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Languages : en
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Collection contains photograph file.
Beatrice Allen Collection
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Collection contains photograph file.
Our Sister Beatrice: Recollections of Beatrice Jullian Allen and Her Letters Collected by Her Sister Grace Grier
Author: Grace GRIEROur Sister Beatrice
Author: Beatrice Julian AllenPublisher:
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Category : Missions
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Our Sister Beatrice
Author: Beatrice Julian AllenPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780484769488
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Excerpt from Our Sister Beatrice: Recollections of Beatrice Julian Allen and Her Letters These were some of the delights of that garden to the small members of the family; there were others that we learnt to value as we grew older, the roses that flourished on the marly soil, the flower beds among which my mother loved to work, and above all the beautiful view stretching out over a wide expanse of level and richly cultivated plain to a panorama of Welsh hills beyond. The-vicarage stood on a hill falling abruptly to the west, and my father had built the house with as many windows as possible towards the lovely prospect which the situation afforded. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Evolution of Aesthetic and Expressive Dance in Boston
Author: Jody Marie WeberPublisher: Cambria Press
ISBN: 1604976217
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
The Evolution of Aesthetic and Expressive Dance in Boston provides a regional history of the physical education pioneers who established the groundwork for women to participate in movement and expression. Their schools and their writing offer insights into the powerful cultural changes that were reconfiguring women's perceptions of their bodies in motion. The book examines the history from the first successful school of ballroom dance run by Lorenzo Papanti to the establishment of the Braggiotti School by Berthe and Francesca Braggiotti (two wealthy Bostonian socialites who used their power and money to support dance in Boston). The Delsartean ideas about beauty and the expressive capacity of the body freed upper-class women to explore movement beyond social dance and to enjoy movement as artistic self expression. Their interest and pleasure in early "parlor forms" engaged them as sponsors and advocates of expressive dance. Although revolutionaries such as Isadora Duncan and Ruth St. Denis also garnered support from Boston and New York's social sets, in Boston the relationship of the city's elite and its native dancers was both intimate and ongoing. The Braggiotti sisters did not use this support to embark on international tours; instead they founded a school that educated the children of their sponsors and offered performances for their own community. Although later artists, Miriam Winslow and Hans Weiner, did tour nationally and internationally, the intimate relationships they maintained with the upper echelon of Boston society required that they remain sensitive to the needs of their students and their community. Through the study of these schools, the reader is offered a unique perspective on the evolution of expressive dance as it unfolded in Boston and its environs. The Evolution of Aesthetic and Expressive Dance in Boston is an important book for those interested in dance history, women's studies, and regional histories.
The Church Quarterly Review
Author: Arthur Cayley HeadlamPublisher:
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Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description
Church Quarterly Review
Author: Our Sister Beatrice
Author: Poems of Experience
Author: Bea AllenPublisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1475946961
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 65
Book Description
Bea Allen has been writing poems since she was able to climb up on a kitchen chair and put together a stub of a pencil and a piece of a brown paper bag. Her poems have served as her confidant, her advisor, her therapist and her best friend. In this slim volume she shares with the reader her lifetime of experience. Her loves, her life, the many feelings for her family, the beauty that she finds in nature and of course, her love of God. Her life wasn't always easy and was never without insecurity and fear, but that never stopped her from seeing the good around her. This is why we love and understand her. She is us and we are she. When we look into her we see ourselves and that is why we love her.
The Rise of the Arabic Book
Author: Beatrice GruendlerPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674250265
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
The little-known story of the sophisticated and vibrant Arabic book culture that flourished during the Middle Ages. During the thirteenth century, Europe’s largest library owned fewer than 2,000 volumes. Libraries in the Arab world at the time had exponentially larger collections. Five libraries in Baghdad alone held between 200,000 and 1,000,000 books each, including multiple copies of standard works so that their many patrons could enjoy simultaneous access. How did the Arabic codex become so popular during the Middle Ages, even as the well-established form languished in Europe? Beatrice Gruendler’s The Rise of the Arabic Book answers this question through in-depth stories of bookmakers and book collectors, stationers and librarians, scholars and poets of the ninth century. The history of the book has been written with an outsize focus on Europe. The role books played in shaping the great literary cultures of the world beyond the West has been less known—until now. An internationally renowned expert in classical Arabic literature, Gruendler corrects this oversight and takes us into the rich literary milieu of early Arabic letters.