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Dover Castle is one of England's greatest fortresses. At its heart
lies the Great Tower, a huge Anglo-Norman keep that has dominated
the White Cliffs since the 1180s, remaining in continuous use
thereafter. This book explores the history and development of the
Great Tower in detail, beginning with its construction in the reign
of Henry II and ending when the Ministry of Works took it over in
1930, to conserve and open it as a monument for public visits. The
book is comprised of several chapters by thirteen contributors, and
looks at three main themes. The first examines the making of the
Great Tower as the centrepiece of Henry II's rebuilding of the
whole castle on an immense scale in the 1180s, pointing to its
English and Continental ancestry as well as the people and
political circumstances which brought about its creation. The
second theme is concerned with the subsequent history of the
building as an occasional royal residence, the end of royal
interest in the 17th century and its later use as a prison,
barracks and ordnance store between the 18th and 20th centuries. A
final theme examines trends in how the building has been
interpreted as a public monument since 1930 and especially its most
recent presentation, in 2009, to evoke appreciation of its use as
envisaged when first built in the late 12th century.
Arguing for renewed attention to covert same-sex-oriented writing
(and to authorial intention more generally), this study explores
the representation of female and male homosexuality in late
sixteenth- through mid-eighteenth-century British and French
literature. The author also uncovers and analyzes long-term
continuities in the representation of same-sex love, sex, and
desire between the classical, early modern, eighteenth-century, and
even modern periods. Among the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century
authors and texts examined here are Mme de Murat, Les Memoires De
Madame La Comtesse De M*** (1697); John Cleland, Memoirs of a Woman
of Pleasure (1748-49); Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Roderick
Random (1748); Nicolas Chorier and Jean Nicolas, L'Academie des
dames (1680); Delarivier Manley, The New Atalantis (1709); and
Isaac de Benserade, Iphis et Iante (1637). Classical texts brought
into the discussion include Juvenal's Satires, Lucian's Erotes,
and, most importantly, Ovid's Metamorphoses. Casting its net
broadly yet exploring deeply-poems, plays, novels, and more; from
the serious to the satiric, the polite to the pornographic;
well-known and little-known; written in English, French, and Latin;
published in early modern and eighteenth-century Britain and
France; plus key classical texts-this study engages with the
historiography of sexuality as a whole.
During the thirteenth century, the Mongols created the greatest
empire in human history. Genghis Khan and his successors brought
death and destruction to Eurasia. They obliterated infrastructure,
devastated cities, and exterminated peoples. They also created
courts in China, Persia, and southern Russia, famed throughout the
world as centers of wealth, learning, power, religion, and lavish
spectacle. The great Mongol houses established standards by which
future rulers in Eurasia would measure themselves for centuries. In
this ambitious study, David M. Robinson traces how in the late
fourteenth century the newly established Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
in China crafted a narrative of the fallen Mongol empire. To shape
the perceptions and actions of audiences at home and abroad, the
Ming court tailored its narrative of the Mongols to prove that it
was the rightful successor to the Mongol empire. This is a story of
how politicians exploit historical memory for their own gain.
Arguing for renewed attention to covert same-sex-oriented writing
(and to authorial intention more generally), this study explores
the representation of female and male homosexuality in late
sixteenth- through mid-eighteenth-century British and French
literature. The author also uncovers and analyzes long-term
continuities in the representation of same-sex love, sex, and
desire between the classical, early modern, eighteenth-century, and
even modern periods. Among the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century
authors and texts examined here are Mme de Murat, Les Memoires De
Madame La Comtesse De M*** (1697); John Cleland, Memoirs of a Woman
of Pleasure (1748-49); Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Roderick
Random (1748); Nicolas Chorier and Jean Nicolas, L'Academie des
dames (1680); Delarivier Manley, The New Atalantis (1709); and
Isaac de Benserade, Iphis et Iante (1637). Classical texts brought
into the discussion include Juvenal's Satires, Lucian's Erotes,
and, most importantly, Ovid's Metamorphoses. Casting its net
broadly yet exploring deeply-poems, plays, novels, and more; from
the serious to the satiric, the polite to the pornographic;
well-known and little-known; written in English, French, and Latin;
published in early modern and eighteenth-century Britain and
France; plus key classical texts-this study engages with the
historiography of sexuality as a whole.
'I like not the man who is thinking how to be good,' Ralph Waldo
Emerson wrote, 'but the man thinking how to accomplish his work'.
The ethical emphasis on work and activity signals the shift in his
thinking that is the subject of Emerson and the Conduct of Life. In
this book, David M. Robinson describes Emerson's evolution from
mystic to pragmatist and shows the importance of Emerson's
undervalued later writing. Emerson's reputation has rested on the
addresses and essays of the 1830s and 1840s, in which he propounded
a version of transcendental idealism and memorably portrayed
moments of mystical insight. But Emerson's later thinking suggests
an increasing concern over the elusiveness of mysticism and an
increasing emphasis on ethical choice and practical power. Robinson
discusses each of Emerson's major later works noting their
increasing orientation to a philosophy of the 'conduct of life'.
These books represent Emerson's attempt to forge a philosophy based
on the centrality of domestic life, vocation and social relations
and they reveal Emerson as an ethical philosopher who stressed the
spiritual value of human relations, work and social action.
In Emerson and the Conduct of Life, David M. Robinson describes Ralph Waldo Emerson's evolution from mystic to pragmatist, stressing the importance of Emerson's undervalued later writing. Emerson's reputation has rested on the addresses and essays of the 1830s and 1840s, in which he propounded a version of transcendental idealism, and memorably portrayed moments of mystical insight. But Emerson's later writings suggest an increasing concern over the elusiveness of mysticism, and an increasing stress on ethical choice and practical power. These works reveal Emerson as an ethical philosopher who stressed the spiritual value of human relations, work and social action.
On the eve of the early modern age, Ming emperors ruled around
one-quarter of the globe's population, the majority of the world's
largest urban centers, the biggest standing army on the planet, and
the day's most affluent economy. Far from being isolated, the Ming
court was the greatest center of political patronage in East
Eurasia, likely the world. Although the Ming throne might trumpet
its superiority, it understood its need for allegiance from ruling
elites in neighbouring regions. In this major new study, David M.
Robinson explores Ming emperors' relations with the single most
important category of Eurasian nobles: descendants of Ghengis Khan
and their Mongol supporters. Exploring the international dimensions
of Chinese rule, this revisionist but accessible account shows that
even rulers such as the Ming emperor needed allies and were willing
to pay for them.
On the eve of the early modern age, Ming emperors ruled around
one-quarter of the globe's population, the majority of the world's
largest urban centers, the biggest standing army on the planet, and
the day's most affluent economy. Far from being isolated, the Ming
court was the greatest center of political patronage in East
Eurasia, likely the world. Although the Ming throne might trumpet
its superiority, it understood its need for allegiance from ruling
elites in neighbouring regions. In this major new study, David M.
Robinson explores Ming emperors' relations with the single most
important category of Eurasian nobles: descendants of Ghengis Khan
and their Mongol supporters. Exploring the international dimensions
of Chinese rule, this revisionist but accessible account shows that
even rulers such as the Ming emperor needed allies and were willing
to pay for them.
"An essential step in Thoreau's recovery of a 'natural life' is to
reawaken and expand his awareness of the present moment, not only
in the sense of knowing more of the world around him, but of
entering into it fully. Admitting in Walden that 'I did not read
books the first summer; I hoed beans, ' he also confesses to
moments in which he neglected both of these conflicting duties. . .
. In periods of reverie, Thoreau gave himself over to his senses,
finding a fulfillment in his own attentive presence at the pond and
the surrounding hills." from Natural LifeHenry David Thoreau's
Walden was first published 150 years ago, an event celebrated by
many gatherings scheduled for 2004 and marked by the publication of
this exceptional book. David M. Robinson tells the story of a mind
at work, focusing on Thoreau's idea of "natural life" as both a
subject of study and a model for personal growth and ethical
purpose. Robinson traces Thoreau's struggle to find a fulfilling
vocation and his gradual recovery from his grief over the loss of
his brother. Robinson emphasizes Thoreau's development of the credo
of living a "natural life," a phrase drawn from his first book, A
Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers. The depiction of the
contemplative life close to nature in Walden exemplifies this
credo. But it is also fulfilled through Thoreau's later life as a
saunterer in the fields and forests around Concord, devoted to his
studies of the natural world and dedicated to a life of
principle.Natural Life takes note of and encourages growing
interest in the later phase of Thoreau's career and his engagement
with science and natural history. Robinson looks closely at Walden
and the essays and natural history projects that followed it, such
as "Walking" and "Wild Apples," and the remarkable and
little-observed writing on night and moonlight found in Thoreau's
journal."
A leading figure in modern southern literature, described by
Newsweek as "one of the best American storytellers", Peter Taylor
secured a national following through his long relationship with the
New Yorker and his widely read volumes from the 1980s, The Old
Forest and Other Stories and A Summons to Memphis. The Pulitzer
Prize -- winning author's portrayals of the battles of
strong-willed fathers and mothers with their equally strong-willed
sons are at the center of his achievement in fiction.
David Robinson presents Taylor as a writer deeply concerned with
the interworkings of family relationships, and emphasizes his role
as chronicler of the shifts in southern culture in this century.
World of Relations provides an important critical assessment of the
work of one of the South's greatest writers, and includes the first
extensive critical discussion of Taylor's last two works, The
Oracle of Stoneleigh Court (1993) and In the Tennessee Country
(1994).
This is a new release of the original 1931 edition.
This is a new release of the original 1933 edition.
Like most empires, the Ming court sponsored grand displays of
dynastic strength and military prowess. Covering the first two
centuries of the Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Martial Spectacles of
the Ming Court explores how the royal hunt, polo matches, archery
contests, equestrian demonstrations, and the imperial menagerie
were represented in poetry, prose, and portraiture. This study
reveals that martial spectacles were highly charged sites of
contestation, where Ming emperors and senior court ministers staked
claims about rulership, ruler-minister relations, and the role of
the military in the polity. Simultaneously colorful entertainment,
prestigious social events, and statements of power, martial
spectacles were intended to make manifest the ruler’s personal
generosity, keen discernment, and respect for family tradition.
They were, however, subject to competing interpretations that were
often beyond the emperor’s control or even knowledge. By
situating Ming martial spectacles in the wider context of Eurasia,
David Robinson brings to light the commensurability of the Ming
court with both the Mongols and Manchus but more broadly with other
early modern courts such as the Timurids, the Mughals, and the
Ottomans.
Contributing Authors Include Leon Legrain, L. D. Caskey, Clark
Hopkins, And Many Others.
1931. From the Johns Hopkins University Studies in Archaeology No.
13 edited by David M. Robinson. This study is an attempt to gather
into a single collection the sculptured portraits of Greek
statesmen from the earliest stages of Greek history down to Roman
times, to bring together the theories expressed before the
publication of Bernoulli's standard work Griechische Ikonographie,
as well as the numerous identifications proposed since that time;
and finally to revise some of the prevailing theories in
portraiture. The Contents are divided into the following Sections:
Hellenic Statesmen; Alexander the Great; and Hellenistic Statesmen.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
PublishingA AcentsAcentsa A-Acentsa Acentss Legacy Reprint Series.
Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks,
notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this
work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of
our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's
literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of
thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of intere
1931. From the Johns Hopkins University Studies in Archaeology No.
13 edited by David M. Robinson. This study is an attempt to gather
into a single collection the sculptured portraits of Greek
statesmen from the earliest stages of Greek history down to Roman
times, to bring together the theories expressed before the
publication of Bernoulli's standard work Griechische Ikonographie,
as well as the numerous identifications proposed since that time;
and finally to revise some of the prevailing theories in
portraiture. The Contents are divided into the following Sections:
Hellenic Statesmen; Alexander the Great; and Hellenistic Statesmen.
1931. From the Johns Hopkins University Studies in Archaeology No.
13 edited by David M. Robinson. This study is an attempt to gather
into a single collection the sculptured portraits of Greek
statesmen from the earliest stages of Greek history down to Roman
times, to bring together the theories expressed before the
publication of Bernoulli's standard work Griechische Ikonographie,
as well as the numerous identifications proposed since that time;
and finally to revise some of the prevailing theories in
portraiture. The Contents are divided into the following Sections:
Hellenic Statesmen; Alexander the Great; and Hellenistic Statesmen.
"A guided anthology that takes the reader through Emerson"s own spiritual evolution." --Robert D. Richardson, Jr., author of Emerson: The Mind on Fire Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) is known best in the twenty-first century as a literary innovator and early architect of American intellectual culture, but his writings still offer spiritual sustenance to the thoughtful reader. The Spiritual Emerson, originally published on the two hundredth anniversary of the writer"s birth, brings together the writings that articulate Emerson"s spiritual vision and promise the greatest relevance to today"s reader. "It is a great service of this book that it traces [Emerson"s] spiritual development . . . [It] is also valuable in establishing the full texture and subtlety of Emerson"s much-misunderstood notion of self-reliance and nonconformity." --Richard Higgins, Boston Globe "This collection brings together for the first time Emerson"s most important writings on spiritual themes, along with a discerning and eminently readable introduction by one of the foremost authorities on Emerson"s religious thought." --Lawrence Buell, Harvard University, author of Literary Transcendentalism and Emerson
This collection of essays reveals the Ming court as an arena of
competition and negotiation, where a large cast of actors pursued
individual and corporate ends, personal agency shaped protocol and
style, and diverse people, goods, and tastes converged. Rather than
observing an immutable set of traditions, court culture underwent
frequent reinterpretation and rearticulation, processes driven by
immediate personal imperatives, mediated through social, political,
and cultural interaction.
The essays address several common themes. First, they rethink
previous notions of imperial isolation, instead stressing the
court's myriad ties both to local Beijing society and to the empire
as a whole. Second, the court was far from monolithic or static.
Palace women, monks, craftsmen, educators, moralists, warriors,
eunuchs, foreign envoys, and others strove to advance their
interests and forge advantageous relations with the emperor and one
another. Finally, these case studies illustrate the importance of
individual agency. The founder's legacy may have formed the warp of
court practices and tastes, but the weft varied considerably.
Reflecting the complexity of the court, the essays represent a
variety of perspectives and disciplines--from intellectual,
cultural, military, and political to art history and
musicology.
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