Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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Author | : H. C. G. Matthew |
Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | : 61472 |
Release | : 2004-09-23 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780198614111 |
The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography is a collection of 50,000 specially written biographies of men and women who have shaped all aspects of British history, from the explorer Pytheas of the fourth century BC to modern figures (such as Malcolm Bradbury) who died up to 31 December 2000. The stories of these lives - told in substantial, authoritative, and readable articles - have been published simultaneously in 60 print volumes and online. The DNB was published in its earliest form in 1885. For this new Oxford DNB all the original lives have now been rewritten or revised. A special project, completed in partnership with the National Portrait Gallery in London, has enabled the Oxford DNB to publish the largest ever selection of national portraiture. It is an essential work of reference which makes quite fascinating reading.
Author | : Henry Colin Gray Matthew |
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Total Pages | : 1032 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : British |
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55,000 biographies of people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond, from the earliest times to the year 2002.
Author | : Martin M. Winkler |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 425 |
Release | : 2017-09-14 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1108127436 |
Martin M. Winkler argues for a new approach to various creative affinities between ancient verbal and modern visual narratives. He examines screen adaptations of classical epic, tragedy, comedy, myth, and history, exploring, for example, how ancient rhetorical principles regarding the emotions apply to moving images and how Aristotle's perspective on thrilling plot-turns can recur on screen. He also interprets several popular films, such as 300 and Nero, and analyzes works by international directors, among them Pier Paolo Pasolini (Oedipus Rex, Medea), Jean Cocteau (The Testament of Orpheus), Mai Zetterling (The Girls), Lars von Trier (Medea), Arturo Ripstein (Such Is Life), John Ford (westerns), Alfred Hitchcock (Psycho), and Spike Lee (Chi-Raq). The book demonstrates the undiminished vitality of classical myth and literature in our visual media, as with screen portrayals of Helen of Troy. It is important for all classicists and scholars and students of film, literature, and history.
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Total Pages | : 114 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Paleontology |
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Author | : D. J. Weatherall |
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Total Pages | : 76 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Медицина |
ISBN | : 9780192615510 |
Author | : British Academy |
Publisher | : Oxford : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 490 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Biography |
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55,000 biographies of people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond, from the earliest times to the year 2002.
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Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 2000 |
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Author | : Stephen Knight |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2018-10-18 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1501732927 |
Merlin, the wizard of Arthurian legend, has been a source of enduring fascination for centuries. In this authoritative, entertaining, and generously illustrated book, Stephen Knight traces the myth of Merlin back to its earliest roots in the early Welsh figure of Myrddin. He then follows Merlin as he is imagined and reimagined through centuries of literature and art, beginning with Geoffrey of Monmouth, whose immensely popular History of the Kings of Britain (1138) transmitted the story of Merlin to Europe at large. He covers French and German as well as Anglophone elements of the myth and brings the story up to the present with discussions of a globalized Merlin who finds his way into popular literature, film, television, and New Age philosophy. Knight argues that Merlin in all his guises represents a conflict basic to Western societies-the clash between knowledge and power. While the Merlin story varies over time, the underlying structural tension remains the same whether it takes the form of bard versus lord, magician versus monarch, scientist versus capitalist, or academic versus politician. As Knight sees it, Merlin embodies the contentious duality inherent to organized societies. In tracing the applied meanings of knowledge in a range of social contexts, Knight reveals the four main stages of the Merlin myth: Wisdom (early Celtic British), Advice (medieval European), Cleverness (early modern English), and Education (worldwide since the nineteenth century). If a wizard can be captured within the pages of a book, Knight has accomplished the feat.
Author | : Arthur James Wells |
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Total Pages | : 2142 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Bibliography, National |
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