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Tetralogy
A tetralogy (from Greek τετρα- ''tetra-'', "four" and -λογία ''-logia'', "discourse") is a compound work that is made up of four distinct works. The name comes from the Attic theater, in which a tetralogy was a group of three tragedies followed by a satyr play, all by one author, to be played in one sitting at the Dionysia as part of a competition. Examples Literature * Tetrateuch is a sometime name for the first four books of the Bible. The Tetrateuch plus Deuteronomy are collectively referred to as the Pentateuch. * ''Tintitives'' by Antiphon of Rhamnus; the author was an orator, and ''Tintitives'' is a kind of textbook for students. Each book consists of four speeches: the prosecutor's opening speech, the first speech for the defense, the prosecutor's reply, and the defendant's conclusion. Three of his tetralogies are known to have survived. * The traditional arrangement of the works of Plato into nine tetralogies, including some doubtful works, and the Letters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henriad
In Shakespearean scholarship, the Henriad refers to a group of William Shakespeare's Shakespearean history, history plays depicting the rise of the English kings. It is sometimes used to refer to a group of four plays (a tetralogy), but some sources and scholars use the term to refer to eight plays. In the 19th century, Algernon Charles Swinburne used the term to refer to three plays, but that use is not current. In one sense, the Henriad refers to: ''Richard II (play), Richard II; Henry IV, Part 1; Henry IV, Part 2;'' and ''Henry V (play), Henry V''with the implication that these four plays are Shakespeare's Epic poetry, epic, and that Prince Hal, who later becomes Henry V, is the epic hero. (This group may also be referred to as the "second tetralogy" or "second Henriad".) In a more inclusive meaning, the Henriad refers to eight plays: the tetralogy mentioned above (''Richard II; Henry IV, Part 1; Henry IV, Part 2;'' and ''Henry V''), plus four plays that were written earlie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Manuscripts Of Plato's Dialogues
The following is a partial list of manuscripts of Plato's dialogues. Contents The traditional division of the works of Plato into tetralogies was done by Thrasyllus of Mendes. The list includes works of doubtful authenticity (in italic), as well as the Letters. *1st tetralogy **Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo *2nd tetralogy ** Cratylus, Theatetus, Sophist, Statesman *3rd tetralogy **Parmenides, Philebus, Symposium, Phaedrus *4th tetralogy **Alcibiades I, '' Alcibiades II'', ''Hipparchus'', '' Lovers'' *5th tetralogy **'' Theages'', Charmides, Laches, Lysis *6th tetralogy ** Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno *7th tetralogy ** Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus *8th tetralogy ** Clitophon, Republic, Timaeus, Critias *9th tetralogy **''Minos'', Laws, ''Epinomis'', '' Letters'' Following these tetralogies is an appendix of works whose genuineness was disputed in antiquity: ''Definitions'', ''Epigrams'', ''On Justice'', ''On Virtue'', ''Demodocus (dialogue), Dem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Die Walküre
(; ''The Valkyrie''), Wagner-Werk-Verzeichnis, WWV 86B, is the second of the four epic poetry, epic music dramas that constitute Richard Wagner's Literary cycle, cycle ''Der Ring des Nibelungen'' (English: ''The Ring of the Nibelung''). It was performed, as a single opera, at the National Theatre Munich on 26 June 1870, and received its first performance as part of the ''Ring'' cycle at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus on 14 August 1876. As the ''Ring'' cycle was conceived by Wagner in reverse order of performance, ''Die Walküre'' was the third of the four texts to be written, although Wagner composed the music in performance sequence. The text was completed by July 1852, and the music by March 1856. Wagner largely followed the principles related to the form of musical drama, which he had set out in his 1851 essay ''Opera and Drama'' under which the music would interpret the text emotionally, reflecting the feelings and moods behind the work, using a system of recurring leitmotifs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph And His Brothers
''Joseph and His Brothers'' (, ) is a four-part novel by Thomas Mann, written over the course of 16 years. Mann retells the familiar stories of Genesis, from Jacob to Joseph (chapters 27–50), setting it in the historical context of the Amarna Period. Mann considered it his greatest work. The tetralogy consists of: * ''The Stories of Jacob'' (''Die Geschichten Jaakobs''; written December 1926 to October 1930, Genesis 27–36) * ''Young Joseph'' (''Der junge Joseph''; written January 1931 to June 1932, Genesis 37) * ''Joseph in Egypt'' (''Joseph in Ägypten''; written July 1932 to 23 August 1936, Genesis 38–39) * ''Joseph the Provider'' (''Joseph, der Ernährer''; written 10 August 1940 to 4 January 1943, Genesis 40–50) Themes Mann's presentation of the ancient Orient and the origins of Judaism is influenced by Alfred Jeremias' 1904 ''Das Alte Testament im Lichte des Alten Orients'', emphasizing Babylonian influence in the editing of Genesis, and by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sword In The Stone (novel)
''The Sword in the Stone'' is a 1938 novel by British writer T. H. White. First published by Collins in the United Kingdom as a stand-alone work, it later became the first part of a tetralogy, '' The Once and Future King''. A fantasy of the boyhood of King Arthur, it is a ''sui generis'' work which combines elements of legend, history, fantasy, and comedy. Walt Disney Productions adapted the story to an animated film, and the BBC adapted it to radio. ''Time'' included the novel in its list of the 100 Best Young-Adult Books of All Time. In 2014, ''The Sword in the Stone'' was awarded a retrospective Hugo Award for Best Novel for 1939.1939 Retro-Hugo Awards at TheHugoAwards.org. Retrieved 10 April 2015 Background The premise is that Arthur's youth, not dealt with in[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Master Of Hestviken
''The Master of Hestviken'' is a tetralogy about medieval Norway written by Sigrid Undset. It was originally published in Norwegian as two volumes ''Olav Audunssøn i Hestviken'' and ''Olav Audunssøn og Hans Børn'', from 1925 to 1927. Hestviken is a fictional mediaeval farm on the East side of the Oslo fjord. The series is set partly during the Civil war era in Norway, in which period the Bagler faction frequently established themselves in the nearby Viken area. It's inspired by the summer cottages located in Hvitsten, near Drobak. In the 1920s, Sigrid Undset resided there for a brief period. Written in the direct aftermath of Undset's conversion to the Catholic Church, the tetralogy presents in a clearly favorable light the Medieval Church with its institutions and rituals; the saintly Bishop Thorfinn of Hamar as well as nearly all priests and monks appearing in the four books are positive characters. The series' central theme is also preeminently Catholic: the tragedy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Das Rheingold
''Das Rheingold'' (; ''The Rhinegold''), Wagner-Werk-Verzeichnis, WWV 86A, is the first of the four epic poetry, epic music dramas that constitute Richard Wagner's Literary cycle, cycle ''Der Ring des Nibelungen'' (English: ''The Ring of the Nibelung''). It premiered as a single opera at the National Theatre (Munich), National Theatre of Munich on 22 September 1869, and received its first performance as part of the ''Ring'' cycle at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus on 13 August 1876. Wagner wrote the ''Ring'' librettos in reverse order, so that ''Das Rheingold'' was the last of the texts to be written; it was, however, the first to be set to music. The score was completed in 1854, but Wagner was unwilling to sanction its performance until the whole cycle was complete; he worked intermittently on this music until 1874. The 1869 Munich premiere of ''Das Rheingold'' was staged, against Wagner's wishes, on the orders of King Ludwig II of Bavaria, his patron. Following its 1876 Bayreuth pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ill-Made Knight
''The Ill-Made Knight'' is a fantasy novel by British writer T. H. White, the third book in the series '' The Once and Future King''. It was first published in 1940, but is usually found today only in collected editions of all four books of the novel. Plot summary Much of ''The Ill-Made Knight'' takes place mainly in Camelot, and tells of the adventures, perils and mistakes of Sir Lancelot. Despite being the bravest of the knights, Lancelot is ugly and ape-like, and calls himself the ''Chevalier mal fet'', "The Ill-Made Knight". As a boy Lancelot loved King Arthur and trained to be a knight of the Round Table. When he arrives and becomes one of Arthur's knights he also becomes the king's close friend. This causes some tension, as he is jealous of Arthur's new wife, Guinevere. In order to please her husband Guinevere tries to befriend Lancelot and the two eventually fall in love. T.H. White's version of the tale elaborates on the passionate love of Lancelot and Guinevere. Suspen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tetra-
Numeral or number prefixes are prefixes derived from numerals or occasionally other numbers. In English and many other languages, they are used to coin numerous series of words. For example: * triangle, quadrilateral, pentagon, hexagon, octagon (shape with 3 sides, 4 sides, 5 sides, 6 sides, 8 sides) * simplex, duplex (communication in only 1 direction at a time, in 2 directions simultaneously) * unicycle, bicycle, tricycle (vehicle with 1 wheel, 2 wheels, 3 wheels) * dyad, triad, tetrad (2 parts, 3 parts, 4 parts) * twins, triplets, quadruplets (multiple birth of 2 children, 3 children, 4 children) * biped, quadruped, hexapod (animal with 2 feet, 4 feet, 6 feet) * September, October, November, December ( 7th month, 8th month, 9th month, 10th month) * binary, ternary, octal, decimal, hexadecimal (numbers expressed in base 2, base 3, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Last Post (novel)
''Last Post'' is the fourth and final novel of Ford Madox Ford's highly regarded sequence of four novels, ''Parade's End''.Lloyd Morris wrote that the sequence was ‘one of the few real masterpieces of fiction that have been produced during our era’, in New York Herald Tribune Book Review (1 October 1950), 4. William Carlos Williams called the four volumes ‘the prose masterpiece of their time’, in Sewanee Review, LIX (January–March 1951), 154-161. W. H. Auden wrote that ‘There are not many English novels which deserve to be called great: Parade’s End is one of them’: ‘Il Faut Payer’, Mid-Century, 22 (February 1961), 3-10. For Samuel Hynes. it was ‘the greatest war novel ever written by an Englishman’, in ‘The Genre of No Enemy’, Antaeus, 56, (Spring 1986), 140. It was published in January 1928 in the UK by Duckworth, and in the US under the title ''The Last Post'' by Albert and Charles Boni, and also the Literary Guild of America. The book entered the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No More Parades (novel)
''No More Parades'' is the second novel of Ford Madox Ford's highly regarded tetralogy about the First World War, ''Parade's End ''Parade's End'' is a tetralogy of novels by the British novelist and poet Ford Madox Ford, first published from 1924 to 1928. The novels chronicle the life of a member of the English gentry before, during and after World War I. The setting is ...''. It was published in 1925, and was extraordinarily well-reviewed.See ''No More Parades'', ed. Joseph Wiesenfarth (Manchester: Carcanet Press, 2010), xix–xx Summary by Chapter Part I Part I deals, primarily, with Captain Christopher Tietjens at work. I.i. The novel opens with Captain Christopher Tietjens, ably helped by Sergeant-Major Cowley, trying to move a draft of 2,994 troops, among them a contingent of Canadian railway workers, from a base camp in Rouen to the trenches at the front. His efforts are blocked by having orders given and then countermanded; by having inadequate supplies for these ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Some Do Not
''Some Do Not ...'', the first volume of Ford Madox Ford's highly regardedWilliam Carlos Williams wrote that the four Tietjens books 'constitute the English prose masterpiece of their time': ‘’Sewanee Review’’, 59 (Jan.-Mar. 1951), 154–61; reprinted in ''Selected Essays'' (New York: Random House, 1951), 315–23 (316). Malcolm Bradbury agreed, calling the sequence "the greatest modern war novel from a British writer": 'Introduction', ''Parade's End'' (London: Everyman, 1992), xiii. Anthony Burgess thought it "the finest novel about the First World War": ''The Best of Everything'', ed. William Davis, (London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1980), 97. ''Parade's End'' tetralogy, was originally published in April 1924 by Duckworth and Co. The following is a summary of the plot, chapter by chapter. Part I I.i ''Some Do Not …'' begins with the two young friends, Christopher Tietjens and Vincent Macmaster, on the train to Rye for a golfing weekend in the country. The year, proba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
