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'Beyond, both the Old World, and the New': Authority and Knowledge in the works of Francis Bacon, with special reference to the New Atlantis
No full textPhDThis study investigates the role of authority in the works of Francis Bacon,
arguing that the issue of authority provides not only an interpretation of New
Atlantis, but an important structural component of his body of works. From
the first manifestation of his philosophical project to his last works of natural
history, authority is an all-pervasive issue - the authority of nature, of
scripture, of the named author, and how authority functions in the
dissemination of natural knowledge. Chapter one argues that the publication
of New Atlantis alongside Sylva sylvarum in 1626/7 was more the result of
William Rawley's need to assert his own authority as the protector and
disseminator of Bacon's textual legacy than an appreciation of the work's own
qualities. Chapter two considers Bacon's views of history and time,
suggesting that Bacon not only conceived of a new, progressive mode of
historical time which would allow for the assertion of a textual authority based
on the records of a civilisation unbroken by the vicissitudes of time, but that
he figured these theories in New Atlantis. Chapter three argues that Bacon
used theology both as defence and imperative to his intellectual programme,
while his attempt to move beyond the deterministic, Calvinist world-view to
allow for multiple possible futures, or `chance': Bacon could then present
experiment as the way of eliminating chance, in order to accelerate the rate of
new discovery. Chapter four investigates Bacon's manipulations of textual
authority, from the early rehearsals of the Instauratio magna to the
performance of reliability in print in Sylva sylvarum. Finally, the afterword
seeks to suggest that the New Atlantis hinges on the issues of authority with
which Bacon engaged throughout his career and writings: in the issue of
authority, Francis Bacon found the beginning and the end of his philosophy
"A conscious memento": the literary afterlives of Henry James's Lamb House
No full textIn 1896, the novelist Henry James became captivated by Lamb House, a Georgian, red brick house at the top of a cobbled street in Rye with a unique, bow-windowed “garden room.” Restoring and decorating it sympathetically, it became his main home for the rest of his life, a comfortable retreat where the observer of society could himself entertain guests. The house and garden feature in subsequent novels, and he worked in the garden room, revising his novels and tales for the New York Edition, a re-examination of his whole career. After James’s death, his friend E. F. Benson moved in, using Lamb House as the inspiration for Mallards in his comic Mapp and Lucia novels (1920–1935). In 1940, the garden room was obliterated by a bomb, which nearly destroyed the house. However, what Edith Wharton called “the centre of life at Lamb House,” still survives in various recreations and re-imaginings, from the novels written by its inhabitants to memoirs and fictions by more recent writers and television adaptations. James utilized the distancing and memorializing effects of nostalgia in his own work, to create a living, modernist interaction with the past, the “conscious memento.” Thus, fictional representations and the writing of place can be part of intangible heritage, enabling the survival of architecture beyond its physical presence
Henry Sienkiewicz, the great Polish author from a painting by S. Ryszkowski, a local artist.
No full textHenry Sienkiewicz, the great Polish author, from a painting by S. Ryszkowski, a local artist.https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/fronczak-photo3/1034/thumbnail.jp
'Neasey, Francis Mervyn (Frank) (1920–1993)
No full textFrancis Mervyn Neasey (1920–1993), judge and author, was born on 13 September 1920 at Latrobe, Tasmania, elder of two sons of Tasmanian-born Herbert Henry Neasey, carter, and his wife Elsie Beatrice, née Tyler. Frank was educated at Burnie Convent School and Burnie High School, where he was a senior prefect
Martha J. Lamb (1826-1893) Brought American History to Life
No full textThrough her writings and editorial work, Martha J. Lamb did more to foster widespread interest in the emerging field of American history than perhaps any other individual in the 19th century. She achieved national recognition as editor of the Magazine of American History which preacher Henry Ward Beecher considered an “historical gold mine.” Historian Francis Parkman even claimed, “every student of American history has a stake in its success and prosperity.” That Lamb and her work were so highly regarded in the historical community, then considered a ‘man’s preserve,’ can only be appreciated by knowing the attributes and affiliations she brought to the position
Micro X-ray fluorescence measurements on sediment core SG06
No full textFor details on age model see Bronk Ramsey et al. (2012); µXRF data by Michael Marshall, Henry Lamb; for further project information see http://www.suigetsu.org; contact: Gordon Schlolaut ([email protected]
Poems of the late Francis S. Key : esq., author of "The Star Spangled Banner" ; with an introductory letter by Chief Justice Taney.
No full textFirst edition. BAL 11093.; Edited by Henry V.D. Johns.; BAL binding C: except red T cloth; stamped in gold all edges gilt; yellow endpapers
The Smoke of War: From Tamburlaine to Henry V
No full textThis is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Taylor & Francis via the DOI in this record.Early in Tamburlaine Part 1, Marlowe’s protagonist promises that his army’s bullets, “[e]nrolde in flames and fiery smouldering mistes”, will occupy the heavens (2.3.20). Uniting the technological with the supernatural, Tamburlaine is characterised as a warrior who commands the “compasse of the killing bullet” (2.1.41), with the smoky emissions generated by his ordnance complementing his martial ambitions. As Tamburlaine and his rival Bajazeth compete for discursive and material control of the fictional – and theatrical - air, deploying smoke, flying bullets, and airborne contagion, Marlowe’s drama introduces an association between pollution and achievement that Shakespeare would subsequently interrogate in Henry IV and Henry V. While Shakespearean characters such as Hotspur continue to celebrate the fumes of “smoky war” (1 Henry IV 4.1.115), Shakespeare also registers the performative risks of generating environmental pollution: an approach that culminates in Henry V when the title protagonist’s threats conflate bullets with rotting bodies and render the air itself a poisoned weapon that “choke[s]” the atmosphere (4.3.99-108). Analysing both parts of Tamburlaine, Henry VI Part One, 1 and 2 Henry IV, and Henry V, this article explores the theatrical associations between staging battle and the weaponised use of airborne pollutants, reflecting on the implications for contemporary dramatic representations of the martial and aerial environment
Christian Brothers College Class of 1914
No full textBack row: (L-R) Charles Sevier Barr, Francis Middleton Hays, T.C. Guinee. Front row: (L-R) John Thomas Shea, Patrick Henry Tansey, William E. Lamb, Richard Stanton
Sonnets and odes by Henry Francis Cary, Author of an Irregular Ode to General Eliott [electronic resource].
No full textWith a half-title.Electronic reproduction.English Short Title Catalog,Reproduction of original from British Library
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