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For example, Lord Byron (1788–1824) engaged in a famous feud with Robert Southey, who was then England's Poet Laureate. Byron wrote a mocking 17-verse dedication to his epic poem Don Juan in which he savagely pilloried Southey as a dull, reactionary "warbler" who had abandoned his political principles for favor and financial reward. [3]
Epigraph and dedication page, The Waste Land. J. K. Rowling's novels frequently begin with epigraphs relating to the themes explored. For example, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows opens with two: a quotation from Aeschylus's tragedy The Libation Bearers and a quotation from William Penn.
Dedication of a work to another composer or performer: Pierre Boulez's Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna; Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 3 is dedicated to Richard Wagner; George Enescu's Octet for strings, Op. 7 (1900), is dedicated to André Gedalge; York Höller. Mythos (1979–80) is dedicated to Hans Zender
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The written invitation sent by David Wills, the primary organizer of the ceremonial dedication of Soldiers' National Cemetery, inviting Lincoln to speak at the event A Harvest of Death, a photo taken by Timothy H. O'Sullivan immediately following the Battle of Gettysburg, showing Union army soldiers then laying dead on the Gettysburg battlefield
The author may add a short message to the reader, called a dedication, to each book, which may be personalized with the recipient's name upon request. A simple author's signature without a dedication is typically more valuable to collectors (exceptions include inscriptions to persons of note, e.g., from Hemingway to Fitzgerald , or to persons ...
This resulted in a dedication of Emma to the Prince Regent at the time of publication and a dedication copy of the novel sent to Carlton House in December 1815. [8] In America, copies of this first publication were sold in 1818 for $4 per copy, as well as an American edition published by Mathew Carey of Philadelphia in 1816. The number of ...
Microsoft founder Bill Gates is telling his “origin story” in his own words with the memoir Source Code, being released on Feb. 4 "My parents and early friends put me in a position to have a ...