- Taschenbuch: 480 Seiten
- Verlag: Penguin (Non-Classics); Auflage: New edition (1. Januar 1990)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0140114335
- ISBN-13: 978-0140114331
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 13,7 x 2,3 x 19,6 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 3.8 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (6 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 1.358.522 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Old fans will be delighted, and new readers intrigued, as characters from Davies's The Rebel Angels ( LJ 1/1/82) and What's Bred in the Bone ( LJ 11/15/85) reappear in this demanding but worthwhile third volume of "The Deptford Trilogy." With his wonderfully complex yet controlled plot, deft portrayal of eccentric characters, and great wit, Davies effectively satirizes the world of universities and foundations. Members of the Cornish Foundation are forced by Francis Cornish's nephew Arthur into funding the doctoral project of abrasive prodigy Hulda Schnackenburgthe completion and production of E.T.A. Hoffman's opera Arthur of Britain , or, The Magnificent Cuckold. Soon the characters' lives begin to resemble the opera's plot, and the spirit of Hoffman in Limbo, who observes "Let the lyre of Orpheus open the door of the underworld of feeling," complicates the actionall to the reader's delight. Elizabeth Guiney Sandvick, North Hennepin Community Coll., Minneapolis
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Davies triumphantly concludes the trilogy begun with The Rebel Angels. The Cornish Foundation is thriving under the tutelage of Arthur Cornish, art expert, collector, connoisseur, and notable eccentric.
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I have some of the same criticisms that others have about this book. Somehow, Maria doesn't seem fleshed out as well as I had hoped from Davies. He seems to have a little trouble with characterizations of women. However, no one is perfect and that is a minor problem for a very talented author. I loved this book as much as the others (actually, Rebel Angels was my least favorite of this trilogy). Each book was about a different type of art. Rebel Angels was about a (sort of) the writing of a novel, What's Bred in the Bone about painting, and the Lyre is about opera. It was wonderful seeing Darcourt come into his own, the resolution of Frank Cornishes' painting, and the opera develop. I enjoyed the rather transparent parallels in the plot of the opera and the life of the prinipals. All of Davies books have this (sometimes more in the background than in others) one theme that is most present in this book, namely, find your own myth and live it to its fullest. Written well aand truly.
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After having read The Rebel Angels and What's Bred In The Bone, and enjoying both of them immensely, I was terribly disappointed in this final book in what finally wound up being the Cornish Trilogy. The pomposity that Davies had always managed to keep in check before finally runs riot, as his barely diguised contempt for his readers' intelligence is clearly displayed.
Watch all the characters that you had grown to know and love from the earlier two novels degenerate into mere caricatures. Be angry at the editor who convinced Davies to churn out a third book about these people, so that the publisher could market the group as a TRILOGY. Be sorry you wasted the money and the time on this book.
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Treats the same subject as the much earlier A Mixture of Frailties, from a different approach (and in a more modern manner). Philosophical, farcical, thoughtful, touching, and even -- gasp - educational. The plot drives ahead almost unnoticed, as usual, until you realize, quite by accident, that you really need to find out how this is all going to come out.
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Robertson at his best. Great characters and a great tale
Darcourt on logic; Let logic keep its honourable place, where it has served man well, but it should not take absurd airs on itself as the only way of settling a problem or finding... Lesen Sie weiter...
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Wonderful, witty story of artistic academics
The final part of the Cornish Trilogy. This is the story of an opera. Boring? Never. An unfinished opera by E.T.A. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 1. Oktober 1997 veröffentlicht
Wonderful, witty story of artistic academics
The final part of the Cornish Trilogy. This is the story of an opera. Boring? Never. An unfinished opera by E.T.A. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 1. Oktober 1997 veröffentlicht
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