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genius
genius in Roman religion, guardian spirit of a man, a family, or a state. In some instances, a place, a city, or an institution had its genius. As the guardian spirit of an individual, the genius (corresponding to the Greek demon) was largely the force of one's natural desires. The genius of the... Read more |
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John Dennis
John Dennis 1657-1734, English critic and playwright. Best known for his critical works, which include Grounds of Criticism in Poetry (1704) and An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Shakespeare (1712), Dennis was also the author of several unsuccessful tragedies. His Appius and Virginia ... Read more |
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Meredith Monk
Meredith Monk Since the 1960s, American performing artist Meredith Monk (born 1942) has earned renown as a composer, singer, dancer, choreographer, filmmaker and critic. Although trained originally as a dancer, she pioneered the multi-textured extended vocal technique and her vocal compositions and... Read more |
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genius loci
genius loci. Latin term meaning ‘the genius of the place’, referring to the presiding deity or spirit. Every place has its own unique qualities, not only in terms of its physical makeup, but of how it is perceived, so it ought to be (but far too often is not) the responsibilities of... Read more |
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Thomas Chatterton
Thomas Chatterton 1752-70, English poet. The posthumous son of a poor Bristol schoolmaster, he was already composing the "Rowley Poems" at the age of 12, claiming they were copies of 15th-century manuscripts at the Church of St. Mary Redcliffe, Bristol. In 1769 he sent several of these poems to... Read more |
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Johann Heinrich Merck
Johann Heinrich Merck , 1741-91, German critic. He was the counselor of many young writers, including Goethe, whose genius he was first to recognize.... Read more |
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Richard Monckton Milnes 1st Baron Houghton
Richard Monckton Milnes Houghton, 1st Baron , 1809-85, English author. Throughout much of his life he was an active member of Parliament. He was among the first to recognize the genius of Keats and in 1848 published his Life, Letters, and Literary Remains of John Keats. In addition he secured a... Read more |
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Benjamin Lundy
Benjamin Lundy 1789-1839, American abolitionist, b. Sussex co., N.J., of Quaker parentage. A pioneer in the antislavery movement, Lundy founded (1815) the Union Humane Society while operating a saddlery in Ohio. He soon began to devote his efforts full time to the abolitionist cause by founding... Read more |
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apotheosis
apotheosis , the act of raising a person who has died to the rank of a god. Historically, it was most important during the later Roman Empire. In an emperor's lifetime his genius was worshiped, but after he died he was often solemnly enrolled as one of the gods to be publicly adored. Apotheosis is... Read more |
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Demons
Demonology The study of demons or evil spirits; also a branch of magic that deals with such beings. In religious science it has come to indicate knowledge regarding supernatural beings that are not deities. The Greek term daimon originally indicated "genius" or "spirit," and Socrates claimed to... Read more |
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Glenn Gould: The Ecstasy and Tragedy of Genius.(Review)
Glenn Gould: The Ecstasy and Tragedy of Genius. By Peter Ostwald. New York...After the Canadian pianist Glenn Gould left the concert stage in 1964 at...of television appearances. The Glenn ... |
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Glenn Gould Bio
...biography has just appeared "Glenn Gould, The Ecstasy and Tragedy of Genius" by Peter Oswald (ph). Now although Glenn Gould died 15 years ago, just...the most compelling musical geniuses of ... |
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Eclectica.(Glenn Gould)
NOT GOOD AS GOLD Was Glenn Gould a descendant of Edvard Grieg? Rick Phillips...so, but as the late Peter Ostwald notes in Glenn Gould: The Ecstasy and Tragedy of Genius, "The Greigs always were very proud of ... |
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No trace of ecstasy
GLENN GOULD: THE ECSTASY AND TRAGEDY OF GENIUS by Peter F. Oswald Norton, 20...hypochondria, the Canadian pianist Glenn Gould specialised in them all. No details...respectable but limited talent run wild; ... |
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Notes to blow you away
...was a dark moment of genius misguided. Twiddle your dials, Glenn Gould instructed buyers of...The upholstery of Gould's piano seat burst...from Peter Ostwald's Glenn Gould: the ecstasy and ... |
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Wednesday's Book
Glenn Gould: the ecstasy and tragedy of genius by Peter Ostwald WW Norton, pounds...symptoms of "sub-clinical polio". Glenn Gould's eccentricities were as famous...helped," Ostwald huffs, "if ... |
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BOOKS FOR CHRISTMAS
Tortured geniuses, autocratic conductors...normality beside those of Glenn Gould, the Canadian pianist...Ostwald's biography Glenn Gould (Norton pounds 20) is subtitled "the ecstasy and tragedy of ... |
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