Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Vernon Lee was the pseudonym of the French-born British writer Violet Paget (14 October 1856 – 13 February 1935). She is remembered today primarily for her supernatural fiction and her work on aesthetics.
"A Wicked Voice" by Vernon Lee recounts the tale of a 19th-century composer named Magnus. He is in Venice to compose music for his opera, Ogier the Dane.In Venice, however, his inspiration weakens "in the stagnant lagoon of the past," as the culture and history of Venice confuse his musical ideals: "It was as if there arose out of its shallow waters a miasma of long-dead melodies, which ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Vernon was fond of quoting from it, with page numbers, ... [12] [13] References
Discover the latest breaking news in the U.S. and around the world — politics, weather, entertainment, lifestyle, finance, sports and much more.
Robert Vernon Lee III was born on January 14, 1951, in El Paso, Texas, to Colonel Robert V. Lee, Jr. and Cynthia Warren Lee. [ citation needed ] He earned his bachelor's degree from Vanderbilt University and continued graduate studies in journalism at the University of Georgia .
The club was founded on January 29, 1887, with the following intention: The objects shall be to promote an interest in, and a love for whatever will tend to make literature attractive as given in the form of printed and illustrated volumes, to mutually assist in making researches and collections of first and rare editions, and to promote elegance in the production of Odd Volumes.
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Help; Learn to edit; Community portal; Recent changes; Upload file
Original file (1,268 × 1,606 pixels, file size: 488 KB, MIME type: application/pdf) This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons . Information from its description page there is shown below.