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Called “the flour of Cities all,” London has long been understood through the poetry it has inspired. Now poet Mark Ford has assembled the most capacious and wide-ranging anthology of poems about London to date, from Chaucer to Wordsworth to the present day, providing a chronological tour of urban life and of English literature. Nearly all of the major poets of British literature have left some poetic record of London: Chaucer, Spenser, Shakespeare, Donne, Milton, Dryden, Pope, Johnson, Wordsworth, Keats, Byron, and T. S. Eliot. Ford goes well beyond these figures, however, to gather significant verse of all kinds, from Jacobean city comedies to nursery rhymes, from topical satire to anonymous ballads. The result is a cultural history of the city in verse, one that represents all classes of London’s population over some seven centuries, mingling the high and low, the elegant and the salacious, the courtly and the street smart. Many of the poems respond to large events in the city’s history—the beheading of Charles I, the Great Fire, the Blitz—but the majority reflect the quieter routines and anxieties of everyday life through the centuries. Ford’s selections are arranged chronologically, thus preserving a sense of the strata of the capital’s history. An introductory essay by the poet explores in detail the cultural, political, and aesthetic significance of the verse inspired by this great city. The result is a volume as rich and vibrant and diverse as London itself.

English poetry. --- London (England)

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In seinem erstmals 1934 erschienenen Buch London. The Unique City erzählt Steen Eiler Rasmussen die faszinierende Geschichte einer Weltstadt. Seine auf umfangreiche Recherchen zur Stadtgeschichte, zu den Lebensformen der Londoner sowie auf eigene langjährige Beobachtungen gestützte Analyse von Londons städtebaulicher und architektonischer Entwicklung macht sein Buch London. The Unique City zu einem Standardwerk. Auch heutigen Lesern gibt der Autor ein lehrreiches stadtgeschichtliches und urbanistisches Kompendium an die Hand. Die erfahrungsbasierte Idee, daß die Zukunft der Stadt von eigenverantwortlich handelnden, sich ihrer Kultur bewußten Bürgern entscheidend mitgeprägt werden kann, von Menschen, die sich für ihre Stadt einsetzen, sie mitgestalten und diese Aufgabe nicht dem Staat überlassen, hat rund 80 Jahre nach dem Jahr der Erstveröffentlichung nicht nur nicht an Aktualität verloren. Der internationale Stadtdiskurs, wie ihn etwa die einflußreichen Urban Age-Konferenzen geführt haben, revitalisiert diese Idee und demonstriert deren Perspektiven an zahlreichen Beispielen.Steen Eiler Rasmussen (1898-1990) war einer der letzten großen Architekten, die ihre Arbeit in einen weiten gesellschaftlichen Kontext stellten. In Kopenhagen zum Architekten ausgebildet, war er in seinen jungen Jahren so erfolgreich, daß er bereits mit 24 Jahren in den ,Academic Council of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts' in Kopenhagen gewählt wurde. 1924 übernahm er die Dozentur des neu gegründeten Stadtplanungsinstituts, bevor er 1938 zum Professor ernannt wurde. Als Dozent an der Architectural Association hielt er sich 1927 für einige Monate in London auf. Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg ging Rasmussen nach England. Dort wurde er 1949 als Produktdesigner in die ,Royal Society of Arts' berufen. Als Gastprofessor lehrte er am MIT (1952) und in Yale (1954). 1958 folgte die Berufung zum Lethaby Professor für Architektur am Royal College of Art in London. Rasmussen war darüber hinaus langjährig Direktor der Architekturfakultät der Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Dänemark. Seine Beobachtungen und Analysen veröffentlichte er in zahlreichen Publikationen. Deren weitaus berühmteste ist das hier vorgelegte Buch London. The Unique City. Originally published in 1934, London. The Unique City by Steen Eiler Rasmussen tells the fascinating story of one of the world's most influential metropoles. Rasmussen conducted extensive research on the London's history as well as on the manners and mores of its inhabitants. The book is further enriched by the author's many years of personal observation and analysis regarding London's urban and architectural development. London. The Unique City is thus a classic work that remains an instructive guide to the city's history and urban forms. A key idea contained in the book is that a city's future can be decisively influenced by self-reliant and culturally aware citizens who take action on behalf of the city, without depending on the public sector. This idea, which is just as relevant today as it was some eighty years ago, is being revitalized in international urban discourse, as demonstrated by the influential Urban Age conference, which has showcased opportunities for local action on the basis of numerous examples. Steen Eiler Rasmussen (1898-1990) was one of the last great architects to address the broader social context of his work. He presented his observations and analysis in a great number of publications, the the most famous of which is undoubtedly London. The Unique City.

City planning --- Architecture --- London (England) --- History.

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""I am still living on London Bridge myself. The world of this novel has merged with my life. Under Madden's pen, the web of human connection is woven over water, through space, and beyond time."" -Allen Wier, author of TehanoFor more than two thousand years, Old London Bridge evolved through many fragile wooden forms until it became the first bridge built of stone since the Roman invaders. With over two hundred houses and shops built directly upon the bridge, it was a wonder of the world until it was dismantled in 1832. In this stunningly original novel, Old London Bri

London Bridge (London, England) --- London Bridge (Lake Havasu City, Ariz.)

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In this book, Carr unravels the biography of the archaeologist Tessa Verney Wheeler, a charming, tiny woman whose untimely death left her archaeological career overshadowed by her distinguished husband, Sir Mortimer Wheeler. Despite a short career of just over twenty years, Verney Wheeler published and excavated extensively while simultaneously developing new archaeological techniques, brought archaeology into the lives of the general public through her connections with the Pressand the encouragement of site tours, and was an inspiring teacher to an impressive roster of students.In this biogra

Women archaeologists. --- Wheeler, Tessa Verney, --- Wheeler, T. V. --- Verney Wheeler, Tessa, --- Archaeologists --- Archaeology --- Women archaeologists --- Archeology --- Anthropology --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- History --- Antiquities --- Influence. --- England --- London (England) --- Wales --- Antiquities.

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English literature --- Homosexuality and literature --- Male homosexuality --- Sex scandals --- Sexual orientation in literature --- Sex customs in literature --- History and criticism --- History --- Symonds, John Addington, --- Wilde, Oscar, --- Sexual behavior. --- Trials, litigation, etc. --- London (England) --- Social life and customs --- In literature.