The Purple Island

The Purple Island
Author: Phineas Fletcher
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 261
Release: 2017-04-18
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 9004339760

Phineas Fletcher’s epic allegorical poem The Purple Island (1633) combines anatomical and devotional perspectives on the self as the poet explores the relationship between body and soul. The titular island is figured as both body and as England, thus merging religious, corporeal, devotional, and geo-national narratives. The present critical edition offers the first fresh editorial approach to the poem in over a century and situates the poem in its historical and critical contexts. Although the poem has often been regarded as a bizarre and fragmented curiosity, Johnathan H. Pope compellingly argues in favour of a more unified reading and understanding of the text as a whole, offering a newly-annotated edition that illuminates the text for both the Fletcher specialist and newcomer alike.

The Purple Island

The Purple Island
Author: Phineas Fletcher
Publisher:
Total Pages: 212
Release: 1816
Genre: Human body
ISBN:

The Purple Book, Updated Edition

The Purple Book, Updated Edition
Author: Rice Broocks
Publisher: HarperChristian Resources
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2017-08-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0310087309

In today's uncertain world, storms will arise that test your faith in a loving heavenly Father. At times, the winds and waves of the world's deceptions will roll in and seek to erode your confidence in God. Without a firm foundation in the truth of God's Word, you may be tempted to go off course and accept less than God's best for you. However, when you hear Jesus' words, receive them, and put them into practice, you will construct a life the torrents cannot shake, "because it was well built" (Luke 6:48). The Purple Book will help you understand foundational truths that God wants you to hear on topics such as sin, salvation, spiritual gifts, prayer, worship, generosity, and evangelism. It will show you how the Bible is "God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness" (2 Timothy 3:16). It will help you understand that the faith you hold has true power to change lives and transform nations. It will give you a solid foundation the enemy cannot dismantle—and a heart shaped by knowledge of God's Word.

Kibo and the Purple Dragon

Kibo and the Purple Dragon
Author: Carmen Gil
Publisher: Cuento de Luz
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2014-09-22
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 8416078254

Winner at the 2015 International Latino Book Awards. Kibo and the Purple Dragon is an entertaining, fun-loving tale that helps children face up to and overcome their fears. One morning, a purple dragon flies in through Kibo’s window. Frightened, the little boy runs off to some truly extraordinary places, but when he returns home and looks in the mirror, the dragon is still there—and he’s right behind him! This time, though, he’s a little bigger and a little purpler than the last time Kibo saw him. Maybe if he keeps running away Kibo will be able to escape the dragon! But what if that doesn’t work? How will he finally defeat such a terrible monster? When you see a dragon, One thing is quite clear, If you look them in the eye They’ll run away in fear.

The Purple Island and Anatomy in Early Seventeenth-century Literature, Philosophy, and Theology

The Purple Island and Anatomy in Early Seventeenth-century Literature, Philosophy, and Theology
Author: Peter Mitchell
Publisher: Associated University Presse
Total Pages: 722
Release: 2007
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780838640180

Sets out to reconstruct and analyze the rationality of Phineas Fletcher's use of figurality in The Purple Island (1633) - a poetic allegory of human anatomy. This book demonstrates that the analogies and metaphors of literary works share coherence and consistency with anatomy textbooks.

The Music of what Happens

The Music of what Happens
Author: Tanya Farrelly
Publisher:
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2020
Genre: English literature
ISBN: 9781848407763

In 2020, Purple House, one of Ireland's most beloved and important cancer support charities celebrates its 30th anniversary. So valued are the services of the charity and so ubiquitous are the effects of cancer that nearly 50 Irish writers have contributed a story, essay or poem to this anthology. Purple House was the first community-based cancer support centre in Ireland and is to the forefront in providing psycho-social support, psychological help and practical support to people living with a cancer diagnosis.

The Island Child

The Island Child
Author: Molly Aitken
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2020-07-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0525658386

A spellbinding, deeply felt debut novel--soaring and poignant--about passion, freedom, motherhood, and the power to shape our destinies. Oona grew up on the island of Inis: a wind-blasted rock off the coast of Ireland where the men went out on fishing boats and the women tended turf fires; where the only book was the Bible; and where girls stayed at home until they became mothers themselves. The island was a gift for some, a prison for others. Even as a child, Oona knew she wanted to leave, but she never could have anticipated the tumultuous turn of events that would ultimately compel her to flee. Now, after twenty years--after Oona has forged a new, very different life for herself--her daughter vanishes, forcing Oona to face her past in order, finally, to be free of it. Heralding a singularly gifted new voice in fiction, The Island Child is a timeless story of birth and betrayal, storms and shipwrecks and fairy children, and the weight of long-buried secrets.