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Alan Noel Latimer Munby (25 December 1913 – 26 December 1974) was an English librarian, bibliographical scholar and book collector. He is also remembered as the author of a volume of ghost stories written in the tradition of M. R. James .
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The book begins by explaining the everyday life of someone of royalty, then of the average peasant. It explains school, the countryside, hunting, tournaments, battles and the church. Throughout the book, several references to Magna Carta are intertwined with everyday events. For example, the chapter entitled "Family Strife" begins with the ...
The Touchstone is a novella by American writer Edith Wharton. Written in 1900, it was the first of her many stories describing life in old New York . Stephen Glennard, the novella's protagonist, is suddenly impoverished and unable to marry the woman he loves.
Touchstone (English band), rock group from the U.K. Touchstone (US-Irish band), Irish-music band from the U.S. The Touchstone, by British jazz trio Azimuth; The Touchstone, a novella by Edith Wharton; The Touchstone, an 1817 comedy play by James Kenney; Touchstone (As You Like It), a fictional character in Shakespeare's As You Like It
Touchstone is a fictional character in Shakespeare's play As You Like It. He is a court Jester, he was used throughout the play to both provide comic relief through sometimes vulgar humor and contrarily share wisdom, [ 1 ] fitting the archetype of the Shakespearean fool .
An example in literature is the character of Touchstone in Shakespeare's As You Like It, described as "a wise fool who acts as a kind of guide or point of reference throughout the play, putting everyone, including himself, to the comic test". [3] Dante's "In la sua volontade è nostra pace" ("In his will is our peace"; Paradiso, III.85) [4]