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UNINA9910463165903321 |
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Foley Patrick <1933-> |
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Missionary Bishop [[electronic resource] ] : Jean-Marie Odin in Galveston and New Orleans / / Patrick Foley |
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College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, c2013 |
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[1st ed.] |
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1 online resource (403 p.) |
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Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University ; ; no. 118 |
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Bishops - Texas |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Epigraph; Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1. From France He Came; 2. At the Barrens; 3. Missouri and Arkansas: A Prelude to Texas; 4. Odin and the Emerging American Vincentian Presence; 5. The Call to Texas; 6. Send Us Some Priests; 7. On the Shoulders of Odin; 8. A Vice Prefect Apostolic Arrives; 9. The Mission beyond San Antonio; 10. He Is to Be Vicar Apostolic; 11. A Missionary Still; 12. The Search for Priests and Nuns; 13. Back from Europe; 14. Bishop of Galveston; 15. Adieu, Texas; 16. New Orleans, the Civil War and Reconstruction, Then Home; Notes |
BibliographyIndex; Back Cover |
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In 1822 a young French missionary priest arrived in America, where he would devote the rest of his life to the mission field on behalf of the Catholic Church. Jean-Marie Odin served first in Missouri and Arkansas, then in 1840 moved to Texas, becoming the first Bishop of Galveston in 1847. He held that office until 1861, when he became Archbishop of New Orleans. The twenty years he served in Texas were important years in the life of the young republic-turned-state. His life and career during this period allow readers to view, in the words of this book's |
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UNINA9910825236803321 |
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Autore |
Smith Mark Haskell |
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Rude talk in Athens : ancient rivals, the birth of comedy, and a writer's journey through Greece / / Mark Haskell Smith |
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Los Angeles : , : The Unnamed Press, , [2021] |
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©2021 |
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1 online resource (210 pages) : illustrations |
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Authors, Greek |
Greek drama (Comedy) - Appreciation |
Greek drama (Comedy) - History and criticism |
Literary quarrels - Greece - History - To 1500 |
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In ancient Athens, thousands would attend theatre festivals that turned writing into a fierce battle for fame, money, and laughably large trophies. While the tragedies earned artistic respect, it was the comedies--the raunchy jokes, vulgar innuendo, outrageous invention, and barbed political commentary--that captured the imagination of the city. The writers of these comedic plays feuded openly, insulting one another from the stage, each production more inventive and outlandish than the last, as they tried to win first prize. Of these writers, only the work of Aristophanes has survived and it's only through his plays that we know about his peers: Cratinus, the great lush; Eupolis, the copycat; and Ariphrades, the sexual deviant. It might have been the golden age of Democracy, but for comic playwrights, it was the age of Rude Talk. Watching a production of an Aristophanes play in 2019 CE and seeing the audience laugh uproariously at every joke, Mark Haskell Smith began to wonder: what does it tell us about society and humanity that these ancient punchlines still land? When insults and jokes made thousands of years ago continue to be both offensive and still make us laugh? Through conversations with historians, politicians, and other |
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writers, the always witty and effusive Smith embarks on a personal mission (bordering on obsession) exploring the life of one of these unknown writers, and how comedy challenged the patriarchy, the military, and the powers that be, both then and now. A comic writer himself and author of many books and screenplays, Smith also looks back at his own career, his love for the uniquely dynamic city of Athens, and what it means for a writer to leave a legacy. |
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