The Syme Papers

Author : Benjamin Markovits
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2011-02-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780571268313

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The Syme Papers by Benjamin Markovits Pdf

Douglas Pitt is a man obsessed. Laughed at, mocked, and dismissed at every turn, Pitt has dedicated the best part of an unremarkable academic career attempting to prove the genius of Samuel Highgate Syme (b.1794, Baltimore; soldier, geologist, inventor). Pitt's postulation is simple enough: Syme, through some fault, wrong-doing, conspiracy or mischance, has not been credited with the recognition he deserves for hitting upon a key discovery in the advance of modern science - the theory of continental drift. Lacking the crucial last piece of the puzzle to convince his peers and normalize his family life, Pitt's emotional equilibrium is stabilised in a magical stroke of fortune when he uncovers a contemporary manuscript written by a fledgling German scientist, Friedrich Muller, which recounts a year (1821) in the company of the irrepressible Syme. Switching between these beguiling and colourful narratives, The Syme Papers takes the reader on an odyssey into the heart of Maryland and Virginia in the 1820s by way of London and Texas today. An epic stew of intellectual procrastination, early nineteenth-century picaresque and late twentieth-century angst, it is a novel of genius and failure; of a man who thought he could prove the world was hollow, and in the glorious process of discovery, broke his own heart. Teeming with comic detail and fierce intelligence, The Syme Papers recreates a time when to question the world and the origins of creation was the greatest project a scientist could undertake.

Author : Ronald Syme
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015014163474

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Historia Augusta Papers by Ronald Syme Pdf

This volume brings together fifteen studies written since 1972 on the notorious Historia Augusta. Syme advances the theory, supported by computer evidence, that the papers are the work of only one person, rather than six as they purport, and that they were written considerably later than the reigns of Diocletian and Constantine. He argues that, taken as a whole, the papers are a work of "fictional history" and constitute an elaborate and erudite hoax.

Author : Ronald Syme
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2023-04-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520929104

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Sallust by Ronald Syme Pdf

With this classic book, Sir Ronald Syme became the first historian of the twentieth century to place Sallust—whom Tacitus called the most brilliant Roman historian—in his social, political, and literary context. Scholars had considered Sallust to be a mere political hack or pamphleteer, but Syme's text makes important connections between the politics of the Republic and the literary achievement of the author to show Sallust as a historian unbiased by partisanship. In a new foreword, Ronald Mellor delivers one of the most thorough biographical essays of Sir Ronald Syme in English. He both places the book in the context of Syme's other works and details the progression of Sallustian studies since and as a result of Syme's work.

Author : Hugh Syme,Stephen Humpries
Publisher : IDW Publishing
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1684058694

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The Art of Rush: Serving a Life Sentence by Hugh Syme,Stephen Humpries Pdf

Newly expanded and updated, this beautiful coffee table book delves into the 40-year relationship between Rush and their longtime artist and illustrator, with a foreword by drummer and lyricist Neil Peart! Containing original illustrations, paintings, photography, and the incredible stories behind each album that Hugh Syme has designed with the band since 1975. The book's narration was written by music journalist Stephen Humphries and includes in-depth interviews with each Rush band member and the artist. The Art of Rush also contains entertaining anecdotes and commentary from a wide array of notable musicians, actors, athletes, writers, radio personalities, and Rush insiders about their favorite Rush album covers, which clearly reveals how vital and impactful the visual representation of their music has been through the years. One of the hallmark's of Rush releases is the considerable care and consideration that goes into each one--including the conceptual artwork. Readers may be surprised to discover just how much effort went into each concept and the execution for every album cover! Some of the regaled stories include furtively crossing the border for a guerilla-style shoot for A Farewell to Kings, trying to herd a warren of rabbits for the cover of Presto, descending into the depths of an autopsy lab to find a brain for Hemispheres, and a stunt involving fire, whiskey, and photographer Deborah Samuel for Moving Pictures. But no history of the band's art would be complete without the story of the creation of arguably the band's most iconic image, The Starman from 2112. "From the first time Hugh and I met, we shared a level of communication that would sustain us through all the years of discussing art by long distance," says Rush's Neil Peart. The Art Of Rush is a must for fans of Rush, art, and music everywhere.

Author : Ronald Syme
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : History
ISBN : 9780198767060

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Approaching the Roman Revolution by Ronald Syme Pdf

This volume collects 26 studies on Republican history by the late Sir Ronald Syme (1903-1989), drawn from the archive of his papers at the Bodleian Library. They shed light on aspects of Republican history that were either overlooked or tangentially discussed in Syme's published work. Taken as a whole, they enable us to reach a more comprehensive assessment of his intellectual and historiographical profile.

Author : Ronald Syme
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2002-08-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191647185

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The Roman Revolution by Ronald Syme Pdf

The Roman Revolution is a profound and unconventional treatment of a great theme - the fall of the Republic and the decline of freedom in Rome between 60 BC and AD 14, and the rise to power of the greatest of the Roman Emperors, Augustus. The transformation of state and society, the violent transference of power and property, and the establishment of Augustus' rule are presented in an unconventional narrative, which quotes from ancient evidence, refers seldomly to modern authorities, and states controversial opinions quite openly. The result is a book which is both fresh and compelling.

Author : Miriam Tamara Griffin,Ronald Syme
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Historical drama
ISBN : UVA:X030007495

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History and Fiction by Miriam Tamara Griffin,Ronald Syme Pdf

Author : Physiological fallacies
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590786404

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Physiological fallacies [anti-vivisection papers by various authors]. by Physiological fallacies Pdf

Author : Ronald Syme
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105013512343

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Roman Papers by Ronald Syme Pdf

Before his death in late 1989, Sir Ronald Syme approved the publication of these 59 papers on Roman history which complete this collection of his life's work. Volume VI covers such varied topics as Human Rights and Social Status at Rome, Marriage Ages for Roman Senators, Oligarchy at Rome: A Paradigm for Political Science, Military Geography at Rome, Diet on Capri, A Dozen Early Priesthoods, and Some Unrecognized Authors from Spain . Volume VII contains solely later, unpublished work which was still in manuscript form at the time of Sir Ronald's death. The final item is a spoof on Tacitus, comprising a Latin text on the story of Titus and Berenice with historical commentary. The work is aimed at scholars and students of Roman history, Roman literature, Roman philosophy, and classics.

Author : Becca Syme
Publisher : QuitBooks for Writers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2022-06-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0997970626

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Dear Writer, You Need to Quit by Becca Syme Pdf

I know, I know, you don't want to quit writing, and I'm not going to convince you to quit writing. (I'm really not trying to do that...) But what if you could quit other things? Things that weren't moving the needle? Things that weren't bringing you the outcome you want? And there are *so* many things you do need to quit, if you want to be a career author. How do I know this? Because I've coached thousands of writers. Six- and seven-figure authors, major award winners, midlisters, and new authors alike. And there are very important patterns to what writers need to quit, what we need to keep, and what we need to question. Those patterns are why I'm here, writing to you. Anyone can tell you what worked for them, and of course they can say, "it might not work for you," but they can't tell you why. I can tell you why. - Becca

Author : Ronald Mellor
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195151923

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Tacitus' Annals by Ronald Mellor Pdf

Tacitus' Annals is the central historical source for first-century C.E. Rome, but it has also become a central text in the western literary, political, and even philosophical traditions - from the Renaissance to the French and American revolutions, and beyond. This volume attempts to enhance the general reader's understanding of why Tacitus' book is so remarkable that it has had such a profound effect across the centuries.

Author : Robert K. Sherk
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1988-07-14
Category : History
ISBN : 0521338875

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The Roman Empire: Augustus to Hadrian by Robert K. Sherk Pdf

A collection of Greek and Latin inscriptions and papyri in English translation. Supplements such major literary sources as Tacitus, Suetonius, and Dio in the study of Roman imperial history.

Author : Sir Ronald Syme
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105013512285

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Roman Papers: Volume VI by Sir Ronald Syme Pdf

Shortly before his death in September 1989, Sir Ronald Syme approved the selection and publication of these fifty-nine papers. Volume VI, composed of previously published articles and reviews, offers a splendid cross-section of Syme's interests: the Roman revolution; the Augustan aristocracy; Tacitus and Sallust; historical geography; the Roman army; a variety of classical authors (Horace, Ovid, Strabo, Seneca, Justin, the Historia Augusta); the Emperor Hadrian; colonial elites; historiography, ancient and modern; and Roman political thought and society. Volume VII consists of twelve unpublished papers (originally intended to form part of a separate book, `Pliny and Italia Transpadana'), in which the two Plinies and their age are put under searching scrutiny. It is rounded off by a Latin text purporting to derive from a lost book of Tacitus' Histories (duly equipped with commentary); and by an Index to both volumes.

Author : David S. Potter
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 986 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134694846

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The Roman Empire at Bay, AD 180-395 by David S. Potter Pdf

The Roman Empire at Bay is the only one volume history of the critical years 180-395 AD, which saw the transformation of the Roman Empire from a unitary state centred on Rome, into a new polity with two capitals and a new religion—Christianity. The book integrates social and intellectual history into the narrative, looking to explore the relationship between contingent events and deeper structure. It also covers an amazingly dramatic narrative from the civil wars after the death of Commodus through the conversion of Constantine to the arrival of the Goths in the Roman Empire, setting in motion the final collapse of the western empire. The new edition takes account of important new scholarship in questions of Roman identity, on economy and society as well as work on the age of Constantine, which has advanced significantly in the last decade, while recent archaeological and art historical work is more fully drawn into the narrative. At its core, the central question that drives The Roman Empire at Bay remains, what did it mean to be a Roman and how did that meaning change as the empire changed? Updated for a new generation of students, this book remains a crucial tool in the study of this period.

Author : Ronald Syme
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015033326458

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Anatolica by Ronald Syme Pdf

No historian of ancient Rome in this century has had a greater influence on historical research or won greater international acclaim than Sir Ronald Syne (1903-89). His outstanding position was due mainly to his first two books, The Roman Revolution, which appeared in 1939, and Tacitus (twovolumes, 1958) - although he went on to produce many more monographs, and seven volumes of his Roman Papers have so far appeared. The long gap between his first two books is partly explained by the war, which took him on official duties to Belgrade and Ankara; and he spent the years 1943-5 atIstanbul as Professor of Classical Philology. It was known that in spite of the war, Syme had continued to write in these years, in particular `Strabonia', investigations into the famous ancient Geography composed by Strabo, a native of Asia Minor in the time of Augustus. After Syme's death, themanuscript was discovered among his papers: he had not quite completed the work, but what he had written, with almost complete annotation, represents a substantial and fascinating study of the historical geography of Anatolia in the Hellenistic and early Roman period. Syme ruthlessly dissects theoften incoherent and inconsistent text of Strabo, at the same time providing rich detail on client kings, Roman generals and emperors, writers and travellers. Above all, he shows unequalled ability to understand the landscape and settlement of Anatolia; and the work is composed in the same forcefuland elegant style that made his other books classics of historical literature.