Myths, Gods and Fantasy* Depicts the relationship of folk dance to historical trends such as colonization of the New World, industrialization, World War I and II, the Great Depression, and the counterculture movement * Examines folk dancing in the greater context of American dance culture and addresses the relationship between folk dances and other dance forms, such as jazz dance * Brings folk dance to life through quotes from primary sources as well as firsthand interviews with folk dancers |
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Page 59
... wrote : of the mighty family Of one - eyed brothers hasten to the shore . And gather round the bellowing Polypheme . Polypheme was their king , later slain by Odysseus . The cyclops were charged with the business of forging iron for ...
... wrote : of the mighty family Of one - eyed brothers hasten to the shore . And gather round the bellowing Polypheme . Polypheme was their king , later slain by Odysseus . The cyclops were charged with the business of forging iron for ...
Page 114
... wrote in Paradise Regained : So saying he caught him up and without wing Of hippogrif , bore through the aire sublime O'er the wilderness and o'er the plaine . Hob Though most usually the name given to kindly domestic spirits , there ...
... wrote in Paradise Regained : So saying he caught him up and without wing Of hippogrif , bore through the aire sublime O'er the wilderness and o'er the plaine . Hob Though most usually the name given to kindly domestic spirits , there ...
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... wrote of the Romans : . . . these men of Mars causeth warre and murther and battayle . .... He is red and angry ... a maker of swordes and knyves and a sheder of man's blode . Compost of Ptholomeus Mauthe Dhoog A very famous spectral ...
... wrote of the Romans : . . . these men of Mars causeth warre and murther and battayle . .... He is red and angry ... a maker of swordes and knyves and a sheder of man's blode . Compost of Ptholomeus Mauthe Dhoog A very famous spectral ...
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