A Fallen Idol

Author : Alex von Tunzelmann
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780063081697

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An Economist Best Book of the Year In this timely and lively look at the act of toppling monuments, the popular historian and author of Blood and Sand explores the vital question of how a society remembers—and confronts—the past. In 2020, history came tumbling down. From the US and the UK to Belgium, New Zealand, and Bangladesh, Black Lives Matter protesters defaced, and in some cases, hauled down statues of Confederate icons, slaveholders, and imperialists. General Robert E. Lee, head of the Confederate Army, was covered in graffiti in Richmond, Virginia. Edward Colston, a member of Parliament and slave trader, was knocked off his plinth in Bristol, England, and hurled into the harbor. Statues of Christopher Columbus were toppled in Minnesota, burned and thrown into a lake in Virginia, and beheaded in Massachusetts. Belgian King Leopold II was set on fire in Antwerp and doused in red paint in Ghent. Winston Churchill’s monument in London was daubed with the word “racist.” As these iconic effigies fell, the backlash was swift and intense. But as the past three hundred years have shown, history is not erased when statues are removed. If anything, Alex von Tunzelmann reminds us, it is made. Exploring the rise and fall of twelve famous, yet now controversial statues, she takes us on a fascinating global historical tour around North America, Western and Eastern Europe, Latin America and Asia, filled with larger than life characters and dramatic stories. Von Tunzelmann reveals that statues are not historical records but political statements and distinguishes between statuary—the representation of “virtuous” individuals, usually “Great Men”—and other forms of sculpture, public art, and memorialization. Nobody wants to get rid of all memorials. But Fallen Idols asks: have statues had their day?

Author : F. Anstey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Buddhism
ISBN : STANFORD:36105213331247

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Author : Graham Greene
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1992-07-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 014018533X

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The Third Man and The Fallen Idol by Graham Greene Pdf

The Third Man is Greene's brilliant recreation of post-war Vienna, a city of desolate poverty occupied by four powers. Rollo Martins, a second-rate novelist, arrives penniless in Vienna to visit his old friend and hero Harry Lime. Harry is dead, but the circumstances surrounding his death are highly suspicious, and his reputation, at the very least, dubious. Graham Greene said of The Third Man that he "wanted to entertain [people], to frighten them a little, to make them laugh" and the result is both a compelling narrative and a haunting thriller. The Fallen Idol is the chilling story of a small boy caught up in the games that adults play. Left in the care of the butler, Baines, and his wife, Philip realizes too late the danger of lies and deceit. But the truth is even deadlier. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Author : F. Anstey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1911
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:6616424

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A Fallen Idol by F. Anstey Pdf

Author : Elizabeth Allen
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2006-10-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 080476803X

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A Fallen Idol Is Still a God by Elizabeth Allen Pdf

A Fallen Idol Is Still a God elucidates the historical distinctiveness and significance of the seminal nineteenth-century Russian poet, playwright, and novelist Mikhail Iurevich Lermontov (1814-1841). It does so by demonstrating that Lermontov's works illustrate the condition of living in an epoch of transition. Lermontov's particular epoch was that of post-Romanticism, a time when the twilight of Romanticism was dimming but the dawn of Realism had yet to appear. Through close and comparative readings, the book explores the singular metaphysical, psychological, ethical, and aesthetic ambiguities and ambivalences that mark Lermontov's works, and tellingly reflect the transition out of Romanticism and the nature of post-Romanticism. Overall, the book reveals that, although confined to his transitional epoch, Lermontov did not succumb to it; instead, he probed its character and evoked its historical import. And the book concludes that Lermontov's works have resonance for our transitional era in the early twenty-first century as well.

Author : Margaret Way
Publisher : Harlequin Books
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1985-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0373027001

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Author : Beth Miller
Publisher : University of California Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2018-08-14
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780520302754

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Women in Hispanic Literature by Beth Miller Pdf

The topics covered by this pioneering collection of essays range from peninsular Spanish to Latin American literature, from the eleventh to the twentieth centuries, and from the subject of women as portrayed in Hispanic literature to the literature of Hispanic women writers. Some pieces present polemical feminist arguments, other are more traditional. All the contributors use their subject to take new stands on old controversies, ask new questions, and reevaluate important aspects of Hispanic literature. While there is ample evidence in these essays of the dual archetype in Hispanic literature of women as icon and woman as fallen idol, the collection reaches beyond these stereotypes to more complex sociological and theoretical concerns. Although such research has ben abundantly pursued by scholars of English and American literature, it has been notably absent from Hispanic studies. This anthology is a comprehensive introduction to its subject and a stimulus to further work in the area. Contributors: Fernando Alegría Electa Arenal Julianne Burton Alan Deyermond Rosalie Gimeno Harriet Goldberg Estelle Irizarry Kathleen Kish Luis Leal Linda Gould Levine Melveena McKendrick Francine Masiello Beth Miller Elizabeth Ordóñez Rachel Phillips Marcia L. Welles This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1983.

Author : F. Anstey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : English fiction
ISBN : NYPL:33433074862602

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Author : Peter Marinello
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Soccer players
ISBN : 0755315588

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Fallen Idle by Peter Marinello Pdf

"Douglas Adams possessed one of the twentieth century's great imaginations. He was clever, funny, prescient, child-like and - to the dismay of some contemporaries - a polymath who combined intellect with a sense of wonder. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was both intimate and cosmic, bleak and funny, frivolous yet philosophical. In 1978 it sneaked out on BBC radio, but news of it cascaded through the public by word of mouth. Soon it reappeared in many incarnations, including a towel. Douglas Adams's books went on to sell 17 million copies. He created his own world which cast a sideways light on the one we inhabit; it never looked the same again." "He was a big man who gave the big things in life their proper due. Adams wrote sublimely, but he found the process agonising and developed a talent for displacement almost as inventive as his prose. His childhood was unusual, his enthusiasms overwhelming, his gift for friendship immense and his private life intense. He achieved success early and soon found himself in demand as a thinker in the realms of science and the arts. Building bridges between them was one of his missions." "Nick Webb's friendship with Douglas Adams began with the first novel, and grew through a shared interest in science. His definitive portrait has been drawn up with the help of family and mutual friends, many of whom have spoken with frankness of people who for years have also known the author. The result is a privileged vantage point from which to share a revealing and affectionate view of an astonishing man."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : F. Anstey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1904
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:556419489

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A Fallen Idol. A Novel. by F. Anstey Pdf

Author : Graham Greene
Publisher : Random House
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2010-10-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781407086767

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The Third Man and The Fallen Idol by Graham Greene Pdf

'Graham Greene has wit and grace and character and story and a transcendent universal compassion that places him for all time in the top ranks of world literature' John le Carré The Third Man, Graham Greene's most iconic tale, takes place in post-war Vienna, a 'smashed dreary city' occupied by the four Allied powers. Rollo Martins, a second-rate novelist, arrives penniless to visit his friend and hero, Harry Lime. But Harry has died in suspicious circumstances, and the police are closing in on his associates... The Fallen Idol is the chilling story of a small boy caught up in the games that adults play. Left in the care of the butler and his wife whilst his parents go on a fortnight's holiday, Philip realises too late the danger of lies and deceit. But the truth is even deadlier. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY IAN THOMSON

Author : Savannah Rylan
Publisher : Savannah Rylan
Page : 53 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Fallen Idols Motorcycle Club Book One by Savannah Rylan Pdf

Trista Monroe is badass. She is the only female member to ever wear the cut of the Fallen Idols Motorcycle Club. She's nobody's old lady and she likes it that way. Blaze Taylor hardly remembers the club, but his old man died trying to protect it. He wants to honor his father, but being a prospect isn't easy. Especially when the president's daughter is sexy, feisty and totally off limits. Forbidden love is the ultimate battle, one that these two Fallen Idols might just die for. free romance, contemporary romance, billionaire romance, single dad romance, nanny romance, teacher romance, motorcycle romance, secret baby romance, family drama romance, alpha male romance, suspense romance, new adult romance, second chance romance, hero romance, forbidden love, romance series, small town romance series, mafia romance

Author : Anthony M. Annett
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2024-04-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781647125042

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Cathonomics by Anthony M. Annett Pdf

Author : Thomas Anstey Guthrie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Electronic
ISBN : LCCN:90015522

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A Fallen Idol by Thomas Anstey Guthrie Pdf

Author : Stanley H. Teitelbaum
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2008-06-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0803216440

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Sports Heroes, Fallen Idols by Stanley H. Teitelbaum Pdf

On the court and on the field they are the world?s winners, exhibiting a natural grace and prowess their adoring fans can only dream about. Yet so often, off the field our sports heroes lose their perspective, their balance, and ultimately their place. In a work as timely as the latest fracas on the basketball court or the most recent drug-induced scandal in the dugout, Stanley H. Teitelbaum looks into the circumstances behind many star athletes? precipitous fall from grace. ø In his psychotherapy practice, Teitelbaum has worked extensively with professional athletes and sports agents?work he draws on here for insight into the psyche of sports figures and the off-the-field challenges they face. Considering both historical and current cases, he shows how, in many instances, the very factors that elevate athletes to superstardom contribute to their downfall. An evenhanded and honest look at athletes who have faltered, Teitelbaum?s work helps us see past our sports stars? exalted images into what those images?and their frailty?say about our society and ourselves.