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Narcissus
Narcissus
Narcissus (daffodils; family Amaryllidaceae) A genus of bulbous
herbs whose regular flowers are borne singly or in groups on the tip of a leafless stem, and which have a papery
spathe around the flower or flower group. The flowers have 6 similar
perianth segments and also a cup or trumpet-shaped
corona surrounding the
stamens.
Narcissus species are much cultivated (as wild species and as hybrids or cultivars) for the fine flowers. There are 27 species, occuring in Europe, western Asia, and N. Africa.
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'Narcissus and Echo'
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 4/29/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...worried about her child, whom she named Narcissus, but as time passed, and as she watched...s and a smile as bright as the sun. Narcissus loved to romp through the woods, wander...join in others' games. Something in Narcissus' heart was indifferent to his playmates...
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 "The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)")
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NARCISSUS CAN DETER FOUR-LEGGED INVADERS.(At Home)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 8/28/2004; 700+ words
; ...rodents generally avoid death bulbs of narcissus like the plague. Rooted in its name...rodents everywhere. So why write about narcissus as we head into September? Because this...catalogs. This connection of death to narcissus is still carried on today in graveyards...
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'I am not he': Narcissus and ironic performativity in medieval French literature.
Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review; 10/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...extensively the medieval French use of Narcissus and mirrors to figure love experience. However, the claim to be like Narcissus is often closely associated with...loving subject really to become like Narcissus requires both the establishment and...
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Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun: Narcissus and Pygmalion.(Critical Essay)
Magazine article from: The Romanic Review; 11/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...de Lorris recounts Ovid's story of Narcissus; near the end, Jean de Meun tells Ovid...French Pygmalion makes between himself and Narcissus. Both myths have been significantly...Guillaume's adapted version of the Narcissus myth. Jean de Meun modified Ovid's...
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Reflections in a Golden Boy's Eye.(Reflecting Narcissus: A Queer AEsthetic)(Review)
Magazine article from: The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide; 7/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; Reflecting Narcissus: A Queer AEsthetic By Steven Bruhm...as immoral and immature. Reflecting Narcissus shows that these judgments have a depressingly...Bruhm is not the first to revisit the Narcissus myth or to revel in its complex history...
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Species Narcissus: try these graceful beauties to get a head start on spring. (Plant Portrait).
Magazine article from: Country Living Gardener; 1/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...leaves. Those diminutive Narcissus bearing solitary inflated...Everyone knows paperwhites (Narcissus tazetta var. papyraceus...gardens with hardy tazetta narcissi such as 'Geranium' and...daffodils). The Lent lily (Narcissus pseudonarcissus, Zones 3...
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The Mirror of Narcissus: history, metaphysics, and the limits of Richard Rorty's pragmatism.(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: CLIO; 6/22/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...could just be split from my own body," Narcissus cries out in anguish, desperately hoping...as to not disturb his watery double, Narcissus tries to make his image into something...shatters the illusion of permanence, and Narcissus dies a lonely death. He is thus, according...
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The Throoats of Narcissus. (Brief Reviews).(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Chicago Review; 12/22/2002; ; 700+ words
; Bruce Bond. The Throats of Narcissus. Fayetteville, AK: University...16. ISBN 1-55728-706-6. Narcissus, gazing at his watery reflection...redemptive side: nymphs, wanting to give Narcissus a proper burial, find only a bed...
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Narcissus is a beauty, and that's not a myth
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 10/2/1988; ; 700+ words
; ...Greek myth surrounding the origin of the narcissus, and it's a little sad, but then...there was this handsome young man named Narcissus who went around breaking hearts. Rejected...lovely flower that was given his name: Narcissus. Today the descendants of that flower...
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 "Sentinel, The (Stoke-on-Trent UK)")
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Win one hundred narcissi
Newspaper article from: Sentinel, The (Stoke-on-Trent UK); 2/19/2009; 700+ words
; ...traditional cottage industry of growing scented narcissi, which is an important part of the island...growers coax these multi-headed scented narcissi from their fields during their season...British blooms. Isles of Scilly scented narcissi are grown in the open air with no need...
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Narcissus
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
Narcissus Narcissus, from whose myth narcissism has been named, was the son of the river...his name. According to the Roman poet Ovid, the metamorphosis of Narcissus was a punishment for having rejected the nymph Echo, who fell in love...
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Black Narcissus
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
BLACK NARCISSUS UK, 1947 Directors: Michael Powell...technical virtuosity, explains why Black Narcissus continues to work its magic on new generations...Walker perceptively argues that Black Narcissus dramatises a key Freudian syndrome...
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Nigger of the ‘Narcissus’, The
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Nigger of the ‘Narcissus’, The, a novel by J...published 1897. The voyage of the Narcissus from Bombay to London is disrupted...dies, the wind rises, and the Narcissus is able to dock in London.
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narcissus
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
narcissus Genus of Old World, bulb-forming, garden flowers, including daffodils and jonguils. The long, pointed leaves surround yellow, orange or white trumpet-like flowers. Family Amaryllidaceae.
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Narcissistic personality disorder
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
...legend, the story of Echo and Narcissus. According to the legend, Echo...woodland nymph who fell in love with Narcissus, who was an uncommonly handsome...The god Apollo was angered by Narcissus' pride and self-satisfaction...
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