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Xanadu is the name of Charles Foster Kane's stately mansion in the 1941 film Citizen Kane. "Xanadu" is the name of a track off of the Rush album A Farewell to Kings, that references the poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Xanadu is the name of a 1980 film starring Olivia Newton-John.
Xanadu may refer to: Shangdu , the summer capital of Yuan dynasty ruled by Kublai Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan. a metaphor for opulence or an idyllic place, based upon Samuel Taylor Coleridge 's description of Shangdu in his poem Kubla Khan
A map showing the de Soto expedition. This section shows Moscoso's route through Arkansas, and Texas, and then to Mexico after de Soto's death. Based on the Charles M. Hudson map of 1997. All the peoples which the expedition encountered in Texas were the ancestors of the modern Caddo, especially the Hasinai and Kadohadacho confederacies ...
Known for contests, free t-shirts, and racy wet t-shirt contests, Mother Fletcher’s, Xanadu, and Freaky Tiki were staples of Downtown Myrtle Beach, but all three shuttered after facing controversy.
He conquered land across three continents, ruled over states from Egypt to modern-day India, and never lost a battle – before dying, aged just 32. Alexander the Great’s legacy has given him ...
The Xanadu Houses were a series of experimental homes built to showcase examples of computers and automation in the home in the United States. The architectural project began in 1979, and during the early 1980s three houses were built in different parts of the United States: one each in Kissimmee , Florida ; Wisconsin Dells , Wisconsin ; and ...
He tweaked the song “Xanadu” made famous by Newton-John. Donning a blond wig a la the Australian pop star, Rainbow sings of a setting that’s far from the nightclub of the 1980 cult classic ...
In Road to Xanadu (1927), a book length study of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and "Kubla Khan", John Livingston Lowes said that the poems were "two of the most remarkable poems in English". [108] When turning to the background of the works, he argued, "Coleridge as Coleridge, be it said at once, is a secondary moment to our purpose; it is ...