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William Harlan Hale (1910–1974)

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Verk av William Harlan Hale

The World of Rodin, 1840-1917 (1969) 309 exemplar
The Horizon Book of Ancient Rome (1966) — Redaktör — 239 exemplar
Horizon Magazine Sets (1959) 32 exemplar

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Födelsedag
1910
Avled
1974
Kön
male
Nationalitet
USA
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Harper's Magazine

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Ruth Consul gave this book to my mother in 1969. I inherited it when my mother died in 2009. My mother's favorite recipe was Olla Podrida pg. 540, and mine is Zuppa Inglese, or English Trifle on page 710.
 
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Eurekas | 2 andra recensioner | Apr 29, 2023 |
An opulent, at the same time erudite and content-rich, account of the best period of the Roman Empire of the dictators and proconsuls. There are good accounts of the greatest of the emperors, starting with Julius Caeser, and ending with the overrunning of Rome by the northern tribes like the Goths and Vandals, and just touching on the final eclipse by the taking of Constantinople by the Turks in 1453. The Decline and fall of the Roman Empire' is relegated to the end, so this book provides a good counter-weight to Gibbon's scasting, if scholarly, account of demise and doom. The author gives a fine assessment (that reads like a peroration!) of the longer-lasting bequest of the Roman civilization, such as the rule of law, equality of citizens, administrative framework including the maintenance of a competent bureaucracy, and of course their astonishing prowess with public constructions like roads, canals, harbours, citi planning, and so on. The fatal weaknesses are also well brought out, such as the inordinate dependence on mercenary armed forces, the intractable problem of succession (for which, ironically, one of the greatest, Marcus Aurelius, is held responsible for starting the hereditary line of succession with disastrous results), and the self-absorption of the rich. This story surely has important lessons for the regimes of the present day.… (mer)
 
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mahallett | 1 annan recension | Feb 29, 2020 |
The best articles were on Orson Welles, the private art collection of the British Royal family that has been passed down for centuries (the best of which I think is Vermeer’s ‘The Music Lesson’), and the romantic poetry inscribed on tablets from ancient Sumer. The other articles are pretty nondescript, perhaps with the exception of one describing the confrontations between Mary, Queen of Scots, and the minister John Knox.

Unfortunately there is also the horrific and painfully long article “The Assault on English”, by Lincoln Barnett, assailing not just America’s youth but Jack Kerouac and the Beats (“…the beatniks are enemies of the language. They have no organized speech. For the most part they are determinedly anti-verbal, communicating by grunts, grimaces, and interjections.”)

Quotes:
This poem is from a clay tablet discovered in Nippur (in modern day Iraq), roughly 4000 years old, and was used by priestesses of the goddess Inanna, as a part of the rites of holy marriage between the goddess and King Shu-Sin, who reigned in Sumer from 1972-1964 B.C.:

“Bridegroom, dear to my heart,
Goodly is your beauty, honeysweet,
Lion, dear to my heart,
Goodly is your beauty, honeysweet.

You have captivated me, let me stand tremblingly before you.
Bridegroom, I would be taken by you to the bedchamber,
You have captivated me, let me stand tremblingly before you.
Lion, I would be taken by you to the bedchamber.

Bridegroom, let me caress you,
My precious caress is more savory than honey,
In the bedchamber, honey-filled,
Let me enjoy your goodly beauty,
Lion, let me caress you,
My precious caress is more savory than honey.

Bridegroom, you have taken your pleasure of me,
Tell my mother, she will give you delicacies,
My father, he will give you gifts.

Your spirit, I know where to cheer your spirit,
Bridegroom, sleep in our house until dawn,
Your heart, I know where to gladden your heart,
Lion, sleep in our house until dawn.

You, because you love me,
Give me pray of your caresses,
My lord god, my lord protector,
My Shu-Sin, who gladdens Enlil’s heart,
Give me pray of your caresses.

Your place goodly as honey, pray lay [your] hand on it,
Bring [your] hand over like a gishban-garment,
Cup [your] hand over it like a gishban-sikin-garment”

This poem is from a tablet dated roughly 1750 B.C., is sometimes called “Fooling Mother”, or “Love Finds a Way”, and has Inanna (the ‘Sumerian Venus’) pleading with Dumuzi (also known by other names, like Kulienlil), her mortal sweetheart:

“Come now, set me free, I must go home,
Kulienlil, set me free, I must go home,
What can I say to deceive my mother,
What can I say to deceive my mother Ningal?”

His answer to her:
“I will tell you, I will tell you,
Inanna, most deceitful of women, I will tell you.
[Say] ‘My girl friend took me with her to the public square,
There a player entertained us with dances,
His chant, the sweet, he sang for us.’
Thus deceitfully stand up to your mother,
While we by the moonlight take our fill of love;
I will prepare for you a bed pure, sweet, and noble,
The sweet day will bring you joyful fulfillment.”
… (mer)
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gbill | 1 annan recension | Jan 31, 2018 |

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Verk
24
Medlemmar
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Betyg
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Recensioner
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ISBN
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