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In search of Eden.(Mapping Paradise: A History of Heaven on Earth)(Book review)
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Mapping Paradise: A History of Heaven on Earth by Alessandro Scafi University of Chicago Press, 400 pages, $55
Looking through the many and lavish illustrations of Alessandro Scafi's Mapping Paradise: A History of Heaven on Earth, I find myself drawn again and again to a photograph reproduced near the book's end. It appeared originally in the Times of London and was taken in 1944 in the town of Qurna in Iraq, near the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. One of...
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World's end imagery: how William Morris and C.S. Lewis imagined the Medieval North.(Critical Essay)
Extrapolation
; The allure of North European medieval literature was strong in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century England. Two writers who inherited the Romantic impulse felt the pull of the Norse tradition and wrote their own imaginative works based on much of this material. Although they were both
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The end of the world is no longer nigh
The Independent - London
; THE end of the world has been postponed until further notice. Leaders of 5 million Jehovah's Witnesses announced last week that they would no longer attempt to predict when Armageddon will come, following a series of miscalculations. For more than a century the Witnesses have eagerly calculated the
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Fed beaten again and faces losing his world No1 status
Evening Standard - London
; THE end of Roger Federer's record reign as world No1 moved a step closer after his shock 2-6, 7-5, 6-4 defeat to France's Gilles Simon in the second round of the Toronto Masters. It was the Swiss star's first match since losing an epic Wimbledon final to Rafael Nadal this month and the first time
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[ THE EARTHLY PARADISE... ]
Daily Mail
; THE EARTHLY PARADISE By Peter Whelan: Almeida Theatre HAS there ever been a happy menage a trois? In the summer of 1871 the pre-Raphaelites William Morris and Dante Gabriel Rossetti shared not only a Cotswolds house but also the love of a beautiful woman Morris's wife Janey. Kelmscott Manor is
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Disney pals take children on tour of world ; Youngsters wanting to take a whistle-stop tour of the world will be able to immerse themselves in book seven of our Disney series.
Hull Daily Mail (UK)
; Youngsters wanting to take a whistle-stop tour of the world will be able to immerse themselves in book seven of our Disney series. The Mail has teamed up with Disney to offer readers the chance to snap up a stunning set of 24 illustrated encyclopedias. This week's book is Atlas Of The World. With
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The Earthly Paradise.(Theater Review)
Variety
; (ALMEIDA; 325 SEATS; 27.50 [pounds sterling] 53.50) TOP) LONDON An Almeida Theater presentation of a play in two acts by Peter Whelan. Directed by Robert Delamere. Sets and costumes, Simon Higlett: lighting, Chris Davey; sound, Christopher Shutt; fights, Alison De Burgh. Opened, reviewed Nov 24,
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The lost world of Tibet's Tsangpo Gorges.(LECTURE OF THE MONTH)
Geographical
; 27 November at 6.30pm (LECTURE, LONDON) Acclaimed presenter, author and explorer Ian Baker will give a richly illustrated talk on the converging narratives of 19th-century exploration and the Tibetan quest for an Earthly paradise in the heart of Tsangpo Gorge, which inspired his successful book,
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 "Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)")
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ARTISTIC MIX GIVES RISE TO LIVELY AESTHETICS IN `EARTHLY PARADISE'.(Arts and Entertainment)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)
; A friend visiting James Washington Jr. in his studio once took it upon himself to set the artist straight on a basic biological fact. Pointing to a sculpture showing a rabbit cracking its way out of an egg, the friend told Washington that a rabbit doesn't come from an egg. Washington smiled
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THEATRE: It's `Pygmalion' meets the Pre-Raphs The Earthly Paradise Almeida LONDON Julius Caesar Swan STRATFORD- UPON-AVON Woyzeck Gate LONDON
The Independent on Sunday
; In The Earthly Paradise - Peter Whelan's new biodrama about William Morris, his wife Jane and friend Dante Gabriel Rossetti - Morris is so enchanted by the Kelmscott Manor in Oxfordshire that for years it becomes the jointly rented, Morris-Rossetti country retreat. Yet this does not lead to a happy
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 "The Economist (US)")
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Positing paradise; Heaven on earth.(Mapping Paradise: A History of Heaven on Earth)(Paradise: A History of the Idea That Rules the World)(Book review)
The Economist (US)
; ... frontiers, the very question is absurd. Maps show real things, not imaginary ones. You ... beautiful, but can seem baffling. Their maps showed God, history, and human woes and ... place, just as Adam was a real man. Such maps depicted paradise as imaginatively and ...
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