Taliesin

Author : Rowan Williams,Gwyneth Lewis
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 40,8 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 : 49,7 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 : 41,7 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 : 47,5 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 : William R. Drennan
Publisher : Terrace Books
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2007-01-18
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0299222101

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Death in a Prairie House by William R. Drennan Pdf

Supplying both a gripping mystery story and an authoritative portrait of the fabled architect, William Drennan wades through the myths surrounding the massacre at Wrights landmark residence, Taliesin, and casts fresh light on the cataclysmic effects these murders exerted on his life and subsequent designs.University of Wisconsin Press

Author : John Matthews
Publisher : Inner Traditions / Bear & Co
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 49,5 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 : Mark Martin
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 40,7 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 : 53,7 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 : 41,7 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 : 50,7 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 : Roger Friedland,Harold Zellman
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 706 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2009-03-06
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780061875267

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The Fellowship by Roger Friedland,Harold Zellman Pdf

Frank Lloyd Wright was renowned during his life not only as an architectural genius but also as a subject of controversy—from his radical design innovations to his turbulent private life, including a notorious mass murder that occurred at his Wisconsin estate, Taliesin, in 1914. But the estate also gave rise to one of the most fascinating and provocative experiments in American cultural history: the Taliesin Fellowship, an extraordinary architectural colony where Wright trained hundreds of devoted apprentices and where all of his late masterpieces—Fallingwater, Johnson Wax, the Guggenheim Museum—were born. Drawing on hundreds of new and unpublished interviews and countless unseen documents from the Wright archives, The Fellowship is an unforgettable story of genius and ego, sex and violence, mysticism and utopianism. Epic in scope yet intimate in its detail, it is a stunning true account of how an idealistic community devolved into a kind of fiefdom where young apprentices were both inspired and manipulated, often at a staggering personal cost, by the architect and his imperious wife, Olgivanna Hinzenberg, along with her spiritual master, the legendary Greek-Armenian mystic Georgi Gurdjieff. A magisterial work of biography, it will forever change how we think about Frank Lloyd Wright and his world.

Author : Marged Haycock
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 41,9 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 : 51,5 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 : Stephen R Lawhead
Publisher : Lion Fiction
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 44,8 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 : Priscilla J Henken
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-09
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780393733808

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Taliesin Diary by Priscilla J Henken Pdf

Winner of the Wisconsin Historical Society's 2013 Book Award of Merit, the first publication of the diary of a Frank Lloyd Wright apprentice, 1942–43, with notes, contextual essays, and contemporaneous photographs. Priscilla J. Henken lived at Taliesin with her husband David as part of The Fellowship, the group of acolytes who made Taliesin an architectural colony from the 1930s through the 1950s. Her lively description of day-to-day life on a communal working farm in south central Wisconsin provides unique insights into the world of Wright during the period and will fascinate Wright enthusiasts as well as those with specialized interest in midcentury architecture; social and spiritual movements; and the clash of cultures represented by two socialist, Jewish New Yorkers and the Midwestern farm community at Taliesin. Henken vividly describes the daily program, from cooking duties to editing the great architect’s autobiography and watching films. The internecine battles of the apprentices and the contentious relationship between Wright, the apprentices, and his third wife, Olgivanna Lazovich, enliven the account. Annotations supplement the diary, and accompanying essays by several scholars explore the cultural history of the period.