a constant reminder of animal Buddha-nature. I'm reminded of Kerouac's line about "the little cat crying for meat, himself a little meat soul..." As for the main theme, _Booklist- gets it right:

"Beat poets McClure and [others] caused a great seismic shift in literature with their fresh and liberated approaches to language and focus on the chimerical workings of the mind. Their meditative perspectives led not only to revolutionary poetry but to sustained and beautifully articulated Buddhist practices. In his new collection, McClure presents a series of dharma devotions -- lithely observant and gently philosophical musings -- that flow down the center of elongated pages like brooks, tree trunks, reeds, or the brush strokes of calligraphy. As the reader's eyes slide happily down these wavy word columns, joyful images of the natural world -- hummingbirds and raccoons, honeysuckles and waterfalls, fog and stone -- open like flowers in the verdant field of McClure's sweetly bemused commentary on our wayward nature. Delicate as his poems are, they nevertheless pack a punch, powered by the tension of dualities and charged with agile leaps of thought."

_Touching the Edge_ does a beautiful job of reminding today's readers why and how Buddhism spoke to the original Beat generation -- and continues to speak to its heirs.

MIND MANIFESTING.......1999-08-14

Poetry exists to be read aloud ~ like music, to be played, embodied. Michael McClure's poetry is unmistakable in its look as well as its vision. Roughly centered, it reads as the body language of a living organism ~ muscular, as well as mental. Not only are sentences sometimes chopped. Like this. But also lines can break after just one word; some even letter by letter. The net effect is a welcome slowdown of mind awake to the richness of life. The bigness of minute particulars, as well as the infinite; being; space; etc.

One of the original Beats, McClure is a hip prodigy reaching maturity gracefully, a rare thing. His recent Buddhist practice is like the capstone of a lifetime's overarching concerns. Marrying mysticism and biology, his wok has always been typified by an expressionist vitalism. Now it gains a new, genuine, metaphysical drama as it juxtaposes non-action to verbal "action painting." The image and the imageless. The miraculous and the everyday. Cosmic and domestic. Nondualism.

TOUCHING THE EDGE is a book-length poem, recording a home-video epic of the process of practice. The effect of reading it (aloud) is as tantric as Francesco Clemente's watercolors, as psychedelic ("mind-manifesting") as the Flower Garland Sutra. Informed by the Soto Zen tradition of sitting just to sit, his writing-just-to-write traces the shape of mind in motion (and at stillness) with a wealth of keen perception along the way. Apples blush. Cats perform Noh drama under an apple tree. A poet dreams of lions and Herakles. And rice roars.

This craft ~ a seemingly artless art ~ can carry us across.

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