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1) Pericles
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Series
Language
English
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Likely written around 1607 or 1608 and attributed at least in part to Shakespeare, "Pericles, Prince of Tyre" is an adventure-filled play that follows the extended sailing journeys of a young prince. Pericles, a young prince from Phoenicia, is forced to flee Antioch when he correctly guesses a riddle that reveals the incestuous activity of King Antiochus. Unable to stay at home in Tyre because of Antiochus' vengeance, he sails away and ends up shipwrecked...
2) Hopper
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Series
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English
Description
Now in rich color, thirty of American painter Edward Hopper's masterpieces with critiques from acclaimed poet Mark Strand. Strand deftly illuminates the work of the frequently misunderstood American painter, whose enigmatic paintings--of gas stations, storefronts, cafeterias, and hotel rooms--number among the most powerful of our time. In brief but wonderfully compelling comments accompanying each painting, the elegant expressiveness of Strand's language...
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English
Description
Heir to the precepts of antiquity and Bernini, Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) was just as influenced by Michelangelo, in particular by his Slaves. And like Michelangelo, Rodin, at the same time as receiving such honours as the Légion d'honneur (amongst others), was embroiled in many scandals and controversies during his career. His sculptures of Victor Hugo and Balzac were censured and The Kiss was deemed too erotic.
However, despite racking up female...
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Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
c1992
Physical Desc
xxi, 367 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Winner of the 1992 Book Award of the Agnelli Foundation's Conference Group on Italian Politics and Society" "One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1992"
This major artistic biography of Federico Fellini shows how his exuberant imagination has been shaped by popular culture, literature, and his encounter with the ideas of C. G. Jung, especially Jungian dream interpretation. Covering Fellini's entire career, the book links his mature accomplishments...
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Series
Very short introductions volume 598
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xviii, 122 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Iliad and the Odyssey are two of the most influential works of world literature, yet their author remains a mystery: 'the greatest poet that ever lived' may never have lived at all. Even in the 6th century BCE Homer was a figure of myth, and today the debate continues about who composed these poems, how, and why. Analysing the main literary, historical, cultural, and archaeological issues at the heart of the Iliad and the Odyssey, Barbara Graziosi...
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Publisher
Dey Street Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
358 pages ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
When the Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to Bob Dylan in 2016, a debate raged. Some celebrated, while many others questioned the choice. How could the world's most prestigious book prize be awarded to a famously cantankerous singer-songwriter who wouldn't even deign to attend the medal ceremony? In 'Why Bob Dylan matters', Harvard Professor Richard F. Thomas answers this question with magisterial erudition. A world expert on Classical poetry,...
Author
Publisher
Abbeville Press
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
256 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 34 cm.
Language
English
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Examines the life and career of nineteenth-century American artist John Singer Sargent, looking at his oil portraits, watercolors, and murals, and includes over three hundred illustrations in color and black-and-white.
Author
Publisher
Harry N. Abrams
Pub. Date
[1996]
Physical Desc
190 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 21 x 24 cm
Language
English
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Description
A look at the artist and his work, including his illustrations for T.S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats and the animated credits for the Mystery! series on public television.
Perennial favorites such as The Doubtful Guest, The Insect God, and The Fatal Lozenge, which have been collected in the award winning Amphigorey anthologies; set and costume designs for Dracula; illustrations for books such as Old Possum's book of practical cats...
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Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
238 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Fans of the eccentric and edgy films of the Coen brothers know there's more going on in their films than meets the eye. Award-winning author and columnist Cathleen Falsani is the perfect guide for Coen fans, inviting them to take a deeper look at the popular films, from their debut Blood Simple to the recent Burn After Reading and all the strange and wonderful films in between. Falsani looks at the deeper meanings that can be mined from each quirky...
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