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This is a verse documentary about the effect of Alzheimer's disease on the memory. Tony Harrison's last such documentary, "The Gaze of the Gorgon", was broadcast in 1992, and went on to win the Whitbread Poetry Prize. ... Read more

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This book documents both the life and the work of themost popular and widely collected illustrator Harrison Fisher.Thebook is organized into 19 chapters covering every aspect of his workincluding: illustrated art books, magazine cover art, posters, sheetmusic, calendars, candy tins, art prints, novels, Sunday newspapersupplements, magazine interior art, series, postcard panels,advertisements, programs, glassware, pocket mirrors, tape measures,collectible reproductions, and much more.The book is heavilyillustrated with 1,384 images in full color. ... Read more

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This is absolutely amazing!!!!
When I first received this book, I was a bit skeptical about whether it truly contained the complete works of the illustrious Harrison Fisher.Needless to say, I was wrong.It contains it all. It even had Fisher's drawing of silent silver screen star Marguerite Clark that I purchased at auction a few years ago.It was published in March 31, 1918 in American Weekly. This is a wonderful book for any person interested in illustration or beautiful art the way art should be.
- Jim Head, Chantilly, Virginia

A "must have" for the Harrison Fisher art collector
I collect vintage Harrison Fisher art and find this book immensely helpful with identifying items as well as enabling me to view collectibles I do not yet own but would like to find. In addition to Naomi Welch's cataloging of the magazines and books illustrated by Mr. Fisher she provides us with interesting behind the scenes information and photographs. Because the book came out a few years ago the prices quoted do not reflect current market values, nor should they be used as a means of appraising an item.

Wonderul Resource on Harrison Fisher!
I have been collecting Harrison Fisher illustrated prints and bookplates for about 10 years now.

Ms. Welch compiles so much of Harrison Fisher's work in this volume.
This book begins with a biography which has the most information I have read about him anywhere. Good quality materials are used; this is a large artbook with full-color illustrations printed on glossy, thick paper.Most, if not all, of Harrison Fisher's Cosmopolitan and Ladies Home Journal magazine covers are pictured here.

Each artbook has its own section that includes detailed publishing and printing information and is followed by the illustrations presented in the order in which they appear in the artbooks.Differences in first and second printings are discussed. Ms. Welch includes insets of Harrison Fisher's signed artbook contracts.
Various collectibles featuring Fisher's artwork are pictured accompanied by a value guide in the back of the book. Please note that postcards of Harrison Fisher's illustrations are shown in another of Naomi Welch's works.

Thorough reference source and great collector's item on Harrison Fisher and his illustrations. Would love to see more reference books in the future on Fisher.Hopefully, a biography will be published about him some day.

If you want to find out more about Harrison Fisher and his illustrations this book will give you wide exposure to his work.

Fabulous!Just what I've been looking for!
A great book--comprehensive, great insights into the author's life, terrific color reproduction and sturdy binding so you can look at it again and again.A minor quibble is that I would have loved to have seen some of the magazine covers full page, but that was probably cost prohibitive.Somebody, please do a Harrison Fisher poster book!

The Complete Works of Harrison Fisher Illustrator
Naomi Welch has done a beautiful job on "The Complete Works of Harrison Fisher Illustrator". I grew up with Harrison Fisher prints and dearly love them. Ms. Welch has certianly done her homework providing a well written history of Harrison Fisher and his works. The pictures are presented in a very loving manner with great detail. It is a must have for any Harrison Fisher collector! Beautiful! ... Read more

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Harrison uses the Greek myth of Prometheus (who stole fire from the gods to give to man) as his starting point in this verse play, to address man's misuse and abuse of the environment. ... Read more

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This work contains: "Arctic Paradise" (previously unpublished); "Loving Memory" ("The Muffled Bells", "Mimmo Perrella Non e Piu", "Cheating the Void", and "Letters in the Rock"); "The Blasphemers' Banquet"; "The Gaze of the Gorgon"; "Black Daisies for the Bride"; "A Maybe Day in Kazakhstan"; "The Shadow of Hiroshima"; "Prometheus"; "Metamorpheus" (previously unpublished); "Crossings" (previously unpublished). ... Read more

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A very fine collection
This is a fascinating collection by probably Britain's greatest living poet. It has an introduction, `Flicks and this fleeting life', by Harrison himself and another by his colleague the filmmaker Peter Symes, `It's all poetry to me'.

This collection comprises all his works for film - Arctic Paradise (1980), The Big H (1984), Loving Memory (1987), The Blasphemers' Banquet (1989), The Gaze of the Gorgon (1992), Black Daisies for the Bride (1993), A Maybe Day in Kazakhstan (1994), The Shadow of Hiroshima (1995), Prometheus, (1998), Metamorpheus (2000) and Crossings (2002).

Harrison's work unites film and poetry, music hall and classical Greek drama. He collects and connects a vast range of material spun from his insatiable reading. Not surprisingly, he opposes what he calls `the one-book creeds'. As he wrote in The Blasphemers' Banquet,

"It's blasphemy enabled man
To break free from the Bible and Koran
With their life-denying fundamentalists
And hell-fire such fanatics love to fan."

When BBC1 showed this film, despite the Archbishop of Canterbury's demand that they should not show it, four million people watched.

Harrison notes that the Koran said of the Greeks, "they care for this fleeting life but of the life to come they are heedless." But the Greeks were right, as Harrison writes, "It is here and now all the time, not in any hereafter", adding, "The recognition of the fleeting nature of this life is certainly the most fruitful condition for the loving of it."

Harrison celebrates the green tree of life bursting through the grey dogmas that would strangle it.

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Directly inspired by events during the Gulf War, this play looks at the history of relations between the East and the West, and warfare in particular. Tony Harrison is the author of "The Trackers of Oxyrhynchus". ... Read more

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Children who are HIV positive or who have developed AIDS present different problems and have different requirements of care than adults. This book discusses all medical and social care aspects relating to such children. The text includes considerations of the rights of parents. The book covers legal requirements and ethical complications of testing children and considers the particular problems presented by HIV positive women during pregnancy. It also discusses psychological support needed. ... Read more

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An adaptation of a Victor Hugo play. The original piece was banned in the 19th century after one performance. Harrison's version is set in late-Victorian times of melodrama, London fogs, a lecherous Prince of Wales, and Jack the Ripper. ... Read more

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Le Roi s'amuse/The Prince's Play
The inclusion of Victor Hugo's name and title on the cover is misleading, implying a parallel French/English text.This is an adaptation in verse which moves the setting to London.It's well realized, but if you arelooking for the original play, you will be disappointed. ... Read more

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Harrison applies his dramatic poetry to a horror of the twentieth century. ... Read more

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The first of these three plays is about the 19th-century Yorkshire poet, John Nicholson; the theme of the second is memory, what we airbrush and why; and the third was written for and performed at Delphi, Greece, in 1995, using nine cement-mixers donated by the Herakles General Cement Company. ... Read more

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This book is a comprehensive introduction to the various political ideas and movements that have shaped the modern world. Underpinned by the work of major thinkers such as Marx, Locke, Weber, Hobbes, and Foucault, the first half of the book looks at political concepts including “the state and sovereignty”, “the nation”, “democracy, representation and legitimacy”, “freedom”, “equality” and “rights, obligation, and citizenship.” The second half of the book addresses traditional theoretical subjects such as Socialism, Marxism, and Nationalism, before moving on to more contemporary movements such as Environmentalism, Ecologism, and Feminism.
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A remake, by Tony Harrison, of the fragmentary text of a satyr play by Sophocles into a comedy for our times, incorporating into the action the two Edwardian papyrologists who discovered the original. This edition contains the text as it was performed in Delphi and at the National Theatre. ... Read more