Norma Lorre Goodrich Libri

The hero of the story, Elzeard Bouffier, spent his life planting one hundred acorns a day in a desolate, barren section of Provence, France. The result was a total transformation of the landscape -- from one devoid of life, with miserable, contentious inhabitants, to one filled with the scent of flowers, the songs of birds, and fresh, flowing water.Chelsea Green is proud to once again collaborate with American Forests to present the Jean Giono Award to an individual who embodies the tree-planting spirit of Elzeard Bouffier. Past winners include Paul Rokich, who secretly planted trees under cover of night on the denuded hills of Utah's Oquirrh Mountains, land that had suffered from overgrazing, excessive logging, fires, and copper-mining activities. We have joined the Paul Winter Consort in the release of a CD version of the acclaimed audio of this story. The original music was composed and is performed by the Paul Winter Consort, and the text is narrated by Robert J. Lurtsema, host of "Morning Pro Musica" on public radio station WGBH in Boston. We are also offering packages of 12 beautiful note cards featuring six of Michael McCurdy's wood engravings from the book, with a message from the text on the back of each card.

Drawing on the works of Joseph Campbell, Robert Graves, Sigmund Freud, Sir James Frazier and other scholars, as well as her own extensive research, Norma Lorre Goodrich brings to light the powerful yet neglected women--priestesses from Asia Minor to Ireland--who influenced the formation of western civilization.

Offering nine brilliant readings of the great myths of the world, from Beowulf to The Cid, this is the first collection to compare national heroes at a time when their cultures were emerging from barbarism into civilization, demonstrating how their reverberations have deeply affected the ideals of the nations from which they came.

Le mythe arthurien est un thème central de la culture, influençant des œuvres majeures, de la poésie de Chrétien de Troyes à Wagner et même Disney. Son impact sur l'imaginaire collectif est indéniable. Cependant, la question de l'historicité d'Arthur et des figures emblématiques comme Guenièvre, Gauvain, Lancelot et Merlin reste débattue. Les érudits s'interrogent sur la nature de ce corpus littéraire médiéval : relève-t-il de l'imaginaire, du folklore, ou d'un mélange des deux? Les Bretons de France revendiquent Arthur, tandis qu'en Grande-Bretagne, les origines galloises, écossaises ou irlandaises sont discutées, tout comme la localisation du château du Graal et la signification de la Table ronde. Norma Lorre Goodrich défend l'idée de l'historicité d'Arthur en s'appuyant sur une connaissance approfondie des textes, la linguistique, l'archéologie et une enquête passionnée sur la Grande-Bretagne celtique après le départ romain. Elle avance plusieurs hypothèses convaincantes, remet en question des vérités établies et propose des interprétations sensées de textes souvent jugés obscurs. Son travail contribue à éclaircir une question complexe. Professeur à Los Angeles, Goodrich est médiéviste et maîtrise le bas latin, l'ancien français et diverses langues celtiques.