Taliesin

Author : Rowan Williams,Gwyneth Lewis
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-27
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780141396941

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The Book of Taliesin by Rowan Williams,Gwyneth Lewis Pdf

The great work of Welsh literature, translated in full for the first time in over 100 years by two of its country's foremost poets Tennyson portrayed him, and wrote at least one poem under his name. Robert Graves was fascinated by what he saw as his work's connection to a lost world of deeply buried folkloric memory. He is a shapeshifter; a seer; a chronicler of battles fought, by sword and with magic, between the ancient kingdoms of the British Isles; a bridge between old Welsh mythologies and the new Christian theology; a 6th-century Brythonic bard; and a legendary collective project spanning the centuries up to The Book of Taliesin's compilation in 14th-century North Wales. He is, above all, no single 'he'. The figure of Taliesin is a mystery. But of the variety and quality of the poems written under his sign, of their power as exemplars of the force of ecstatic poetic imagination, and of the fascinating window they offer us onto a strange and visionary world, there can be no question. In the first volume to gather all of the poems from The Book of Taliesin since 1915, Gwyneth Lewis and Rowan Williams's accessible translation makes these outrageous, arrogant, stumbling and joyful poems available to a new generation of readers.

Author : Stephen R. Lawhead
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780061802324

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Taliesin by Stephen R. Lawhead Pdf

A magnificent epic of cataclysmic upheaval and heroic love in a breathless age of mythic wonders It was a time of legend, when the last shadows of the mighty Roman conqueror faded from the captured Isle of Britain. While, across a vast sea, bloody war shattered a peace that had flourished for two thousand years in the doomed kingdom of Atlantis. From the award-winning author of THE DRAGON KING TRILOGY comes a majestic tale of breathtaking scope and haunting beauty. It is the remarkable adventure of Charis—the courageous princess from Atlantis who escapes the terrible devastation of her land—and of the fabled seer and druid prince Taliesin, singer at the dawn of the age. A story of an incomparable love that joins two astonishing worlds amid the fires of chaos, and spawns the miracles of Merlin . . . and Arthur the king! TALIESIN “Reminiscent of C. S. Lewis . . . Highly recommended.” —Library Journal

Author : Frank Lloyd Wright
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015024973854

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"At Taliesin" by Frank Lloyd Wright Pdf

Collects newspaper columns written by Wright and his assistants on their work and their ideas.

Author : Narciso G. Menocal,Frank Lloyd Wright
Publisher : SIU Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0809316242

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Taliesin 1911-1914 by Narciso G. Menocal,Frank Lloyd Wright Pdf

Begins a series on architect Frank Lloyd Wright, with five essays on the house many consider his architectural self-portrait. It burned down three years after its construction, and so remains his most elusive design. No index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : John Matthews
Publisher : Inner Traditions / Bear & Co
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2002-04
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0892818697

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Taliesin by John Matthews Pdf

Taliesin, Chief Bard of Britain and Celtic shaman, was a historical figure who lived in Wales during the latter half of the sixth century. His verse is established as a direct precursor to the Arthurian Legends--and Taliesin himself, is said to be the direct forebear to Merlin. The author presents completely new translations of Taliesin's major poems in their entirety, uncovering the meanings behind these great works for the first time.

Author : William R. Drennan
Publisher : Terrace Books
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2007-01-18
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0299222101

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Death in a Prairie House by William R. Drennan Pdf

The most pivotal and yet least understood event of Frank Lloyd Wright’s celebrated life involves the brutal murders in 1914 of seven adults and children dear to the architect and the destruction by fire of Taliesin, his landmark residence, near Spring Green, Wisconsin. Unaccountably, the details of that shocking crime have been largely ignored by Wright’s legion of biographers—a historical and cultural gap that is finally addressed in William Drennan’s exhaustively researched Death in a Prairie House: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Taliesin Murders. In response to the scandal generated by his open affair with the proto-feminist and free love advocate Mamah Borthwick Cheney, Wright had begun to build Taliesin as a refuge and "love cottage" for himself and his mistress (both married at the time to others). Conceived as the apotheosis of Wright’s prairie house style, the original Taliesin would stand in all its isolated glory for only a few months before the bloody slayings that rocked the nation and reduced the structure itself to a smoking hull. Supplying both a gripping mystery story and an authoritative portrait of the artist as a young man, Drennan wades through the myths surrounding Wright and the massacre, casting fresh light on the formulation of Wright’s architectural ideology and the cataclysmic effects that the Taliesin murders exerted on the fabled architect and on his subsequent designs. Best Books for General Audiences, selected by the American Association of School Librarians, and Outstanding Book, selected by the Public Library Association

Author : Mark Martin
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781471641442

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Taliesin's Journey by Mark Martin Pdf

"Never turn your back on a dragon."When he sets out to find a cure for his father, Taliesin didn't expect to need advice on how to handle dragons. But then he didn't expect to have to fight wolves or creatures of the forest either."They're not our problem"If he'd paid attention to his friend John's advice he wouldn't have found himself on the run with a fugitive from a powerful Norman baron."Keep to the road"If only he'd taken that advice he'd have had a few uneventful days away with John with nothing to show for it but sore feet. Instead he found himself dealing with bandits and unpredictable warlords.But then, if he'd taken all the advice he was given he wouldn't have found out that he wasn't just any ordinary eleven year old boy and learnt to see the world from a whole new perspective.

Author : Fay Sampson
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2023-02-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781667602462

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Morgan Le Fay 4: Taliesin's Telling by Fay Sampson Pdf

The young bard Taliesin comes to the court of King Urien and Queen Morgan. His dream is to make an immortal song about the deeds of King Arthur. His fear is that he was born too late. Arthur is ageing. He uncovers the dark secret of the birth of Morgan's foster-son, Modred. He aches for both, as Morgan tries to bring Arthur and Modred together. But treachery has already been done. The song Taliesin sings may be of Arthur's last battle.

Author : Ron McCrea
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-07
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780870206375

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Building Taliesin by Ron McCrea Pdf

Through letters, memoirs, contemporary documents, and a stunning assemblage of photographs - many of which have never before been published - author Ron McCrea tells the fascinating story of the building of Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin, which would be the architect's principal residence for the rest of his life. Photos taken by Wright's associates show rare views of Taliesin under construction and illustrate Wright's own recollections of the first summer there and the craftsmen who worked on the site. The book also brings to life Wright’s "kindred spirit," "she for whom Taliesin had first taken form," Mamah Borthwick. Wright and Borthwick had each abandoned their families to be together, causing a scandal that reverberated far beyond Wright's beloved Wisconsin valley. The shocking murder and fire that took place at Taliesin in August 1914 brought this first phase of life at Taliesin to a tragic end.

Author : Stephen R. Lawhead
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780061802676

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Pendragon by Stephen R. Lawhead Pdf

At the dawn of his reign, a young king confronts his destiny—and must prove his greatness . . . or lose a realm Arthur is King—but treachery runs rampant throughout the beleaguered Isle of the Mighty. Darkest evil descends upon Britain’s shores in many guises. Fragile alliances fray and tear, threatening all the noble liege has won with his wisdom and his blood. His most trusted counselor—the warrior, bard and kingmaker whom legend will name Merlin—is himself to be tested on a mystical journey back through his own extraordinary past. So in a black time of plague and pestilence, it is Arthur who must stand alone against a great and terrible adversary. For only this way can he truly win immortality—and the name to treasure above all others: PENDRAGON “Though Lawhead brilliantly creates an authentic and vivid Arthurian Britain, he never forsakes the sense of wonder that has graced the legend throughout the ages.”—Publishers Weekly

Author : Stephen R Lawhead
Publisher : Lion Fiction
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781782640394

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Arthur by Stephen R Lawhead Pdf

“Evocate . . . intriguing . . . enthralling.” Locus In a forgotten age of darkness, a magnificent king arose to light the land. They called him unfit to rule, a lowborn, callow boy, Uther’s bastard. But his coming had been foretold in the songs of the bard Taliesin. And he had learned powerful secrets at the knee of the mystical sage Merlin. He was ARTHUR—Pendragon of the Island of the Mighty—who would rise to legendary greatness in a Britain torn by violence, greed, and war; who would usher in a glorious reign of peace and prosperity; and who would fall in a desperate attempt to save the one he loved more than life.

Author : Marged Haycock
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Book of Taliesin
ISBN : NWU:35556039684006

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Legendary Poems from the Book of Taliesin by Marged Haycock Pdf

Author : Frances Nemtin,Frank Lloyd Wright
Publisher : Pomegranate Communications
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Architects
ISBN : UCSD:31822029708641

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Frank Lloyd Wright and Taliesin by Frances Nemtin,Frank Lloyd Wright Pdf

Taliesin -- the country estate built by Frank Lloyd Wright between 1911 and 1959 -- has been a self-sufficient farm complex, a boarding school, a world-class architectural studio, and a fellowship for the study of architecture. What was it like to be a part of this vibrant community, to work in close association with the preeminent American architect? Author Frances Nemtin, currently the long-time manager and designer of the Taliesin flower gardens, joined the fellowship in 1946 after she met Wright while arranging a show of his work. Rich in anecdote and precise in description, her charmingly discursive tour of the fellowship includes rarely seen photographs and paintings from the fellowship archives evoking the beauty of Taliesin in all seasons, and the excitement of living in proximity to genius.

Author : Rhidian Brook
Publisher : Penguin Group
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0241972140

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The Testimony of Taliesin Jones by Rhidian Brook Pdf

Taliesin Jones is a boy on the brink of adulthood, faced for the first time with life's biggest questions. Taliesin's life is falling apart: his mother has run off with her hairdresser, his father's temper is out of control and his brother has been ominously mute for weeks.

Author : John Matthews
Publisher : Quest Books
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2001-10-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0835608026

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The Song of Taliesin by John Matthews Pdf

Presents a collection of tales in the style of the half-mythical, half-historical bard Taliesin.