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Samuel Johnson's "love of truth" and literary fraud.(Critical Essay)
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In James Boswell's Life of Johnson, for May 1776, the following exchange appears, important for the light it sheds on Johnson's attitude toward literary deception: "We spoke of Chatterton. BosWELL. 'Has not, Sir, his poetry a claim on our esteem for its poetical spark?' JOHNSON. 'No, Sir; such claim as he had on our esteem he has forfeited through his imposture, and his poetical spark is extinguished by his disregard for truth. Chatterton's poetry can no more be beautiful than Ossian's; both are calculated to deceive credulity. There is no pleasing deception, for ...
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Reise um die Welt: The complexities and complicities of Adelbert von Chamisso's anti-conquest narratives
Magazine article from: German Quarterly
; ...nordostlichen Durchfahrt by Captain Otto von Kotzebue (son of German dramatist August von Kotzebue); and in 1835, Reise um die...auf der Brigg Rurik, Kapitan Otto von Kotzebue, comprised of two parts, the...
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ALASKA LEGISLATION:WALTER G. SAMPSON
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony
; ...PRESIDENT, NANA REGIONAL CORPORATION, INC., KOTZEBUE, ALASKA, SUBMITTED ON H.R.2804 BEFORE THE...began in earnest. One of the earliest was Lt. Otto von Kotzebue, who discovered Kotzebue Sound in 1816. After the purchase of Alaska...
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ALASKA BILLS:CHARLIE CURTIS
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony
; ...REGIONAL CORPORATION, INC., KOTZEBUE,ALASKA ON S. 748 BEFORE THE...One of the earliest was Lt. Otto von Kotzebue, who discovered Kotzrbue Sound...communities in the NANA Region. Kotzebue, the commercial and communication...
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Travel: Strangers in paradise In 1778, Captain Cook and his crew were the first white men to arrive on the island playground of Hawaii. Natives rushed to greet them, and feted Cook as a god. But then it all began to go wrong. JEREMY ATIYAH visits the spot where England's greatest seafarer was murdered
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...here is a Russian naval officer, Otto von Kotzebue, who cruised this coast in the...eastern part of the island, Kotzebue also noted, was indeed covered...lava. But where was Kamehameha? Kotzebue continued south, past better lands...
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Hawai'i's Russian Adventure: A New Look at Old History. (Reviews).(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Oceania
; ...regarding the 'Russian' fort was 'first-hand' (Kotzebue's). The others were native accounts three years...their absence. Important as were Schaeffer's and Otto von Kotzebue's accomplishments and projections momentarily, far...
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 "AK Journal of Commerce (Anchorage, AK)")
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Shishmaref starts a Web search for help in moving its village.
Newspaper article from: AK Journal of Commerce (Anchorage, AK)
; ...126 miles north of Nome and 100 miles southwest of Kotzebue in the Chukchi Sea, just north of Bering Strait. Shishmaref...for the island is Kigikta. In 1816, Russian explorer Otto Von Kotzebue named the inlet Shishmarev, after a member of his crew...
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The Travelers' World: Europe to the Pacific.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of History
; ...accompanied his father on Captain Cook's second voyage of 1768-1771; and Adelbert von Chamisso, a Frenchman, accompanied the Russian captain Otto von Kotzebue on his 1815-1818 voyage. The results of the voyages were manifold: the travelers...
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Nilda Rego: Poppies, golden poppies, California s flowers
Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune
; ...published her songbook, which was selling for $1. Adelbert Von Chamisso, a German poet-naturalist, discovered the...its official scientific name. The Rurik, captained by Otto Von Kotzebue, was on a round-the- world voyage of exploration...
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Slipping Into the Sea : Last Days of the Arctic Community Shishmaref.
Magazine article from: World and I
; ...Bering Land Bridge National Reserve. The village's name originates from an 1816 Russian expedition led by Lt. Otto Von Kotzebue. He named the inlet behind Sarichef in honor of his fellow explorer Lt. Cmdr. Gleb Shishmarev (who accompanied...
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James Sandos. Converting California: Indians and Franciscans in the Missions.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The American Indian Quarterly
; ...observations by European travelers, such as the French artist Louis Choris, who accompanied the German naturalist Otto von Kotzebue, would offer proof of a "lassitude" among neophytes supposedly caused by pandemic syphilis. Choris's statements...
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