Books by "Henry P. Farnham"
6 books found
John Cary, son of William of Bristol, was born near Bristol, Gloucestershire, England in 1610. He emigrated in 1634 and settled in Plymouth Colony. He married Elizabeth Godfrey. They had twelve children. Traces descendants through their son, John (1645-1721). He married Abigail Allen 7 December 1670 and they had eleven children. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Massachusetts and Connecticut. Includes Beckwith, Booth, Hurd, Sabin, Wilcox and related families.
The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut: Genealogies and biographies
by Henry Reed Stiles
1893
April 1917: The governor of Minnesota put the State Capitol in St. Paul under heavy military guard. Newspapers filled their columns with rumors of terrorist activities. Then the United States declared war on Germany. In the midst of patriotic hysteria, the state legislature passed a bill establishing the Minnesota Commission of Public Safety to "do ... all acts and things necessary" to defend the state from its enemies. In compelling narrative style, this book offers the first hard look at the motives and activities of this uniquely powerful state agency, which used loyalty as a weapon to protect the existing socio-economic order against a rising tide of radicalism on the home front.
A study of Chaucer's definition of tragedy - with special reference to Troilus -and its lasting influence on English dramatists. This book is concerned with the medieval idea of what constituted tragedy; it suggests that it was not a common term, and that those few who used the term did not always intend the same thing by it. Kelly believes that it was Chaucer's work which shaped notions of the genre, and places his achievement in critical and historical context. He begins by contrasting modern with medieval theoretical approaches to genres, then discusses Boccaccio's concept of tragedy before turning to Chaucer himself, exploring the ideas of tragedy prevalent in medieval England and their influence on Chaucer, and showing how Chaucer interpreted the term. Troilus and Criseyde is analysed specifically as a tragedy, with an account of its reception in modern times; for comparison, there is an analysis of how John Lydgate and Robert Henryson, two of Chaucer's imitators, understood and practiced tragedy. Professor HENRY ANSGAR KELLY teaches at UCLA.