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The life and works of James Miller, 1704-1744, with particular reference to the satiric content of his poetry and plays.
No full textPhDJames Miller was born the son of a Dorset rector in 1704. He
was himself ordained, but acquired no benefice until just before his
early death, probably because of a scathing portrayal of the Bishop
of London in one of his verse satires. At Oxford he wrote a vivacious
comedy of humours, set in the University. Its production in 1730
began his dramatic career, at a time when the number of London
theatres had just doubled, and new dramatic forms were being invented.
In 1731 his poem Harlequin-Horace, a witty inversion of
the Ars Poetica, attacked pantomime and opera, but also painted a
lively portrait of the entire theatrical world, in the tradition of
the Dunciad.
After collaborating in a translation of Moliere's works Miller
wrote two plays based on this author. Of all his dramatic works
these were the most successful with his contemporaries, and were
followed by a modernisation of Much Ado, and a ballad-opera adapted
from an afterpiece by Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, and rendered highly
topical. Miller made similar use of a recent French comedy showing
a Red Indian's reactions to civilisation, a satiric "fable" by Walsh
and Voltaire's Mahomet. A large quantity of original material was
incorporated into most of these, and this is generally satirical in
nature. The Indian is made to voice almost egalitarian sentiments.
An afterpiece, "The Camp Visitants", satirised military inaction
in the war, and was apparently banned. The manuscripts of the six
plays produced after the Licensing Act bear the examiner's deletions,
and illustrate the nature of the censorship at this time.
Miller's greatest strength is probably his flexible, vigorously
colloquial dialogue. His political satire is mostly contained in
the poetry, which attacks Walpole's administration with increasing
vehemence through the seventeen-thirties, until its fall. In 1740
two poems that used Pope in symbolic contrast to Walpole caused a
sensation. In both poetry and plays Miller is also a social satirist,
who lays unusually strong emphasis on false taste and the deterioration
of culture
Beata Beatrix
No full textMedium: photogravureprintssigned and dated."Beata Beatrix" [2009.0107.000.000], Miller, Fred, Rossetti, Dante GabrielArtist and Role: Miller, Fred,Artist and Role: Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, ArtistExtent: imageExtent: plateExtent: sheet (irregular
Gabriel Ajak Lat
No full textabstract: Gabriel was ten years old when he left his village.
“Lost Boys Found” is an ongoing, interdisciplinary project that is collecting, recording and archiving the oral histories of the Lost Boys/Girls of Sudan. The collection is a work-in-progress, seeking to record the oral history of as many Lost Boys/Girls as are willing, and will be used in a future book.Age: 27Region: Bahr al GhazalThis picture and bio was donated to the Lost Boys Found project from The Arizona Lost Boys Cente
David L. Miller, Hells & Holy Ghosts : a Theopoetics of Christian Belief, Nashville, Abingdon Press, 1989
No full textVahanian Gabriel. David L. Miller, Hells & Holy Ghosts : a Theopoetics of Christian Belief, Nashville, Abingdon Press, 1989. In: Revue d'histoire et de philosophie religieuses, 70e année n°4, Octobre-décembre 1990. pp. 482-483
David L. Miller, Hells & Holy Ghosts : a Theopoetics of Christian Belief, Nashville, Abingdon Press, 1989
No full textVahanian Gabriel. David L. Miller, Hells & Holy Ghosts : a Theopoetics of Christian Belief, Nashville, Abingdon Press, 1989. In: Revue d'histoire et de philosophie religieuses, 70e année n°4, Octobre-décembre 1990. pp. 482-483
Bust of Gabriel ? Miro 1879-1930
No full textBust of Gabriel ? Miro 1879-1930 - Plaza?https://digitalcommons.acu.edu/coc_missions_photos/1657/thumbnail.jp
Providence College Faculty Author Series 2013-2014: Fr. Gabriel Pivarnik
No full textIn this installment, Fr. Gabriel Pivarnik discusses his book Toward a Trinitarian Theology of Liturgical Participation and his reflections on the history of active participation within the Catholic Church
Providence College Faculty Author Series 2013-2014: Fr. Gabriel Pivarnik
No full textIn this installment, Fr. Gabriel Pivarnik discusses his book Toward a Trinitarian Theology of Liturgical Participation and his reflections on the history of active participation within the Catholic Church
Manuscript Poem "John Keats" by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
No full textabstract: Concerning the manuscript for "John Keats".Publication Details: Not the same version as some published versions of "John Keats."Curator's Note: Handwriting in upper right corner reads "Rossetti's Handwriting." Writing on verso reads "Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Mss.
British Museum Reader's Ticket of Dante Gabriel Rossetti
No full textabstract: Concerning a Reader's Ticket of Dante Gabriel Rossetti.Transcription Details: Card reads:
Poet's article 8 {? Nap.} /661
{?dilk Gllucci}
Aug 10 DG RossettiCreation Date Details: Undated range is the author's lifespan. Date and month listed on ticket read "Aug 10.
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