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Herman Pleij. Dreaming of Cockaigne: Medieval Fantasies of the Perfect Life.
Magazine article from: Utopian Studies; 1/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...meanings of the idea of Cockaigne during the transition from...The ages-old concept of Cockaigne gave way to the similar...Luilekkerland-- lazy-luscious-land --a cautionary tale which...meanings and functions of Cockaigne at this historical juncture...all the articulations of Cockaigne, a ...
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Gardar Eide Einarsson: he may be the most unpopular young artist in Norway, but he's one of the sharpest critics of macho American youth culture is this the land of liberty or what?(ART)(Interview)
Magazine article from: Interview; 9/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...exactly? GEE: It was based on this German fairy tale about Schlaraffenland, which I think in English is called Cockaigne. In this fairy-tale land, nobody has to work, and if you do, you're punished for it. Laziness is rewarded, and they have mountains...
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Allegories of painting: in large-scale, elaborately worked canvases, Vincent Desiderio presents ambiguous narratives that refer to his life, our times and the history of Western art.
Magazine article from: Art in America; 2/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...by the elder Pieter Brueghel, Land of Cockaigne (1567), which pictures a locale...to the construction of his own Cockaigne (1993-2003), a commanding canvas...that were included along with Cockaigne in an exhibition of 10 new paintings...
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Fables of Abundance: A Cultural History of Advertising in America.
Magazine article from: National Review; 4/17/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...curious sloughs come early on -- as when, for instance, we are introduced to the medieval European legend of the Land of Cockaigne, where everything is reversed, told of the psychological differences between Roman Catholic and Protestant rituals...
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The Utopia Reader.(Review)
Magazine article from: Utopian Studies; 1/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...cover reproduction of Brueghel's Land of the Cockaigne. The purpose of The Faber Book...interested in utopia will appreciate Cockaigne. These paragraphs will (1) describe...both those of the appetite like Cockaigne and those of the constitution...
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The Faber Book of Utopias.(Review)
Magazine article from: Utopian Studies; 1/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...cover reproduction of Brueghel's Land of the Cockaigne. The purpose of The Faber Book...interested in utopia will appreciate Cockaigne. These paragraphs will (1) describe...both those of the appetite like Cockaigne and those of the constitution...
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Monsters, marvels and miracles; imaginary journeys and landscapes in the middle ages.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 11/1/2005; 125 words
; ...include mapping the Middle Ages, monsters at the Earth's imagined corners, imaginary journeys among the Celts, and the Land of Cockaigne in the far west of Spain. Thirty two color plates are included, but no index. The papers were presented at a November...
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Five postcards from Badenweiler.(Travel)
Magazine article from: Quadrant; 7/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...better at it. 2 A CONTESTED BORDER within living memory, the land along the hundred and fifty kilometres of the Upper Rhine...medieval commentaries have even identified this part of Europe as Cockaigne, a lazy-luscious-land in which everybody went about open-mouthed, for instant gratification...
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Utopianism and the Creation of New Zealand National Identity(*).(Review)
Magazine article from: Utopian Studies; 1/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Miles Fairburn used terms like Cockaigne, Arcadia, the Labourer's Paradise...like the the farthest promised land, the happy colony, the land of promise, and Brighter Britain...on the Hutt Valley called The Land of Milk and Honey . Thus, New...
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BOOKS RECEIVED.(poetry)
Magazine article from: Poetry; 7/1/2001; 700+ words
; ...Selected Poems 1969-1999, by Kathleen Norris. University of Pittsburgh Press. $30.00 cloth; $16.95 paper. The Land of the Cockaigne, by Ed Orchester. Story Line Press. $12.00. The Republic of Self, by Elizabeth Powell. Western Michigan University...
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