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    David Malouf

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    the semi-autobiographical tale of a young man growing up in Brisbane during the Second World War‚ a period in Malouf’s life that he later wrote about in his memoir. * His second novel‚ An Imaginary Life (1978)‚ is a fictional life of the poet Ovid‚ exiled from Rome by the Emperor Augustus in 8 A.D. and sent to live in exile among the Scythians on the Black Sea * In 1982‚

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    Sappho

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    the facts of her life have often been distorted to serve the moral or psychological ends of her readers. An Anacreontic fragment that was written in the generation after Sappho sneers at Lesbians. Sappho was lampooned by the writers of New Comedy. Ovid related the story of Phaon‚ who‚ according to some traditions‚ rejected Sappho’s love and caused her to leap from a rock to her death. Christian moralists pronounced anathemas upon her. Many modern editors have exercised "gallantry" and "discretion"

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    If to discover the origin of the work in a “normal” artwork‚ to grasp its createdness we must investigate the “creative” activity of the artist‚ then in Canning’s “Mavro” (Fig 4-25‚ 2012) and “Black mirror I” (Fig 4-26‚ 2012) we must do the opposite‚ try to understand their unmaking. Under what Heidegger calls purely workly terms (Heidegger 1950‚ 34) and dispelling all notions of context and rhetoric‚ these paintings‚ despite appearances‚ are not really distinct from Canning’s other work‚ they’re

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    Possente Spirto : Opinions in the style of Monteverdi and Artusi Sabrina K. Robbins Musicology 210 Dr. Rachel Golden October 23‚ 2012 Music has always and will

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    Bibliography: Gill‚ N.s. "Narcissus and Echo in Ovid ’s Metamorphoses." Ancient / Classical History - Ancient Greece & Rome & Classics Research Guide. Web. Apr. 2011. . Heyd‚ Milly. "Dali ’s Metamorphosis of Narcissus Reconsidered." Artibus Et Historiae 5.10 (1984): 121-31. JSTOR. Web. . Maurell I Constans

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    Running head: LEADERSHIP STYLES Leadership Styles Nursing leadership styles have changed over time as leadership theories have developed (Marquis & Hutson‚ 2009). The 1900’s brought about many theories and theorists on leadership and management styles. The new century has also brought new theories and leadership styles to nursing care (Marquis & Hutson‚ 2009). Two different leadership styles‚ which were first identified in 2004 by a noted scholar named Burns‚ are transactional and

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    and write by mary wheatley the daughter of susannah and john wheatley. “within 16 months she could read difficult passages in the Bible. At 12 she began studying Latin and English literature‚ especially the poetry of Alexander Pope‚ soon translating Ovid into heroic couplets. These would have been remarkable accomplishments for an educated white male boy‚ and were virtually unheard of for white females. “ (wheatley) “Wheatley published her first poem in december 1767...She made her reputation in 1770

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    “Pride goeth before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall.” This verse from the book of Proverbs seems to fit Percy Bysshe Shelley’s poem “Ozymandias” perfectly‚ as this poem explores the depth of pride and the inevitable deterioration of all things in their time‚ no matter how great they once were. Throughout the course of his poem‚ Shelley displays the pride of the ruler Ozymandias‚ as well as his transience and self-proclaimed greatness. Pride and its path towards destruction are in

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    Sonnet 55

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    that echoing the ancients‚ as the speaker does when he says “not marble‚ nor the gilded monuments / of princes shall outlive this powerful rhyme‚” further solidifies the speaker’s claim about the longevity of written word. However‚ while Horace and Ovid claim the immortality for themselves‚ the speaker in sonnet 55 bestows it on another. Engle also claims that this is not the first time Shakespeare references the self-aggrandizement of royals and rulers by saying that poetry will outlive them. He

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    Jackson Wise English 4 4A October 15 2012 Metamorphoses in Pygmalion Pygmalion is a play written by George Bernard Shaw that is based on a poem called Metamorphoses‚ written by Ovid. The play and the poem are very similar in the themes‚ but the actual stories are not alike. Ovid’s version of Pygmalion is about a sculpture and its creator who falls in love with a woman who he created and brings her to life. Shaw’s version of Pygmalion is about a low-class flower girl who is turned into a

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