10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NYMPHOLEPSY»
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nympholepsy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
nympholepsy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Moment's Ornament: The Poetics of
Nympholepsy in Ancient ...
This book offers the first comprehensive study of the phenomenon of nympholepsy-the experience of being 'seized' by a nymph-in ancient Greek cult and poetry.
Corinne Ondine Pache, 2011
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William Faulkner: Toward Yoknapatawpha and Beyond
The story that Faulkner tells in "Nympholepsy" is, however, scarcely successful
either as a realistic narrative or as a poetic parable. At points his account of the
experience is labored and awkward. We never learn enough about the young
man ...
3
A Reader's Guide to William Faulkner: The Short Stories
"Nympholepsy," which James Meriwether dates as 1925, may well mark
Faulkner's transition from poet to narrative writer.1 It is a revision of an earlier
prose poem entitled "The Hill." This piece describes a laborer returning from work
. Emphasis ...
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Critical Companion to William Faulkner
“Nympholepsy”. A short story about the thoughts and sensations of a young
unnamed farm laborer on his way home after a day's work. JAMES B.
MERIWETHER dates the composition of the story in early 1925. It was first
published in the ...
A. Nicholas Fargnoli, Michael Golay, 2009
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Greek Nymphs: Myth, Cult, Lore
One outstanding instance of nympholepsy remains to be discussed. Near Plataia
on the border of Attica and Boiotia was a well-known cave of the nymphs, which
today remains unidentified. According to Pausanias, it lay on Mount Kithairon ...
Jennifer Lynn Larson, 2001
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The Fra: For Philistines and Roycrofters
Lo, in perusing a late copy of Reedy' s Mirror, I came across the same "
Nympholepsy " inserted casually, as a matter of no moment! An itinerant
scandalmonger once told me that Mr. Bill Reedy spent all his evenings on his
stomach in front of ...
Elbert Hubbard, Felix Shay, 1916
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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century ...
ML. nympho- wpttis (Stephani Thesaurus), < Gr. wfu^okii^roq, seized by nymphs,
i. e. the Muses or inspiring powers of nature, rapt, inspired, < vvu6rj, a nymph,
Muse, + Xvjrrof, verbal adj. of iafipavtiv, y %a/3, take, seize. See nympholepsy.
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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary
nympholepsy Writers who labor to disenthrall us from the nympholepsy and
illusions of the past. New Princeton Rev., II. 162. -pholept (nim'fo-lept), n. [< ML.
nympho- _ tas (Stephani Thesaurus), < Gr. vvfupiXrirrroc, seized by nymphs, i. e.
the ...
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The Century dictionary and cyclopedia: a work of universal ...
nympholepsy Writers who labor to disenthrall as from the nympholepsy and
Illusions of the past. New Princeton Bev., II. 162. ^pholept (nim'fo-lept), n. [< ML.
nympho- tus (Stephani Thesaurus), < Gr. vv/j<I>6ati-toc, seized by nymphs, i. o.
the ...
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, 1906
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Gravity's Revolt: Part One
—George Meredith, The Egoist Nympholepsy . . . A state of rapture supposed to
be inspired in men by nymphs; hence, an ecstasy or frenzy of emotion, esp. that
inspired by something unattainable. 1775 R. CHANDLER Trav. Greece(1825) II.
5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NYMPHOLEPSY»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
nympholepsy is used in the context of the following news items.
Eva Braun's Rival: The British Socialite Who Loved...
(Hitler broke with Streicher and disgraced him on the grounds that his old comrade had “only one disease and that was nympholepsy.” In his ... «National Review Online, Mar 15»
#GamerGate Journalist Milo Yiannopoulos's Self-Published Poetry …
In the second chapter of "Nympholepsy, Part 1" appears the line "I was looking for a Saviour / Beneath these dirty sheets", which is a misquoted ... «Houston Press, Jan 15»
Nabokov's Lolita Is Constantly Banned. It's Also a Work of Genius.
... and a hideously overt form of nympholepsy; the disease of Ruskin and Lewis Carroll given free and tender rein in a wilderness of American ... «The New Republic, Sep 14»
Nymphomania on display
If a mortal did see a nymph, he risked an attack of nympholepsy – a kind of epileptic seizure. Such were the perils of lust. By forcing the viewer ... «The Independent, Apr 14»
Men in White
Does Humbert Humbert's nympholepsy naturally produce such a fancy prose style, or is it instead that his lust for Lolita furnishes Nabokov's ... «London Review of Books, Jul 08»
