The Phoenician Sonnets - Stockwell, Stephen
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Phoenicians are amazing. Sea farers, artisans and entrepreneurs from Lebanon around 1000 BCE, they had bit parts in the Bible, Homer and Egyptian and Roman history then pop out of ancient books on great adventures, spreading trade and ideas across the Mediterranean and contributing to the development of global civilisation. They had an impact on humanity that we still benefit from, and learn from, today. We also explore their dark side: slavery, child sacrifice and institutional prostitution. This book is unlike any other: it is an epic poem, a travel guide, a history book, a self-help manual,…mehr

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Phoenicians are amazing. Sea farers, artisans and entrepreneurs from Lebanon around 1000 BCE, they had bit parts in the Bible, Homer and Egyptian and Roman history then pop out of ancient books on great adventures, spreading trade and ideas across the Mediterranean and contributing to the development of global civilisation. They had an impact on humanity that we still benefit from, and learn from, today. We also explore their dark side: slavery, child sacrifice and institutional prostitution. This book is unlike any other: it is an epic poem, a travel guide, a history book, a self-help manual, an auto-biographical memoir and a speculative political essay. It is told in 54 sonnets with footnotes, maps and illustrations guiding the reader through Phoenician history and culture, along their trading routes from China to the Baltic and into the origins of the alphabet, art, religion, philosophy, science, democracy and the colour purple plus much more. It's educational, mind-expanding and fun.
Autorenporträt
Stephen Stockwell is Professor Emeritus in Journalism and Communication at Griffith University. Previously he worked as a journalist at 4ZZZ, JJJ and Four Corners and as a press secretary. He plays keyboard and sings for Brisbane punk band, The Black Assassins, was on the editorial collective of the Cane Toad Times 1983-91 and, as an independent film-maker, wrote and produced BrainBlast and other experimental, community and music videos. He taught at Griffith on the Gold Coast 1996-2016 and wrote All Media Guide to Fair and Cross-Cultural Reporting (with Paul Scott), Political Campaign Strategy and Rhetoric and Democracy and co-edited two books with Ben Isakhan - The Secret History of Democracy and The Edinburgh Companion to the History of Democracy. He lives at Burleigh Heads on the land of the Kombumerri clan of the Yugambeh people.