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Attila Szűcs - Portraits of the Last Golden Age
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Lone Stars and Golden Circles
Lone Stars and Golden Circles
This chapter focuses on the Knights of the Golden Circle. George Washington Lafayette Bickley became one of the most famous members of the Brotherhood of the Union after he founded...
Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll in the Dutch Golden Age
Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll in the Dutch Golden Age
Binge drinking and illicit sex were just as common in the Dutch Golden Age as they are today, if not more so. Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll in the Dutch Golden Age is a compelling n...
Golden Robe or Rubbish Robe? Interpretations of the Transmitted Robe in Tokugawa Period Zen Buddhist Thought
Golden Robe or Rubbish Robe? Interpretations of the Transmitted Robe in Tokugawa Period Zen Buddhist Thought
This chapter investigates the long scriptural tradition and heated Edo period debates about the legendary Buddhist robe made of golden thread. It considers fourth-century CE Chines...
Listening in on Composers’ Self-Portraits
Listening in on Composers’ Self-Portraits
Chapter 3 explores the methods by which composers have depicted themselves and their compositional styles in musical self-portraits. It views musical self-portraits in relation to ...
Portraits of Coleridge
Portraits of Coleridge
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What do the portraits of a great poet tell us about his life, his image of himself, and the ideas of him held by his friends and his public? Portraits of...
China’s Golden Age
China’s Golden Age
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The Tang Dynasty (618-907), traditionally regarded as the goldenage of China, was a time of patricians and intellectuals, Buddhist monks and Taoist priests,...
Zhuangzi (369 BC)
Zhuangzi (369 BC)
This chapter examines Zhuangzi, an influential Daoist text written by Zhuang Zhou and named after the Daoist thinker Zhuang Zi (or Chuang-Tzu, c.369–286 BC). It discusses Zhuangzi’...