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Our debt to Ovid! What, save the warning of an awful example, does our age owe to a professed roue, the author of a monument so dangerously typical of his degenerate society that the ruler of Rome banished him to a frozen land and excluded his book from the libraries? It would seem as if Ovids influence ended and ought to have ended then and there. Somehow it has survived. In certain momentous periods of human history, Ovids name has shone brightly among the immortals. Part of his fame, of course, is due to other works besides the Art of Love. It may be, further, that Augustus and the Puritans of his time, and the Puritans of other times, did not quite understand the qualities of that poem or the character of its author. Ovid is nothing if not subtle, nor had he any desire to present his apologies to those who could not see what he was about. Moralists have put him on their black list again and again. His art, too, has seemed to many steeped in rhetoric and thoroughly insincere. According to Mr. Palgrave, no mean judge of letters, he is " amongst world-famous poets, perhaps the least true to the soul of poetry." Today, in our own country certainly, he is hardly more than a schoolbook. He has surmounted the Alps of the centuries ut declamativ jiat. His own imagination could have contrived no more horrible metamorphosis than this. But why should one try to revive him? What is our debt to him?CONTENTSPREFACE I. Ovid IN THE World of Poetry 1. The Poet of Love i. Corinna ii. The Beginnings of a Greater Plan Medea Heroides The Double Epistles iii. The Art of Loveiv. The Remedies of Love 2. The Poet of Transformations 3. The Poet of the Pagan Year 4. The Poet in Exile TristiaLast Works Epistulae ex Ponto II. OVID THROUGH THE CENTURIES 1. Ovid in the Middle Ages i. Elegiac Comedies ii. The Taleiii. Vagabond Poetry and Satireiv. Romance and Epic v. Arts of Love and the Knightly Code vi. Forgeries vii. Ovids Transformations Ovidius Ethicus Ovidius Theologus Ovidius Medicus Ovidius Magus Ovids Alter Ego viii. Dante and Chaucer DanteChaucer 2. Ovid in the Renaissance i. Petrarch and Boccaccio ii. Neo-Latin Poetry 3. Ovid in Modern PoetryIII. OVID THE MODERN ... Read more

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As three of the most prominent actors of the early studio system, James Cagney, Edward G. Robinson, and Humphrey Bogart played an unparalleled role in the rise of the Warner Brothers Studio. These "Warners Wiseguys" are now virtually synonymous with the studio's era of gritty gangster films. This study of their interwoven studio-contract careers highlights the similarities of their personalities and their struggles with harsh typecasting. It details and comments critically on each of their combined 112 Warners films. Complete with commentary from the author and other film buffs. An appendix provides a filmographic guide to the films discussed, including lists of primary actors, release dates, directorial credits, and running times for each film. ... Read more

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Canyon News Editor Tommy Lightfoot Garrett Loves This Book
Being an avid reader I did know who Scott Allen Nollen was. The author of 16 books was educated in Film and History at the University of Iowa. He is currently on staff at Heritage Auction Galleries in Dallas, Texas.

So when I saw the recent McFarland Publishing book "Warner's Wiseguys," it caught my interest. I had known Virginia Mayo for many years and her leading man in many gangster films, including her most favorite, "White Heat," was James Cagney, so I knew that he'd be included. A young Bogart also got his start in these type of films and Warner's round out of tough guys would have to include Edward G. Robinson. All three were featured in this wonderful new book.
These wise guys who rounded off Warners' top leading men are now synonymous with the studio's era of gritty gangster films. This book is complete with commentary from the author and other film buffs. Warner's was not my favorite of studios, and MGM being most people's favorite was not either. I loved 20th Century Fox, but Warner Bros. Studios cranked out an amazing amount of work out of their actors, which is why Bogart and Bette Davis were so excellent in their roles in movies. Bette said, "You never got a chance to get lazy. There were always movies being made."

But this book not only brings out the truth of the Warners system but it chronicles all 112 movies that the three actors aforementioned starred in. The book also showcases some rare and amazing photographs of many Warners stars and is edited to precision. Anyone can pick the book up, finish a chapter or two and then start again later and feel like you know the story. The author's style of writing commentary is one that I enjoy doing and also love reading. My favorite chapter is titled "Playing All the Angles." It is how Warner Bros was run and how actors who became huge stars at the studio were forced to comply with. Cagney probably understood it better than most, Robinson seemed to enjoy it most, while Bogart was an accidental star but truly the biggest the studio has had. Even though he languished for years in Purgatory, but not in this book, there's a wonderful and well researched chapter called Bogie in Purgatory.

The book is easy to read, but not overly simplistic. The cover very catching and that's important in today's marketing. I enjoyed seeing some of the old movie posters as well featured in this book. Mr. Nollen has done a great job and I give this read four out of five stars. It's a book that has a definite niche audience, but for any old Hollywood buff, this book is readable and suggested reading as well.

Review by Canyon News Editor, Tommy Lightfoot Garrett

I couldn't agree more with Mr. Garrett's Review.
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The Best Book Of It's Kind!!!
Author Scott Allen Nollen Has Written The Definative Book On The Topic of Warner Brothers Gangster Films. This Book Is An In Depth Study Of James Cagney, Edward G. Robinson, And Humphrey Bogart And The Great Gangster Classics They Made For This Studio. This Book Studies In "Major" Depth The Combined 112 Films These Great Actors Made. This Book Includes Commentary From This Great Author Plus Thoughts And Comments From Other Film Buffs Too. Everything Is Covered In This Great Book Including Not Only The Films Discussed And Actors Roles But Also Detailed Information About Release Dates, Directoral Credits, And The Running Times For Each Film Studied. This Book Is A "Must Have" As The Best Book Ever Published On This Topic. Highly Recommended!!! Five Stars!!! ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Encyclopedia of the Great Depression, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 492 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Provides a comprehensive overview of the Great Depression, this wide-ranging, multidisciplinary encyclopedia features entries on Depression-era politics, government, business, economics, literature, the arts, society, and culture. ... Read more

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Cecil B. DeMille was one of Hollywood's greatest directors, his name synonymous with epic movies, where casts ofthousands, spectacular sets and some of Hollywood's most famous stars dazzled the public. He was the quintessential director complete with riding boots, breeches, riding crop and megaphones, the latter to make sure no one missed his directions. His filmography of 70 films spans the Hollywood timeline from the inception of the movie industry with silents to the mid 1950s where his epics included sound, technicolor and wide screens. He was not always pleasant or easy to work with, and he was not necessarily the greatest director of actors, but his films were so highly regarded by the public few lost money. The DeMille story is essentially the history of the American movie industry from its earliest days in Los Angeles where films were made in barns and shown on flimsy screens--sometimes plain white sheets--to the harsh realities of the McCarthy hearings on Hollywood in the 1950s. The New York Times summed up Cecil B. DeMille as "the Phineas T. Barnum of the movies—a showman extraordinary.” [1,535-word Titans of Fortune biographical profile] ... Read more

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Unfortunately Dated
When if first came out over a quarter of a century ago this was a welcomed addition to the field since there was so little available in English on Korean history especially on premodern history.It was and is a well written narrative history of Korea by five of the leading scholars in the field.It can still be useful as a reference but the scholarship is now a bit dated as much new work has been done on Korean history since that time.Those wishing for a survey history of Korean history will now find works available that better reflect more recent scholarship and insights.Pratt's "Everlasting Flower" and Seth's "Concise History of Korea" for premodern history and Robinson's "Korea's Twentieth Century Odyssey" for modern history come to mind.

Excellent framework for Korean history
I taught Korean history to adults and children at a Korean language school for a few years, and while I found other "chattier" references helpful (Bruce Cummings book springs to mind), this was the book I turned to again and again.It was not only a thorough reference, it also gave me the context to fit information from other sources into.

As both a Korean-American and someone with a degree in History, I of course already appreciated Korea's separate national identity and the internal conflicts from past and present that continue to haunt modern Koreans.However, one subject (out of many) that I found difficult to fully comprehend was the ornate class and economic structure that developed in Modern Korean beginning in Old Choson and then flowered into a byzantine nightmare by the end of the New Choson era.This book provided a very thorough explanation of that development throughout the dynasties and I would say on average that economic history is probably this book's strongest point.

Another aspect of Korean history that the authors covered very well was the disintegration of Korea from a national entity that even the Chinese had to respect to a pawn of both European and larger Asian powers at the end of the 19th century.On balance, the authors are fair, giving due responsibility to both international predators and national parasites.However, this is not to say that this period was a complete tragedy- the book also documents the actions of Korean nationalists and patriots who more often than not gave their lives for the sake of Korean independence.The tragedy that stands out is more of a lack of organization than a lack of passion.

I have to disagree with a previous reviewer who felt that the authors focused too heavily on the twentieth century.On the contrary, part of the reason I have returned to this book again and again is because it gives such a thorough explanation of the Choson and pre-Choson era.Refreshing, especially because the majority of Korean history books on the market are unable to move off of the Korean war or the division of Korean.Important topics, of course, but difficult to fully appreciate without a thorough grounding in Korea's more ancient past.

There are other good Korean history books to read, but the serious student needs to start here.

Korean History Overview
Overview of Korea from paleolithic period to modern.Handy reference when watching Korean historical drama on the television.However one must decipher the names in the subtitles to that which is in the text.The sub-titleist must use a different system to translate the sounds of the Korean language. Keep it near my easy charir to make my TV viewing educational.

I hated it
We used it for my university class.It was dull, dry and painfully boring.

It gives a dry account of Korea.You're better off going there and learning it in person.That's what I did.

As for the book, it ended up on the shelves of a second-hand store.

Great Introduction to Korean History
It is always difficult to find a good introductory text in English for any of the Asian countries outside of China and Japan, due mainly to the fact that facility with the required asian language does not necessarily translate into a facility with English. The pressure to publish necessarily prevents one from committing the requisite time to writing something with the epic scope of Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.

This book offers a good overview of the stretch of Korean history with a strong narrative balanced by detailed descriptions of local life and culture during the different periods. There is a lively discussion of consequences and the organization of the book leads us to be able to draw pertinent parallels to what has happened in latter periods of history.

After reading this - what did I gain?
1) I was able to gain a sense of the tradition of Korean history - and further understand the resonances of words such as Silla, Paekchae, Chosun - (in the same way I finally understood how Germany, Allemand and Deutschland could all refer to the same country - these being different tribes who lived in the area)

2)A sense that whatever hardships Koreans have suffered in this century they have seen before - whether it is in the form of Chinese incursions, or the mad rampage of the warlord Hideyoshi in the 16th century. Korea has been divided before.

3) A better sense of Korea as unique cultural entity - with its own centers of excellence, such as celadon, hangul, etc.

My only reservation with the book is that it dwells too much on latter day history from Japanese colonial occupation until the 1980s. Obviouly the sources are better but it left me feeling that pacing changed from that of grand narrative into detailed analysis (This may have been because this book is a combination of two books) But all in all it gave me a better sense of where everything fits than Bruce Cumings' book "Korea's Place in the Sun" - which should be read in conjuction with this book. ... Read more

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