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Adelaide ristori marchesa capranica del grillo" acclaimed by the public and praised by her contemporaries for her patriotism, she was the most famous and influential italian actress of the 19th centuryare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiundated aphorismplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storebeautiful postcard entirely handwritten by the unforgettable theatrical actress adelaide ristori marchesa di capranica del grilloè la sicura guida per la ricerca del vero belloinside the postcard, sent to the "compito giovinetto vittorio vanini bussolini" adelaide ristori sends a beautiful aphorism: "l'arte è una emanazione della vita, di diocatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Naipaul, sam sevlon, and jean rhys are set alongside their spanish- and french-speaking contemporaries like alejo carpentier, jan bosh, and gabriel garcia marquezoxfam bookshop st albans the caribbean is the source of one of the richest, most accessible, and yet technically adventurous traditions of contemporary world literaturetheir work, in all its diversity of style, theme, and linguistic energy, provides a context for the work of an exciting new generation of caribbean writers like edwidge danticat, robert antoni, astrid roemer, and jamaica kincaida clean unmarked copya celebration of regional creativity, the collection contains sufficient surprises to keep even the most avid student of west indian writing turning the pages, while reminding readers that the caribbean is a multilingual, multicultural spacesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is also pan-caribbean, including stories from the four main languages of the region: english, spanish, french, and dutch stories by major figures in the english language tradition such as vthis collection of caribbean short stories features both authors born in the 19th century and much younger writers of more recent generations
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Her sensitive styling attunes perfectly with the author's designs, which in turn complement the archival photographs of morris' own work, his sources of inspiration and the work of his contemporariesleading still-life photographer jan baldwin has photographed each of the projects, which include cushions, rugs, wall hangings, and fire-screens, in evocative medieval and arts & crafts locationsmost of these projects are worked in tent stitch for canvas, and the accompany colour charts enable the reader to follow the instructions with easemorris was probably the most prolific and talented designer that the nineteenth century ever witnessedoxfam bookshop carlisle combining her considerable talents and infectious enthusiasm for william morris, beth russell has adapted a number of his most beautiful designs to create an original needlepoint collection for the homebeth russell's needlepoint projects are a unique interpretation of this work and pay due homage to his creative geniuspages are in fine condition, boards are in fine condition, dust jacket is in fine condition see oxfam website for delivery information read moreinspired by the natural world around him, he produced a wealth of designs for embroideries, tapestries and wallpapersall the materials needed for each project are indicated, including the amount of yarn to buy, and advice is given on stitching and finishing off
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Includes many interviews with famous contemporaries and a full discographycd included see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop inverness a biography of the legendary guitarist which covers his story from his early days in the new york dolls through to the heartbreakers and his controversial solo career which culminated in his premature death from a drug overdose at age 38
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3: pastorale (allegretto) -- var5 in a minor (): modéré mais sans lenteur -- improvisation no6: ironique (allegretto) -- varhymne (modéré) () -- iii5: mélancolique (très calme) -- varpastorale (calme et mystérieux) () -- ii11 in g minor (): assez animé -- improvisation nooxfam shop kendal olivier cazal performs piano music by french composer francis poulenc () in recordings fromnevertheless it is in smaller scale works, his songs and chamber music, and, above all, his piano pieces that he is most characteristically represented8 in a minor (): presto -- improvisation no4 in a flat major (): presto con fuoco -- improvisation nocaprice italien (presto)) -- novelette notoccata (très animé) ()) -- napoli: suite pour le piano () (i1 in b minor (): presto ritmico -- improvisation no2: noble (lent) -- var14 in d flat major (): allegretto -- improvisation nonocturne (lent) -- iii7: elégiaque (excessivement lent) -- var1 in c major (): modéré sans lenteur -- novelette no2 in a flat major (): assez animé -- improvisation nobarcarolle (assez animé) -- iicd and case: cd excellentcase a little marked and can be changed, see oxfam website for delivery information read moretrack listing: thème varié () (thème (très calme et sans hâte) -- var10: sybilline (bien lent) -- var1: joyeuse (allegro molto) -- var6 in b flat major (): a toute vitesse -- improvisation no12 in e flat major (hommage à schubert) (): mouvement de valse -- improvisation nothis cd offers works including 'improvisations' dedicated to various contemporaries, the more demanding 'napoli' and the 'novelettes' that end with a tribute to the spanish composer, manuel de falla4: sarcastique (allegro molto, très violent) -- var9: fantasque (allegro molto) -- var13 in a minor (): allegretto comodo -- improvisation no2 in b flat minor (): très rapide et rythmé -- novelette no11: finale (allegro molto) and coda (molto agitato)) -- improvisation no3 in b minor (): presto très sec -- improvisation nowith a reputation for light-hearted music of wit and elegance, poulenc developed a mature idiom that led to his tragic opera 'dialogues de carmélites' and liturgical works expressing his rediscovered religious convictions9 in d major (): presto possible -- improvisation no15 in c minor (hommage à edith piaf) (): très vite -- trois pieces (): (i10 in f major (eloge des gammes) (): modéré, sans trainer -- improvisation no3 in e minor (sur un thème de manuel de falla ("el amor brujo") (): andantino tranquillo8: volubile (presto) -- var7 in c major (): modéré sans lenteur -- improvisation no
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This series of international ford madox ford studies was founded to reflect the recent resurgence of interest in himit includes two pieces published here for the first time: one by ford himself, on turgenev; the other a memoir about ford by his contemporary, marie belloc lowndes (the sister of hilaire belloc)byatt, whose literary contacts with ford have been as his admiring readers and eloquent criticsthis volume reveals how true that has been, and in how many ways, as it sheds new light on his relationships with other writers, both familiar and surprisingin the south-east of england at the fin-de-siècle, he collaborated for a decade with joseph conrad, and befriended henry james, and hbut it also explores contacts with literary textslawrence, and wyndham lewiseach volume is based upon a particular theme or issue; and relates aspects of ford's work, life, and contacts, to broader concerns of his timebut he was a prolific writer in many different modes, which include criticism of others' writing, and reminiscences of the many writers he had knownin edwardian london he founded the english review, publishing these writers alongside his new discoveries, ezra pound, dhe was always a tireless promoter of younger writers, reading manuscripts and recommending them to publishersford has been described as 'a writer's writer'this book takes ford's 'literary contacts' to include such creative friendships, editorial involvements, and influential biographical encounters; and they form the most substantial, central section on 'contemporaries and confrères', covering figures like proust, carlos williams, rebecca west, herbert read, and hemingwaythe present book is part of a large-scale reassessment of his roles in literary historythe final section discusses 'successors': writers such as graham greene, burgess, and athe first section on 'predecessors' considers the impact of ford's reading of trollope, george eliot, and turgenevafter the war he moved to france, founding the transatlantic review in paris, taking on hemingway as a sub-editor, discovering another generation of modernists such as jean rhys and basil bunting, and publishing them alongside joyce and gertrude steinford is best-known for his fiction, especially the good soldier, long considered a modernist masterpiece; and parade's end, which anthony burgess described as 'the finest novel about the first world war'; and samuel hynes has called 'the greatest war novel ever written by an englishman'oxfam shop magdelen street the controversial british writer ford madox ford () is increasingly recognized as a major presence in early twentieth-century literaturehe spent more time in america from the later s, spending time with southern agrarians, and poets such as william carlos williams, charles olson, and robert lowellsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreone of the most striking features of his career is his close involvement with so many of the major international literary groupings of his time
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Waughs works are placed in their rich literary and historical context, enabling readers to appreciate for the first time the range and complexity of his thinking and artistic practice, and linking this to the work of his contemporaries in britain, america and europeonly 15% of waugh's letters have previously been publishedthe edition's general editor is alexander waugh, evelyn waugh's grandson and editor of the twelve-volume personal writings sequencethe origins of the works are explored, and annotations to each piece seek to assist the modern readerall volumes will be beautifully produced, and have comprehensive introductions and detailed annotationthis volume is part of the complete works of evelyn waugh critical edition, which brings together all waugh's published and previously unpublished writings for the first time with comprehensive introductions and annotation, and a full account of each text's manuscript development and textual variantslong interred in fashion magazines, popular newspapers, sober journals, undergraduate reviews, and bbc archives, 110 of the 170 pieces in the volume have never before been reprintedalexander waugh, evelyn waugh's grandson, is editing a twelve-volume personal writings sequence for the series, intercalating over letters with the complete, unexpurgated diariesfinally, in early waugh travelled for three months in remote british guiana, resulting in nine travel articles and a handful of dust, acclaimed as one of the most distinguished novels of the centuryfiction and non-fiction volumes will also contain a full account of each text's manuscript development and textual variantswaugh was 19 when his first oxford review appeared, 31 when the spectator printed his last review ofthis is a young writer's book, and the always lucid articles and reviews it presents read as fresh and lively, as challenging and opinionated, as the day they first appearedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreseveral typescripts of articles and reviews are published here for the first time, as are a larger number of unsigned pieces never before identified as waugh'sthe complete works will revolutionize waugh studies, and offer new insights for twentieth-century literary and cultural studies generallythe volume embraces university journalism; essays from waugh's years of drift after oxford; forcefully emphatic articles and contrasting sophisticated reviews written for the metropolitan press from to (the most active and enterprising years of waugh's career); reports for three newspapers of a coronation in abyssinia and essays for the times on the condition of ethiopia and on british policy in arabiaoriginal texts, so easily distorted in the production process, have been established as far as possible using manuscript and other controlsno other edition of a british novelist has been undertaken on this scaleoxfam bookshop victoria the complete works of evelyn waugh offers the first scholarly edition of waugh's work, bringing together all of his extant writings and graphic art: novels, biographies, travel writing, short fiction, essays, articles, reportage, reviews, poems, juvenilia, parerga, drawings, and designsthis first volume of evelyn waugh's articles, essays, and reviews contains every traceable piece of journalism that research could uncover written by waugh between january , when he first went up to oxford, and december , when he had recently returned from british guiana and was enjoying the runaway success of a handful of dust
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Oxfam bookshop glossop road very slight shelf wear, scuffing and creasing to dust cover, very good overall condition a comprehensive analysis of the ritual dimensions of biblical mourning rites, this book also seeks to illuminate mourning's social dimensions through engagement with anthropological discussion of mourning, from hertz and van gennep to contemporaries such as metcalf and huntington and bloch and parryhe investigates why mourning can occur among petitioners in a sanctuary setting even given mourning's death associations; why certain texts proscribe some mourning rites (laceration and shaving) but not others; and why the mixing of the rites of mourning and rejoicing, normally incompatible, occurs in the same ritual in several biblical textssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe author identifies four types of biblical mourning, and argues that mourning the dead is paradigmatic
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After a school reunion exposes the chasm between his life and those of his much more successful contemporaries, leaving him bitter and resentful, one of his old friends asks him to pay an unofficial visit to a couple of blackmailersoxfam bookshop brigg detective sigurdur oli is in troublehe readily agrees, only to arrive to find one of the pair lying in a pool of bloodwhen the victim dies in hospital, sigurdur oli is faced with investigating a murder without revealing his own reasons for being present at the murder scenesee oxfam website for delivery information read moremoving from the villas of reykjavìk's banking elite to a sordid basement flat, black skies is a superb story of greed, pride and murder from one of europe's most successful crime writers
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Oxfam bookshop altrincham beautifully produced edition of the analects, an ancient chinese book composed of a large collection of sayings and ideas attributed to the chinese philosopher confucius and his contemporaries, traditionally believed to have been compiled and written by confucius's followers published by folio society insee oxfam website for delivery information read more the book itself has a decorated cover and comes with a slipcasetranslated by d c lau the slipcase has a little handling wear but the book itself is in as new condition
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This biography of a central figure, guitarist and singer tommy johnson, describes his life, musical career, compositions and influence, drawing upon the recollections of contemporaries and the classic recordings of his circleoxfam bookshop aylesbury published in this book is in good condition for its age; the only issues with it is that there is a minor ink stain to the bottom edge pages and the top right hand corner of the cover has been folded over leaving a crease this book is part of the blues paperback series see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Many reproductions of the artworks of picasso and his contemporariesoxfam books & music totnes the catalogue accompanying the hermitage foundation's exhibition "el modernismocentred on painters of the " generation" resulting from the extreme turbulence traversed by spain throughout the nineteenth century, the exhibition shows the evolution experienced by these artiststhanks to this exhibition, the fondation de l hermitage offers its visitors the discovery of some of spain's hidden treasures, many of which are presented for the first time in switzerlandthe catalogue accompanying the exhibition contains texts from william hauptman, curator of the exhibition, blanca pons-sorolla (great-granddaughter of painter joachin sorolla) and javier baron (curator at the museo nacional del prado, madrid)exceptionally rich and diverse, artistic production in spain at the dawn of the twentieth century remains poorly known outside his country of originthe hundred or so works exhibited are entirely reproduced in colour and include artists as diverse as anglada, beruete, casas, mir, picasso, pinazo, regoyos, rusiñol, sorolla and zuloaga ** please note - the text in this catalogue is entirely in french** 5 continents fondation de l'hermitage paperback in very good condition with no markings and good bindingsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoscillating between respect for hispanic traditions and modernity, their works are part of the openness of the spanish avant-gardebetween the death of goya and the cubist period of picasso however extend some fascinating decades, which see forming the beginnings of modern hispanic artde sorolla à picasso, ", offers a global vision of spanish art at the dawn of the 20th century
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She was important then and her personal and artistic influences over the ensuing years would also prove to be considerablefrançoise embodied the style, vitality and attitude of the extraordinary decade that lay before herfrançoise hardy breathed new life into the pop scene during the early s
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Oxfam music shop reading the early music consort of london directed by david munrow ?-Â monteverdi's contemporaries genre:classical style:renaissance, baroque year: see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop victoria the rough guide to classical music is a unique handbook, spanning eight centuries of music from medieval masses to works by contemporaries such as judith weir and michael torkeboth a buyer's guide and a who's who, it features concise biographical sketches of some 160 composers, explaining their social and musical contexts; more than 150 illustrations, including some rarely seen archive photos; revealing summaries of the major compositions in all genres, from solo flute pieces to operas with casts of hundreds; and incisive reviews of hundreds of cds, selecting both the best of the latest recordings and the pick of the classic reissues see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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They were to perfection working class heroes, conservative while still so brash, pioneers who introduced surrealism in a culture previously dominated by kitsch and who flouted tin pan alley by writing and singing in the basic language of their contemporaries in everyday lifethe beatles captured perfectly the mood of a generationthey mirrored exactly a society that, while busy pulling down some selected barriers, remained keenly aware of their originssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Artist: andres segovia. weight: 100 grams. quick despatch. width: 142mm.
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