| 单词 | magnum opus |
| 例句 | “The point is, she is your magnum opus. Only a Pellinore can catch her. You have told us so often.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It is the opening of John Keegan’s 1993 magnum opus, A History of Warfare: War is not the continuation of policy by other means. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Copernicus published his magnum opus on his deathbed—in 1543, just before the church started clamping down on new ideas. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Lucinda Williams made her first album for her own label, Highway 20 Records, a magnum opus: two discs, 20 songs and a summation of what has endeared her to a large, loyal following. New Albums From Lucinda Williams and Christopher Owens 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z And yet the emotional sweep, sonic sensuousness and instrumental virtuosity of Mazurek's magnum opus remain unmistakable. Rob Mazurek's Exploding Star Orchestra brings celestial sounds to the Green Mill 2011-01-08T15:53:00Z But it's easy to recognize the more than semi-autobiographical "Almost Famous" as his magnum opus, and its soundtrack more than keeps pace with its intimacy and specificity. The 22 Best Movie Soundtracks of the 2000s 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z You note in your introduction that he considered “No Stopping Train” his magnum opus. Les Plesko to be celebrated at UCLA 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z Such songs as “Tarhatazed,” the recent record’s magnum opus, sounded even bigger in concert. Review | Mdou Moctar lets his fingers do the talking during Black Cat show 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z Planning to devote a further three years to polishing his Homeric magnum opus, the unfortunate poet instead fell mortally ill in 19 BCE and ordered his friends to destroy the manuscript. Virgil’s ‘The Aeneid’ still looks strikingly contemporary 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z A couple of years after the release of his magnum opus, he moved from New York to West Chester, where Mr. Pandel had offered him shelter. He Made Kids’ Music and Albums About Lucifer. Now His Work Is a Rock Opera. 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z From atop a border observatory, South Korean artist Jae-Eun Choi gazes north over a misted wilderness of glowing fall oaks and maples, the setting for her proposed magnum opus. Turn the Korean DMZ into a bridge of peace? Why major artists say the idea isn't crazy 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z He sends letters to people on both sides of the Atlantic seeking artistic contributions to a magnum opus for the anti-movement that turned the senselessness of world war into something convulsive. A Plan to Spread Dada Worldwide, Revisited at MoMA 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z His magnum opus, the Aegypt tetralogy, took more than two decades to complete, and his readers, a patient and faithful bunch, have become grudgingly accustomed to the long intervals between books. Review | John Crowley continues an uncharacteristically prolific period with the singular ‘And Go Like This’ 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z Proust, known to be terribly ill as he works feverishly to finish his 12-volume magnum opus? The damnable task of being a Man Booker International prize judge 2011-03-30T14:46:06Z Sussberg’s magnum opus is the thickly impastoed “Water VII,” in which glimmers of gray in the dominant blue reflect a steely sky. In the Galleries: Creating objects of power The show’s mysterious magnum opus, “Soul Catcher/Regenerator,” is part African totem, part receiver for broadcasts from the beyond. In the galleries: D.C. artist summons the supernatural in the everyday 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z When the Swedish Academy awarded Tokarczuk the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2019, they called “The Books of Jacob” her “magnum opus.” Women Dominate Shortlist for International Booker Prize 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z Seven years ago the French economist Thomas Piketty released “Capital in the Twenty-First Century,” a magnum opus on income inequality. Thomas Piketty Turns Marx on His Head 2020-03-08T05:00:00Z In that vein, we have been treated to Tim Wirkus’s “The Infinite Future,” about a Brazilian science fiction writer whose lost magnum opus sets a group of seekers in motion. Review | Bibliophiles love the mystery of a missing manuscript. ‘The Lost Book of Adana Moreau’ is just what they’re looking for. 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z It is a hard read and time consuming; however, for a complete understanding of Rawls' insightful magnum opus it is worth persevering. A Theory of Justice by John Rawls - review 2011-08-27T08:00:00Z But if failure is planned for in the boardroom, how do writers handle it when their magnum opus flops? ‘I don’t know if I’ll ever get over it’: how it feels to make a TV flop 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z Thus, “Brion Gysin: Dream Machine” divides the work of an experimental polyglot, “chronologically and formally,” into four parts: paintings and drawings; works made with words; the “Dreamachine,” his magnum opus; and late collages and photomontages. Art Review: At New Museum, Brion Gysin?s First Retrospective 2010-07-29T21:21:00Z I met Kiese Laymon last spring when he visited Emerson College, where I teach, to read and discuss his magnum opus, “Heavy: An American Memoir.” Kiese Laymon Revisits Some Early Essays, and Reclaims His Voice 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z One way to think of the Nobel Prize-winning Polish novelist Olga Tokarczuk’s magnum opus, “The Books of Jacob,” is as the fictional gospels of this apparently mesmerizing and highly problematic cult leader. Savior? Monster? A Messianic Leader Rallies His Followers. 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z That was the case back in February, when it appeared on “Lemonade,” Beyoncé’s surprise magnum opus about infidelity and disappointment. The Playlist: The Gospel According to Alicia Keys 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z Did David Foster Wallace’s magnum opus spark joy? So many books to help you get rid of stuff (like too many books) 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z It was a sensation at Cannes and might end up being the magnum opus in this particular vein, as well as one of the most memorable films of 2016. Bad girls, big trouble: The self-destructive young woman as feminist archetype 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z The relationships may seem complex when thus briskly sketched, but really there’s no need to crack open Tolstoy’s magnum opus before you attend the show. Theater Review: ‘Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812’ at Kazino 2013-05-17T02:00:12Z The new album's magnum opus, Folk Bloodbath, creates a drily compelling story out of American murder ballad characters, from Louis Collins to Stagger Lee. Josh Ritter 2010-09-23T21:30:00Z It also revived a magnum opus from 1991 — ”Coma,” a battle between death wish and survival instinct, rugged riff and psychedelic aspiration — that was as tumultuous as it deserved to be. Review: Guns N’ Roses, Partly Reunited, in Its First Arena Performance 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z The collection of 255 poems, designed as a history of Spanish-speaking Latin America, is now considered his magnum opus. Seattle Peace Chorus to tackle Neruda’s ‘Canto General’ June 1 2013-05-31T18:51:22Z It is nearly impossible to distill the experience of Heizer’s magnum opus “City” in one frame. How We Saw the Arts This Year 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z The first volume of his magnum opus, “Laurence Sterne: The Early and Middle Years,” published in 1975, was praised for its diligent scholarship and stylistic clarity. Arthur H. Cash, Definitive Laurence Sterne Biographer, Dies at 94 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z At 53, he embarked on his magnum opus, a definitive encyclopedia of Iranian history and culture. A Lifetime Quest to Finish a Monumental Encyclopedia of Iran 2011-08-12T22:29:57Z Attending Haley’s class allowed me to observe him in action for nearly a year while he was working on his magnum opus, “Roots.” Alex Haley Taught America About Race — and a Young Man How to Write 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z Many of them are from “Nothing Gold Can Stay,” which emerges clearly as Mr. Rash’s best short book between “Serena” and this magnum opus. 'Something Rich and Strange,' a Ron Rash Anthology 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z But his magnum opus may be the blueberry spiral. House Proud: Jared Handelsman and Portia Munson Make Their Own Museum at Home 2012-09-19T21:51:29Z Nine years after the Kerner Report, a century after Reconstruction’s abandonment, we got “Roots” — eight nights of generational magnum opus meant to inspire as much as explain. The Reconciliation Must Be Televised 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z I ask how he handled the critical drubbing given to “The Dark Tower,” based on the Stephen King magnum opus, in which he played the Gunslinger. Able Was I Ere I Saw Elba! Actor Opines on Sex, Race, Bond 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z But while “Jack” may not be his magnum opus — or who knows, maybe that’s how he sees it — it does represent a work of incredible maturity and accessibility. The warrior’s way out: “Samurai Jack” finds a rare honorable ending 2017-05-27T04:00:00Z Of her three videos, the magnum opus is “Salt Dreams,” with narration and on-screen text that alternates between Korean and English. Review | In the galleries: Paintings reflect light’s luminous effects 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z On “A Love Supreme,” Coltrane’s magnum opus, the quartet drives its modal approach to a devotional extreme. McCoy Tyner’s Essential Recordings: Listen to 11 Tracks 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z But Bon Jovi’s magnum opus is the Soul Kitchen, a “recommended donation” restaurant in Red Bank, New Jersey, launched last fall. Jon Bon Jovi: Hungry To Help 2012-09-07T14:02:42Z But Alexander, his magnum opus, a biopic of Alexander the Great that he at one point calls "his life's work", was savaged by the critics. Oliver Stone 2010-07-17T23:00:00Z “When a director has that level of passion and vulnerability for the work, they’re going to treat it as their child. I understood that this was Gina’s magnum opus in the room.” ‘The Woman King’ and Intimate Moments Amid Epic Action 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z Sometimes a simple idea executed with love and good intentions can be as transformative as a magnum opus. Essential tracks: Deerhoof, an Elliott Smith tribute and Moon Duo 2015-03-07T05:00:00Z These songs are carefully composed, culminating in the record’s magnum opus, “Walk Forward With Your Eyes Closed.” Review: Pinkwash, Songs in the Key of Catharsis 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z Frank Herbert originally conceived his magnum opus as a single mega-novel, ultimately broken up into three parts, “Dune,” “Dune Messiah” and “Children of Dune.” Perspective | ‘Dune’ has long divided the science fiction world. The new film won’t change that. 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z So begins The Gunslinger, the first book of Stephen King’s magnum opus Dark Tower series, and so, too, will begin its movie adaptation. Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey to Star in Stephen King's 'The Dark Tower' 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z This second half of this novelist’s magnum opus completes a drug war version of “The Godfather,” with all the sweep, intimacy and searing power that implies. The Top Books of 2015 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z But working or not, the machine was always the focus — not the music, the characters or the intellectual themes of Wagner’s deeply human, politically charged magnum opus. Review: The Met Opera’s Next ‘Ring’ Will Be a Sea Change 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z It's the story of an ambitious and talented historian, who wrote the well-known Whig Interpretation of History, but never produced the magnum opus everyone had been waiting for. The Life and Thought of Herbert Butterfield by Michael Bentley ? review 2011-07-15T21:55:05Z He knew that as Gershwin was gearing up for the magnum opus, he followed the herd to Paris to sit at the feet of the guru Nadia Boulanger. Nikolaus Harnoncourt Explores ?Porgy and Bess? 2010-06-04T13:37:00Z Rachmaninoff intended this concerto to be a magnum opus. Review: Leif Ove Andsnes Blazes Out a Rachmaninoff Rarity 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z Then in 2004, he created his magnum opus, “Deadwood,” a drama set in the Dakota territory in the 1870s, a merciless era of American frontier expansion. David Milch Still Has Stories to Tell 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z Harold Bloom subtitled his magnum opus on Shakespeare “The Invention of the Human” in recognition of the Bard’s unprecedented ability to imagine the lives of others. The theater of Trump: What Shakespeare can teach us about the Donald 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z “It became this kind of magnum opus, and it described a certain culture of this kind of sport,” Professor Thompson said. Mixed Martial Arts Catches On With the Internet Generation 2012-03-14T21:49:31Z Mr. Adrià rarely loses his temper even as he faces steep challenges on the path to opening his magnum opus, Enigma. Review: In ‘Constructing Albert,’ a Chef’s Ambition, Meticulously Plated 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z We Saw From The Cheap Seats could’ve been Spektor’s magnum opus, but the flashes of brilliance here are enough to keep us hoping for her next release. Regina Spektor’s “…Cheap Seats”: The Return of the Pop Maverick and Her Piano 2012-06-01T10:45:25Z He's referred to the works as his magnum opus, and it took decades for him to complete the series. Why It Took So Long to Make a 'Dark Tower' Movie Happen 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z "Mommy," opening Jan. 23, feels like nothing less than Dolan's magnum opus, for the time being at least. In 'Mommy,' Xavier Dolan looks things in the eye 2015-01-17T05:00:00Z After just 13 months of operation, his magnum opus, the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum, near downtown, had closed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. How Fauci came to receive the ‘ultimate honor’: His own bobblehead doll 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z Around the time of his death, she described the Underground Museum as Davis’s “magnum opus.” Review | Artist Noah Davis died tragically at age 32. A New York show reveals a great lost talent. 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z Bateman keeps a copy of Mr. Trump’s magnum opus, “The Art of the Deal,” on his desk. In Hindsight, an ‘American Psycho’ Looks a Lot Like Us 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z Indeed, DeLillo’s magnum opus makes a good model for this novel, likewise chasing connection across eras and oceans. Review | Salvatore Scibona’s second novel trots the globe yet misses nothing 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z A lot of the Igbo proverbs I learned first, I learned from his magnum opus, Things Fall Apart. Chinua Achebe peered deep into the Nigerian psyche 2013-03-22T16:43:31Z When Cage died, in 1992, Cunningham was preparing the world premiere of his own magnum opus, “Enter,” with two solos for himself. Merce Cunningham Lives On in Philadelphia Museum Show 2013-01-23T23:19:41Z That project, which Hanks' website describes as "part thriller, part real-time drama," is based on a small portion of Bugliosi's magnum opus. 50 years on, finding profit in `truth' on JFK case 2013-05-11T16:07:15Z However, when talking of such a giant of literature, it is plain wrong to use the phrase magnum opus to describe his work. Chinua Achebe peered deep into the Nigerian psyche 2013-03-22T16:43:31Z Forty years in the making and nearly as long, it can seem, in the reading, “The American People, Volume 1” is Mr. Kramer’s magnum opus. Review: ‘The American People, Volume 1’ by Larry Kramer Retells History With Passion 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z That sparkling essay was by way of being a trailer for the history of Europe that was to be Judt's magnum opus. Tony Judt obituary 2010-08-08T17:38:00Z He also directed “The Endless Summer II,” the 1994 follow-up to his magnum opus, in which a couple of surfers repeat the travels of Hynson and August. Perspective | The beautiful lie Bruce Brown and ‘The Endless Summer’ told us about surfing 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z Her magnum opus, “Photographs of British Algae,” whose first sections she published 175 years ago this fall, was the first volume ever to be illustrated with photographs, albeit ones made without a camera. She Needed No Camera to Make the First Book of Photographs 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z A darker shade of the same color dominates the show’s magnum opus, a landscape in which a storm seems to be massing in the right-hand corner. In the galleries: Experimenting with a classical sensibility 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Reimann’s magnum opus is as ruggedly atonal as any late-twentieth-century opera, and even at the Met, which boasts a sophisticated audience, such a performance would cause at least a modest number of intermission walkouts. We’ll Never Have Paris 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z On Oceans, he rapped: "Welcome to my magnum opus" – a hollow boast, given that barely anything Jay-Z's done since 2004 stands up next to the music he made in his prime. Magna Carta Holy Grail – a first-listen review 2013-07-04T14:23:37Z But here the tone row is bent to Mr. Glass’s purposes and offered as the closing theme of his Minimalist magnum opus. Into the Music: Tune-In Music Festival Celebrates Philip Glass 2012-02-19T03:43:19Z “We look for indefinably precise things,” Brook told The Times 30 years ago as he was about to mount his magnum opus, “The Mahabharata,” in Los Angeles. Getting down to the basics in Peter Brook's 'Battlefield' 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z It is a rapturous magnum opus, that is heartbreaking, devastating, and life affirming all at once. Alfonso Cuarón’s “Roma” is a masterpiece — see it in the theater if you can 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z David Foster Wallace’s magnum opus “Infinite Jest” depicted an America so distracted and obsessed with entertainment that a mesmerizing movie becomes a potential terrorist weapon — capable of making viewers die of pleasure. Books of The Times: Maximized Revenue, Minimized Existence 2011-03-31T21:14:33Z As Saliers' magnum opus about the sheer pressure of time's irrevocable passage, "History of Us" seems to imagine a post-college journey to Europe of sorts, where the traveler makes unexpected discoveries. We've reached the point in the stay-at-home life when only the Indigo Girls LP will do 2020-04-25T04:00:00Z It won the Academy Award for best foreign film, but Bondarchuk’s envious peers in the Soviet Union spurned him and, in turn, his magnum opus. A Peerless ‘War and Peace’ Film Is Restored to Its Former Glory 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z Looking to his past and sketching his future, it is intended as the magnum opus of a figure the composer Michael Gordon has called “the philosopher king of percussion music.” The ‘Philosopher King’ of Percussion Starts His Next Chapter 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z Rushdie was describing his difficulties in remembering and conjuring up his homeland after moving to London and writing his magnum opus, “Midnight’s Children.” A Life Altered by War and Transmuted Into Fiction 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z For the November 2010 Complex cover story “Project Runaway,” he provides an indispensable eyewitness account of the process by which our era’s most dynamic pop star conceived his magnum opus. Kanye West’s post-Taylor Swift fallout: How he returned from spiritual exile with his masterpiece 2017-08-05T04:00:00Z That book is a portrait of serenity, however, in comparison with “The Cartel,” a magnum opus coming in June from Don Winslow, who is to the Mexican drug wars what James Ellroy is to L.A. Cool Beach Books for Hot Summer Days 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z It draws on the most up-to-date manuscript discoveries and scholarship, but deliberately sticks closely to Wilde’s life, unlike Ellmann’s magnum opus, which includes substantial commentary on the major works. Review | How Oscar Wilde evolved from poet and playwright to symbol of martyrdom and individualism 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z The album is cherished as a magnum opus and grand oddity: solitary yearning expressed by a platoon of musicians, derangement mapped with architectural thoroughness, diffidence on a monumental scale. Music Review: Spiritualized ?Floats in Space? at Radio City 2010-08-01T22:22:00Z When “It,” the first in a planned two-part adaptation of his 1986 magnum opus, arrives in theaters Friday, it will be one of six King films or TV series to be released in 2017. The secrets to making great Stephen King movies 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z But there was one other possibility: he could use it to create a magnum opus, the biggest and strangest art project of his career. At the Dumbo Arts Festival, a Dumpster Full of Memories 2011-09-22T21:31:36Z The words “magnum opus” could have been created to describe these books. Review | Greg Iles bounced back from a catastrophic car crash with a monumental trilogy. He’s not done. 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z Then the Thunder-Stealer-in-Chief rang out with "Four score and seven years ago . . . " and made Everett's magnum opus a historical footnote in under 180 seconds. 7 misconceptions about the Civil War 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z Marlantes continued to wrestle with his magnum opus, in draft after draft, occasionally questioning his fitness for an impossible task. Vietnam road 2010-07-10T23:01:00Z Klimt took three years to complete his magnum opus. Scenic artist hit a masterwork mother lode with 'Woman in Gold' The second is, literally and figuratively, a bigger book, and is, in my opinion, Ellroy's magnum opus. Jonathan Kellerman's top 10 LA noir novels 2010-03-31T08:32:00Z And this foodie film has to be his magnum opus, the passion project he co-wrote and also co-directed with Campbell Scott, a longtime friend and colleague. Beyond the negroni: Stanley Tucci's 20 best films – ranked! 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z Compared with “Skies of America,” Mr. Coleman’s engagingly unruly orchestral magnum opus from 1972, Mr. Moore’s concerto is more conventional in structure and temperament. Music Review: New Juilliard Ensemble in 2 Premieres - Review 2011-09-25T21:55:41Z King’s “Dark Tower” series has been called his magnum opus, a great work that attempts, in its sprawling ambition and 4,000-plus pages, to tie together many details from his literary oeuvre. Review | In ‘The Dark Tower,’ Matthew McConaughey is funny — in a bad way 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z Tolkien's three-doorstep magnum opus is boiled down to a couple of hundred pages, with the main characters reinvented as a fairly grimy, down-at-heel set, the simple hobbits of the Shire transformed into greedy, smelly Boggies. After Tolkien, get Bored of the Rings 2011-02-08T13:01:04Z Hal’s daughter rifles through her father’s desk and concludes that his unpublished magnum opus is “not a masterpiece after all. Wanted it to be for his sake. Breaks my heart.” ‘The Richard Peabody Reader’ 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z Pulling from gangsta rap, psychedelic funk, hard bop and neo-soul, it’s a word-drunk magnum opus that can still feel at times like a taut psychological thriller. The Best Albums of 2015 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z “I love my daughter and have referred to her as my magnum opus,” Elder wrote in the Quora post. ‘It's the breaking of a taboo’: the parents who regret having children 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z Then there is the problem of Curtis’s 20-volume magnum opus itself. Books of The Times: ‘Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher,’ by Timothy Egan 2012-11-11T23:33:07Z Away from the world of freak glitches, what fate befalls the writer as his or her magnum opus enters the publishing production chain? The lost art of editing 2011-02-11T14:05:33Z Their idea was to translate their magnum opus to the 18th-century colonial rivalry between Britain and France. The Cold War-themed board game that feels more relevant than ever 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z “He considered his Frankenstein illustrations to be his magnum opus,” his wife said in an email. Bernie Wrightson, Artist and a Creator of Swamp Thing, Dies at 68 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z Every album she releases is astonishing, but this was like her magnum opus. Cristin Milioti Finds Harmony in Fiona Apple and a Location Change 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z La Monte Young's magnum opus will have you entranced, bewitched and will change your sensory perceptions of the phenomenon we call music. A guide to La Monte Young's music 2013-03-25T17:03:53Z The most recent piece on the album — “The Navigator,” which concludes this set — is a magnum opus of slippery, sinuous invention. 5 Classical Music Albums to Hear Right Now 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z Dara has the gift of charming these people while filming them covertly for possible use in her magnum opus. Books of The Times: As Pirates Swash Their Buckles 2010-10-10T19:00:00Z It's her hallmark, her magnum opus, her most famous sauce ever...and it absolutely lives up to the hype. Marcella Hazan's tomato sauce recipe — and 8 other favorites 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z His magnum opus on the subject, What Is Intelligence?, was published several years ago by Cambridge University Press. Are We Getting Smarter? by James R Flynn – review 2012-09-28T09:02:01Z “Mississippi Blood” is the capstone to what could legitimately be called a magnum opus. Greg Iles concludes his spectacular Natchez Burning trilogy 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z Wilco’s “Cruel Country” makes a modest first impression for a magnum opus. Wilco Makes an Understated Magnum Opus 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z The show at Royce Hall offered a sneak peek of the magnum opus Mac has been working on. Taylor Mac offers a glorious sneak peek of his '24-Decade History of Popular Music' at Royce Hall 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z Meanwhile Roman, Martin Starr's deadpan "hard sci-fi" writer, is still slinging appetizer trays while pondering how to crack his magnum opus. The "Party Down" cater waiters are back, but has the now-famous cast outgrown the pink bow ties? 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z His magnum opus, “The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors and Architects,” was published in 1550, when Vasari was in his late 30s. How Giorgio Vasari Invented Art History as We Know It 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z In the end, though, an accident with Wallace's pianomatic meant the magnum opus went up in flames. Prom 20: Wallace & Gromit's Musical Marvels! – review 2012-07-30T11:33:31Z "You don't want me to 'pull a Robert Jordan' on you," Martin blogged to the circling hordes of hungry readers, referring to a fantasy novelist who passed away before completing his magnum opus. George RR Martin: Barbarians at the gate 2011-04-13T20:30:00Z Take that pianistic magnum opus, The History of Photography in Sound, for example. A guide to Michael Finnissy's music 2012-07-23T14:24:00Z Films That Allow the Elusive to Elude "Ocean," a 2011 film by Charles Atlas, captures a performance of Merce Cunningham's magnum opus in Minnesota. Critic?s Notebook: Charles Atlas Captures Merce Cunningham?s ?Ocean? on Film 2012-04-09T21:28:39Z It would not be wrong to call his Internet activity his most important art so far, his magnum opus. Art Review: A Beijing Bohemian in the East Village 2011-07-28T23:14:41Z “I think this as his ‘Kapital,’” said Timothy Snyder, a historian at Yale who has known Mr. Markovits since they were graduate students in Britain in the early 1990s, referring to Karl Marx’s magnum opus. The Meritocrat Who Wants to Unwind the Meritocracy 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z Entheon’s central element is Alex Grey’s magnum opus, “Sacred Mirrors,” a series of 21 paintings that depict life-size figures’ nervous, cardiovascular, lymphatic and other physiological systems. A Sanctuary for Psychedelic Art Opens in the Hudson Valley 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z Whitman, for his part, saw the store as a work of art in its own right, his magnum opus, and regarded Sylvia as a key part of its legacy. The greatest bookstore in the world 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z First published in 1890, James's two-volume magnum opus The Principles of Psychology is still required reading for students of behavioural science. Self help: try positive action, not positive thinking 2012-06-30T21:40:52Z Benjamin’s “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction” is an undergraduate art-history staple, but true Benjaminiacs consider his massive, unfinished “Arcades Project” to be the writer’s magnum opus. Walter Benjamin’s Unfinished Magnum Opus, Revisited Through Contemporary Art 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z Like the magnum opus, it is universally inclusive. Martin Amis Is Committed to the Pleasure Principle in Books 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z With more gumption than wherewithal, she spun a single idea into a magnum opus. Art Review: ?Zoe Strauss: Ten Years? at Philadelphia Museum of Art - Review 2012-01-12T23:57:45Z The ambiguous ending of Also Sprach Zarathustra, based on Nietzsche's magnum opus, famously replaces the philosopher's vaunting certainty with something altogether more querulous, leaving admirers of both men to ponder this disparity's significance. LSO/Daniel Harding ? review 2011-02-13T22:01:02Z In this show, he performs his magnum opus with the Beach Boys, “Pet Sounds.” Pop & Rock Listings for June 10-16 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z His own unexpected death while it was in preparation means that this indefatigable contributor to public debate in Britain could neither enjoy nor participate in the reception of his magnum opus. Two New Books Look at the Holocaust in Civic and Military Terms 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z Would anyone read such a magnum opus, or even take it seriously, if it had been written by a woman? Letters to the Editor 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z He left in 1938, never to return, but worked on his magnum opus, “Music in Bali,” for the rest of his life. Celebrating A Gift From Bali: Delicious Confusion 2010-10-10T01:30:00Z For hundreds of thousands of people around the world, November means National Novel Writing Month — or NaNoWriMo for short — and writing 50,000 words of their latest magnum opus by the beginning of December. NaNoWriMo: Is National Novel Writing Month a Literary Threat or Menace? 2012-11-07T13:00:11Z Tokarczuk’s most ambitious novel — the Swedish Academy called it her “magnum opus” — has long been said to be “The Books of Jacob,” first published in Poland in 2014. ‘The Books of Jacob,’ a Nobel Prize Winner’s Sophisticated and Overwhelming Novel 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z Among “serious” modern works of fiction, I might nominate Harold Brodkey’s laborious magnum opus, “The Runaway Soul,” through which I once plowed my weary way. Review | What’s the worst novel ever? It might be this 19th-century train wreck. 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z “Ten years ago I decided to create a magnum opus that would combine opera, art installation and novel,” he said. Pete Townshend novel, ‘The Age of Anxiety,’ out in November 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z “There are four more fully worked out… Then I’ve got the magnum opus ones, that I really want to write.” Surgeon, ultrarunner, thriller writer… meet the man who lives life to the full 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z And I sat on that for two years as my magnum opus and didn't think that I would create anything else. Meet "Internet Shaquille," the YouTube chef teaching a new generation to cook 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z The basic arguments from that essay found their way into her magnum opus, “The Origins of Totalitarianism.” The power of ordinary people facing totalitarianism 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z "Treacherous" and "I Knew You Were Trouble" build into the earworm magnum opus "We are Never Ever Getting Back Together." Breakup songs owe a lot to the lovelorn lyrics of the Romantics 2021-12-25T05:00:00Z Larson says Ballast bookseller Rose calls “North Woods” by Daniel Mason “a magnum opus.” Seattle area booksellers share their holiday book recommendations 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z Second, Sheen reads the magnum opus of a rising star Asian writer, Same Bed Different Dreams, which offers snippets of alternative history of the supersecret Korean Provisional Government, established in 1919 under Japanese occupation. Why Settling Mars Is a Terrible Idea 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z As the Parisian runway glinted under the weight of expectation, Sarah Burton, with a profound respect for legacy and an unmistakable innovative touch, presented her magnum opus for Alexander McQueen Saturday night. Valentino returns to Paris’ Les Beaux-Arts with modern twist; Burton bids farewell at McQueen 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z His magnum opus, “The Secret Teachings of All Ages,” is an encyclopedia of mystical philosophy that touches on Kabbalah, tarot, alchemy, mystic Christianity and Masonry among many other subjects. 'We're not a cult!' A mysterious L.A. society reinvents itself for modern 'truth seekers' 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z The 71-year-old writer, activist, expert fly-fisher and new grandfather welcomes me into his town home, just 50 steps from Rattlesnake Creek, to discuss what Michael Pietsch, his editor at Little, Brown, calls his “magnum opus.” A bestselling Montana author's magnum opus nearly broke him. Then it saved his soul 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z As an engineer who worked as a carpenter during college, he drew up blueprints and built his mailbox magnum opus: The Sinking Ferry. The fabulously creative (and personal) mailboxes of Bainbridge Island 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z I was recently asked by a music magazine to write a list of “novels for metalheads,” and my thoughts went instantly to “Blood Meridian,” his end-of-days magnum opus of the American West. Cormac McCarthy shaped a generation of writers like me — even when we didn't admit it 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z “I see this book as my magnum opus,” she said. Review | Jean Twenge is ready to make you defend your generation again 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z “Bill completed the first half of his Johnny Carson book, his magnum opus, and it was a masterpiece,” his friend and Esquire colleague Robert Kurson told the Chicago Sun-Times. Bill Zehme, who elevated celebrity profiles to an art form, dies at 64 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z He went back to his magnum opus, “Sun House,” and “reread the book from Page 1 over the course of about 2½ years, editing like crazy, making improvements and deletions by the thousands.” A bestselling Montana author's magnum opus nearly broke him. Then it saved his soul 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z I’ve just completed a novel about eight translators who gather to translate an author’s magnum opus. Two of the country's best translators are married — and competing for the same big prize 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z In his magnum opus, “Chekhov‘s Plays: An Opening Into Eternity,” he locates the Russian playwright’s spiritual vision in the details and decision of his art. Commentary: Richard Gilman, the complicated subject of a new memoir, helped raise the bar for theater criticism 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z “I never want to not be brave enough as a woman, as a Black woman, as an artist,” Davis said, referencing a quote from her character in the film, which she called her magnum opus. Angela Bassett, ‘Wakanda Forever’ top NAACP Image Awards 2023-02-25T05:00:00Z My thoughts are that the intensity, presence and performance will increase in proportion to the countdown of the takes, so that the last take could be a sensation, a magnum opus. Ruben Östlund's confessions of a Swedish director who freaks out … a lot 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z One of the best of these was Konstantin Paustovsky, whose magnum opus, the autobiographical “The Story of a Life,” has now been reissued in a fine new translation by historian Douglas Smith. Review | A reissued Russian epic offers a front-row seat to history 2023-02-10T05:00:00Z Consider German philosopher Philipp Mainländer, who after receiving the first copies of his magnum opus on pessimism in 1876, stacked them up on the floor, climbed to the top of the pile and hanged himself. The Doomsday Clock is an imperfect metaphor — but the existential danger is all too real 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z Yet the huge speculative banner is not the only magnum opus in Doud’s show, which is titled “Prolepsis” after the literary device of referring to a future event in the present tense. Review | In the galleries: Weaving together the fabrics of society 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z Capote published no more excerpts from his would-be magnum opus. Review | Truman Capote’s other true-crime story 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z On a day when he passed Scott Milanovich to become the program’s all-time passing yards leader, Tagovailoa orchestrated what may be the magnum opus of his Maryland tenure. Terrapins fight valiantly in season’s best performance but fall to No. 2 Ohio State 2022-11-19T05:00:00Z He opted for Oahu, Hawaii, where he got to work on his sprawling magnum opus, “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.” Kanye West may have finally reached the point of no return 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z She taken to calling “The Woman King” her “magnum opus,” the culmination of decades of work on and off camera, lifting weights seen and unseen. ‘The Woman King’ is Viola Davis’s ultimate flex 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z Upon completion, the series was collected into a movie of the same name, regarded by many to be his magnum opus. My Jean-Luc Godard movie marathon: How I watched his collected works, in chronological order 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z She has taken to calling “The Woman King” her “magnum opus” because her production company produced it, because she fought so hard for it. ‘Woman King,’ Viola Davis and the culmination of a struggle 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z Defying his newfound marketability, however, he spends years painting his magnum opus on the walls of the prison hobby room. The Artists Taking on Mass Incarceration 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z They may be quite simple, like the basic four-chord glory of “Crocodile Rock,” or dazzlingly complex like the 11-minute magnum opus “Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding.” From the end of the world to your town, Elton John’s goodbye 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z Each victory spurred him on to ever-greater heights, culminating in his magnum opus - a sprawling double album full of classics like Pastime Paradise, Sir Duke, Isn't She Lovely and As. The unintended side-effects of a Grammy nomination 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z When I interviewed Brook at San Francisco’s American Conservatory Theater in 2017, he was 92 years old and on tour with “Battlefield,” a production distilled from his marathon magnum opus, “The Mahabharata.” Appreciation: The radical majesty of British theater director Peter Brook 2022-07-03T04:00:00Z Taylor’s longtime literary agent, Sharon Bowers, first suggested that Taylor write a Juneteenth cookbook, saying it would be her magnum opus. Nicole Taylor’s Juneteenth cookbook celebrates Black joy amid sorrow 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z In his 1993 magnum opus A History of Warfare, Keegan argued that war stems primarily neither from “human nature” nor competition for resources—another popular theory—but from the “institution of war itself.” Will War Ever End? 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z In his six-volume magnum opus, "God, Revelation, and Authority," Henry read these two elements of the Gospels as historical records that can be verified through modern historical methods. Do Christians believe God resurrected Jesus from the dead? Well, it's complicated 2022-04-17T04:00:00Z Tucked beneath a tree among other stones, its exquisite carvings are weathered and worn - like his magnum opus at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. The book that sank on the Titanic and burned in the Blitz 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z In his magnum opus, “The Foundations of Geopolitics: The Geopolitical Future of Russia,” published in 1997, Dugin mapped out the game plan in detail. Opinion | The man known as ‘Putin’s brain’ envisions the splitting of Europe — and the fall of China 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z But that season may have been Wilson’s magnum opus. Here’s one thing Seahawks fans should feel about the Russell Wilson trade: appreciation 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z The One, which already has been rented out for filming, is the magnum opus of flamboyant developer Nile Niami. L.A.'s most over-the-top mansion has a buyer: Fashion Nova owner Richard Saghian 2022-03-06T05:00:00Z “It’s kind of like a magnum opus,” he said of his essay. Perspective | The building looked like a Pizza Hut. This aficionado of suburban architecture was convinced it used to be something else. 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z Last fall, Bruder’s magnum opus came out on Germany’s Bear Family record label. Perspective | He fell in love with D.C. R&B as a child and has spent his life tracing every last note 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z He participated in the effort to complete Welles’ unfinished magnum opus “The Other Side of the Wind” in 2018. In Peter Bogdanovich's best movies, and some of the worst, the past and present collide 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z “It’s all his doing, his work, his magnum opus,” Silva imagines saying to his younger sister. Review: His father's legacy was addiction and neglect. How Obed Silva lived to tell the tale 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z “Champ” may not have been Tokyo Police Club’s magnum opus, but it showed a lighter, more-playful side to the band than previously seen. 4 concerts to catch over the next several days in the D.C. area. 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z Though it was far from his biggest seller, the Ronco Inside-the-Shell Egg Scrambler may have been his magnum opus, a virtuoso deployment of cheap materials to meet a nonexistent need. Opinion | Ron Popeil was an incomparable huckster — but wait! There’s more! 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z But the cottage’s magnum opus is the large windows that greet guests as they walk in, giving a gorgeous view of the surrounding valley. Secluded E. Iowa cottage inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright 2021-02-27T05:00:00Z For fans, one of Brandy’s biggest highs as an artist was her third album, “Full Moon,” a magnum opus and master class. Brandy isn’t just back. She matters. 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z George Will, in his magnum opus “The Conservative Sensibility,” speaks of Burke as a “throne-and-altar” conservative of little relevance to American experience. Opinion | Why Edmund Burke Still Matters 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z More from The Verge ┏ Fading Light: the story of Magic Leap’s lost mixed reality magnum opus. Samsung needs a splashy product for its splashy product launch 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z But then, the Russia investigation and the Ukraine scandal were really just an earlier chapter of the same story — the Donald Trump magnum opus called "American Carnage." Michael Flynn walks free — and Donald Trump's massive betrayal of America continues 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z No better way to sell you on Disney's magnum opus. The best sports movies to stream during your self-isolation - Golf Digest 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z Bearing in mind the epistolary origins of the novel as a literary invention, one can regard the results—sixty years of correspondence progressing to a narrative—as another Ellisonian magnum opus, one necessarily unfinished. Ralph Ellison’s Slow-Burning Art 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z More than a century later, Matthew Lopez — an American playwright whose magnum opus, “The Inheritance,” has arrived on Broadway after conquering London — has found inspiration in this simple gospel. Review: Yes, 'The Inheritance' on Broadway will have you sobbing. But the play aims for more 2019-11-17T05:00:00Z As Goldstone was putting the finishing touches to his magnum opus, Revolution and Rebellion in the Early Modern World, the Soviet Union was unravelling. History as a giant data set: how analysing the past could help save the future 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z It has long been known to readers as the final section of “The Will to Power,” Nietzsche’s posthumous so-called magnum opus, assembled under the direction of his reactionary sister, Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche, and published in 1901. Nietzsche’s Eternal Return 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z British fiction’s most anarchic author is as prolific as she is playful, but this freewheeling, visionary epic set around the Thames Gateway is her magnum opus. The 100 best books of the 21st century 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z The show comes midway through his writing of The Beatles: All These Years, a magnum opus aiming to tell the whole story in its definitive version. 'This tape rewrites everything we knew about the Beatles' 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z Now comes It Chapter Two, which adapts the second half of Stephen King’s magnum opus and co-stars Chastain. Why the horror movie Mama makes the perfect pairing with It Chapter Two 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z In 1998 he created the Stowaway portable keyboard, considered his magnum opus. Bob Olodort, the inventor of the label printer and portable keyboard, dies 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z To be precise, there were at least 10 instances of obstruction detailed in Robert Mueller’s magnum opus. Mueller stopped short of calling Trump a criminal, but did we need him to? | Richard Wolffe 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z Underland is, unquestionably, his magnum opus, a work that has taken him nearly 10 years to complete. Underland by Robert Macfarlane review – a dazzling journey into deep time 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z That eventually led to what he thought was his magnum opus - the 1991 movie “The Five Heartbeats.” Robert Townsend doc on ‘The 5 Heartbeats’ earns NAACP nod 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z It’s considered Márquez’s magnum opus and one of the 20th century’s most influential works in Latin American literature. Gabriel García Márquez’s ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ is coming to Netflix 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z Announcing the book on Tuesday, the songwriter said he decided 10 years ago to “create a magnum opus that would combine opera, art installation and novel”. The Who's Pete Townshend announces debut novel, The Age of Anxiety 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z “I play to people’s fantasies,” begins a passage in “The Art of the Deal,” his ghostwritten magnum opus, from 1987. The Border Deal Is What a Defeat for Donald Trump Looks Like 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z A fellow reader remarked to me that it reminded him of Thomas Piketty’s magnum opus, Capital in the Twenty-First Century, in that it opens one’s eyes to things we ought to have noticed, but hadn’t. 'The goal is to automate us': welcome to the age of surveillance capitalism 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z But if The Book Thief is his most famous book, Bridge of Clay is his magnum opus. Markus Zusak on how Bridge of Clay left him 'beaten up and bruised' 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z The new Democratic majority in the House of Representatives announced that its first bill would be “a magnum opus of provisions … to strengthen US democratic institutions and traditions”. Voter suppression is an all-American problem we can fight – and win | Cas Mudde 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z A brazenly experimental documentary-style drama centered on an aging filmmaker, “The Other Wide of the Wind” was to be Welles’ magnum opus but the troubled production was beset by financial difficulties and never completed. Following his hit Mister Rogers documentary, director Morgan Neville examines Orson Welles' long-lost final film - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z We hear the inspired early bursts of creativity and innovation that culminated in Queen’s initially polarizing, now-celebrated magnum opus, “A Night at the Opera.” Review: Rami Malek makes a fab Freddie, but 'Bohemian Rhapsody' will not rock you - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z By 1990, it had morphed into a magnum opus, entitled Shakespeare and the Goddess of Complete Being. How Shakespeare's 'blood cult’ became Ted Hughes’s fatal obsession 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z That is the last line of the poem—an ending so disorientingly abrupt that it has been cited as evidence by those who believe that Virgil left his magnum opus incomplete when he died. Is the Aeneid a Celebration of Empire—or a Critique? 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z This year’s salute to the Dublin-born novelist includes dramatic readings from his magnum opus, “Ulysses,” plus live Irish music by Rattle the Knee and others. Weekend Picks: Diana Ross, L.A. Dance Project, 'Matthew Shepard' and more 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z He has said he grew up admiring Trump, and read the Art of the Deal, Trump’s magnum opus, twice. Will Michael Cohen's checkered career lead him to turn on Trump? 2018-05-26T04:00:00Z In the poet’s magnum opus, a well-intentioned scholar is led astray by the demon Mephistopheles. Zuckerberg needs a wizard to clean up Facebook’s mess 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z The first warning of this was Descartes’s 1644 magnum opus, “The Principles of Philosophy,” which claimed to reach a final determination of the nature of the universe by moving from self-evident premises through infallible deductions. The Dark Side of the Enlightenment 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z "Angels in America," his magnum opus, is having major revivals on both coasts this spring. Tony Kushner, thinking citizen: The playwright on 'Angels in America,' 'West Side Story' and surviving Trump 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z He's no longer a jittery, frenetic ball of energy, already 38 years old … but don't classify the '17 Masters as his magnum opus just yet. A highly unscientific, totally premature ranking of 16 storylines for the 2018 Masters - Golf Digest 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z In 1550 he published his magnum opus, “Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects”. Giorgio Vasari, the man who created art history 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z Taber thus calls the Super Nt his company's "magnum opus," and "the culmination of the last seven years." This Is What a Super Nintendo Plus Magic Looks Like 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z On a recent Saturday, Mr. Zagottis, 54, took the stage — well, really, the back staircase — like a director introducing his magnum opus. A Backyard Film Festival in Astoria, Queens 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z Maybe it’s a stretch to suggest that PBS’ “The Vietnam War” is the magnum opus of Ken Burns’ illustrious career. Ken Burns and Lynn Novick untangle the complexities of the Vietnam War 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z On the morning of his death, Rockwell worked on his magnum opus — posthumously published as “White Power” — before heading to the Dominion Hills shopping center. The shadow of an assassinated American Nazi commander hangs over Charlottesville 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z The author’s magnum opus, for instance, is said to be a novel called “Fahrenheit 185” — the cooking temperature of heroin, we’re told — suggesting past addictions more serious than alcohol. Review | ‘The Only Living Boy in New York’ starts off strong, then goes horribly wrong 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z Oh, yes: The house’s proprietor is a retired dollmaker, whose magnum opus is the titular, demented-looking poppet — one you wouldn’t expect to see on any sane person’s bookshelf, let alone in the toy aisle. Review | ‘Annabelle: Creation’ is scary good 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z Abrams and Ron Howard, has tried to crack Stephen King’s magnum opus, a series of seven novels he wrote over more than two decades. Review: In ‘The Dark Tower,’ franchise visions fall flat 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z Other unintended consequences are delays in communicating new knowledge and prolongation of training periods because professional advancement becomes yoked to producing a magnum opus that takes years to complete. Publish houses of brick, not mansions of straw 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z The film, 10 years in the making, is not a true adaptation of the eight-volume series widely considered to be King’s magnum opus, but rather a sequel of sorts. Watch: Heart-pounding trailer for Stephen King’s ‘The Dark Tower’ starring Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z The festivities will include a screening of the magnum opus “Hyattsville Holiday” and be emceed by Arch Campbell. Perspective | Reminiscing about Abe Pollin’s Capital idea: The Capital Centre 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z And in her last regular-season game, she performed her magnum opus — scoring a career-high 57 points en route to nabbing the career scoring record. Going No. 1 in WNBA draft caps unprecedented run for Washington’s Kelsey Plum 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z You’ve called it your magnum opus, any plans on marking the occasion? Sunday Conversation: Mariah Carey dishes on new music, tour — and that performance 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z The magnum opus of the late epidemiologist Anthony McMichael, this study lucidly, and at times lyrically, chronicles 200,000 years of human history through a climate lens. Books in brief : Nature : Nature Research 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z Last summer's festival saw Carole King play her first UK show for more than 25 years and Stevie Wonder recreating his magnum opus, Songs in the Key of Life, in full. Justin Bieber announces Hyde Park gig for BST festival - BBC News 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z Money, People, Politics is, in a way, Grob’s magnum opus of his work since he left his native Switzerland more than a decade ago and veered away from his roots as a still-life photographer. Photographing Money, People and Politics 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z His doorstop of a magnum opus, “Morals and Dogma,” is pretty much unreadable by modern audiences. Why is Confederate general Albert Pike memorialized at Judiciary Square? 2016-10-22T04:00:00Z He wasted a ridiculous amount of his time feuding with rivals and putting out sectarian brush fires, and he did not even come close to completing the work he intended as his magnum opus, “Capital.” Karl Marx, Yesterday and Today 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z His heresy, as developed later in his magnum opus, “Ethics,” was not to deny the existence of God. Are We Really So Modern? 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z To understand why, let’s breakdown the unprecedented amount of effort and craft required for Cruz’s magnum opus. How Ted Cruz performed the perfect troll 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z Some were simple: James produced his magnum opus, and Kyrie Irving transformed into a devastating sidekick. What Happened to the Warriors? 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z Both prolific writers: the former of innumerable essays; the latter of this 20,000-word musical magnum opus. What 'Hamilton' Says About Grit and Privilege 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z His hatred of the Clintons is of similar standing, as evidenced by his 2015 magnum opus “The Clintons’ War on Women.” Trump proxy Roger Stone to publish book alleging the Clintons murdered John F. Kennedy Jr. to jump-start Hillary’s rise to the White House 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z Thomas Hobbes wrote in his 1651 magnum opus Leviathan that the world was better off with the rule of the few over the many, even if that meant that the many were impoverished. “When there is no middle class, there cannot be real democracy” 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z Goldberg’s Obama magnum opus is well written, highly intelligent and impressively researched. Mr. Spock at the “sh*t show”: Barack Obama, the rise of Trump and a world gone crazy 2016-03-12T05:00:00Z The idea is that you’ve gone insane as you labor to complete your “magnum opus.” Review: Layers of Fear Is a Splendid Haunted House Devoid of Chills 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z Scott McCloud's magnum opus about a dying artist with the power to manipulate any substance has its flaws, but plenty of visual and narrative ambition. 12 comics and books that could be coming to the screen soon 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z Volume 1 of his magnum opus - billed as a novel - claims George Washington was gay. Writer Larry Kramer turning 80 but ‘the fight’s never over’ 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z Volume 1 of his magnum opus — billed as a novel — claims George Washington was gay. Writer Larry Kramer turns 80 but 'the fight's never over' 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z The German novelist Thomas Mann once dismissed those befuddled by his cryptic magnum opus, The Magic Mountain, by saying that all they needed to do was read the bloody book twice. The star of Jurassic World isn’t T-Rex. It’s Malcolm | Philip Oltermann 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z “If this is my magnum opus,’’ he said, “I’m in trouble.” Stephen Curry Gave Davidson Good Publicity, and a Bad Rap 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z “It’s my magnum opus: 500 pages, in color,” he said. If you love Washington’s buildings, you’ll love this man’s books 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z It’s the magnum opus of Noah Purifoy, one of Los Angeles’s greatest unheralded artists. Noah Purifoy: dystopian dadaism from riot-torn LA to Joshua Tree still resonates 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z In co-authoring the 1944 magnum opus “Theory of Games and Economic Behavior,” von Neumann had virtually invented a new subject, complete with its own language. The Triumph (and Failure) of John Nash’s Game Theory 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z In response to the attempts to suppress his magnum opus, Griffith published a pamphlet titled “The Rise and Fall of Freedom of Speech in America,” and later produced a film curiously titled “Intolerance.” The Sad Prescience of “Birth of a Nation” 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z James Wan, please return to the Saw series, because the first one was your magnum opus. Furious 7 review: bigger, crazier, and kind of a mess 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z Paul Krugman, a few years ago, wrote at length to extol the magnum opus of science fiction grandmaster, Isaac Asimov, the Foundation Trilogy. The Science Fiction Behind Paul Krugman's Economics, Part One 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z And they are shocked at the answer: Friedrich Hayek, in his magnum opus The Constitution of Liberty. What the Keystone and Vaccination Controversies Have in Common 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z Backstory: Yes, the restaurant’s name was inspired by Frank Herbert’s magnum opus. Dune, a new counter restaurant for fans of falafel, pita, Frank Herbert 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z An attendant app allows you to shoot, edit and share your magnum opus with a wide-eyed world. Hits of the CES Gadget Parade Leibniz's idea was roundly scorned as unscientific wishful thinking, most notably by French author Voltaire in his magnum opus, Candide. Planets More Habitable Than Earth May Be Common in Our Galaxy 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z Forbes recently toured the palatial home and spoke with Greene about the special touches he insisted upon for his residential magnum opus. Inside Billionaire Jeff Greene's Over-The-Top $195 Million Beverly Hills Fixer Upper 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z In Alinsky’s magnum opus, Rules for Radicals, Alinsky — a provocateur and agitator, a man of great integrity and also of great practicality — presents a message that President Obama would do well to heed: What Saul Alinsky Could Teach Obama About Totally Ignoring Congress 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z Capital in the Twenty-First Century, Thomas Piketty’s magnum opus on inequality, ends with a rousing call to save democracy by confiscating the wealth of the very rich. Cubism at the Met review – stupefying, heart-quickening and overpowering 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z Zero to One, part personal reflections, part conversational magnum opus, is a perfect joy to read. Peter Thiel: "We Don't Live In A Normal World; We Live Under A Power Law." 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z Gilliam fans will most likely consider “The Zero Theorem” a minor work compared with the filmmaker’s similarly themed magnum opus, “Brazil.” ‘The Zero Theorem’ movie review: Terry Gilliam’s low-flying circus In 1922, James Joyce first published in Paris his magnum opus, Ulysses. THE BUSINESS OF SEX: HAVE WE COME TO A NEW NORMAL 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z His magnum opus was “the Big Society” — a political ideology that united Hilton’s most radical ideas. Steve Hilton, a Brit out to disrupt American politics with Crowdpac There are two ways that a self-published author can get their magnum opus into a reviewer’s hands. Want to self-publish your immortal novel? That'll be $6,000 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z It’s a magnum opus born of personal experience and extreme financial sacrifice. Debut Author Hits The Jackpot With Novel About Alzheimer's 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z “People often compare ‘Boatman’s Call’ with ‘Blood on the Tracks,’ ” Cave told me during one of our conversations in Brighton, referring to Bob Dylan’s breakup-themed magnum opus. I Am the Real Nick Cave 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z While Pajitnov is still programming games, Tetris remains his magnum opus. Tetris Still Taunts: The Game's Legacy 30 Years Later 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z Will a new political leader pick up the opportunity to reintroduce Kemp’s legislation and complete Kemp’s magnum opus … putting America, and the world, back on the fast track to sizzling economic growth? Enacting Jack Kemp's Gold Standard Will Bring Stupendous Growth To America And The World 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z In this magnum opus, one of the most prolific Christian theologians of our time lays out his case for Paul as a thinker on par with Aristotle and Plato. Religion News Service: 2013’s most interesting books on religion 2013-12-27T22:27:40Z An e-reader always weighs the same, regardless of whether you are reading Proust's magnum opus or one of Hemingway's short stories. The Reading Brain in The Digital Age: The Science of Paper versus Screens 2013-04-11T11:45:00.537Z Opinions were even more divided on Nolan’s brooding, fascistic magnum opus, “The Dark Knight Rises.” Who’s to blame for gun violence? Movie critics! 2013-02-16T16:00:00Z Oregon’s free and flowing offense is Kelly’s magnum opus. Analysis: Alabama Coach Nick Saban Questions Oregon’s Offense 2012-11-05T17:24:16Z His new book, The Social Conquest of Earth, is considered his “magnum opus.” Biology, Not Economics, Explains America's Startup Strength 2012-10-11T20:10:24Z Atlas Shrugged is her magnum opus, set in an undated American future, although it is reminiscent of the 1950s. Why is Ayn Rand so popular? 2012-08-17T09:51:14Z Marcel Proust called her “a monument of history,” finding inspiration for two characters in his magnum opus In Search of Lost Time: a meddling madame and a young princess “sponsor of all these great men.” Muse, Kingmaker, Queen 2012-06-18T05:00:00Z He wrote his 900-page magnum opus on the woody plants of northwest South America almost entirely from memory. Superstars of botany: Rare specimens 2012-04-25T17:20:33.787Z He repeated his message in his magnum opus, warning that "If we insist on using these methods under the current circumstances, it is—in my opinion—like committing suicide." The New Mastermind of Jihad 2012-04-07T00:08:45Z He was best known for “The Torah: A Modern Commentary,” his magnum opus, published by the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, the umbrella organization for Reform Jewish congregations in North America. W. Gunther Plaut, Rabbi and Scholar, Dies at 99 2012-02-12T00:18:12Z That was the theme of Ayn Rand’s magnum opus, “Atlas Shrugged”, a sacred text for libertarians ever since it was published in 1957. Free cities: Honduras shrugged 2011-12-08T16:17:05Z This magnum opus was to be called "A History of the World," and was to consist of forty volumes, with a supplementary volume as an index, making forty-one in all. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z I expected to have written at least 400 or 500 pages of my magnum opus,—a general treatise on philosophy which has been slowly maturing in my mind,—but I have written only 32 pages! The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z Likewise, Mr. McLean, who will appear on Nov. 19 backed by a four-piece band, said he hoped to introduce some lightness into his magnum opus, “American Pie.” | Westchester: Judy Collins and Stephen Stills Among Singers at Tarrytown 2011-10-08T15:16:29Z "It's considered the magnum opus of a surgeon's repertoire," she says of partial pancreas removal, which is known as the Whipple procedure. The Puzzle of Pancreatic Cancer: How Steve Jobs Did Not Beat the Odds--but Nobel Winner Ralph Steinman Did 2011-10-07T11:15:00.213Z His letters were never strong or bright, nor were his occasional literary criticisms either acute or profound; all his great powers were kept in reserve for his magnum opus—the History. English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges 2011-08-29T02:01:10.603Z This course is the more imperative, as in his recent magnum opus on the germplasm Weismann has propounded a theory of evolution wrought with the greatest care and acuteness, and totally irreconcilable with my conclusions. The Biological Problem of To-day Preformation Or Epigenesis? The Basis of a Theory of Organic Development 2011-08-29T02:01:04.170Z This, however, was of a peaceful nature, to wit, the task of describing the epoch-marking inauguration of M. Ferdinand de Lesseps’s magnum opus, the Suez Canal. George Alfred Henty The Story of an Active Life 2011-07-31T02:00:08.463Z Released in tantalizing chapters over ten years, Charles Burns' atmospheric magnum opus of teenage sex and death has finally been collected as a hardcover book, creating the year's best graphic novel. Andrew Arnold: Best Comix of 2005 2006-02-07T05:50:00Z No one of his contemporaries could have written this chapter; its sobriety and veracity, united to its splendour of diction and its terror of suggestion, make it a magnum opus. Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z His celebrated azoth some say was magnetised electricity, and others that his magnum opus was the science of fire. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z After forming my resolution of writing a large novel, I confided it to my crony, Mr Ram Ashootosh Lall, who warmly recommended me to persevere in such a magnum opus. A Bayard From Bengal Being some account of the Magnificent and Spanking Career of Chunder Bindabun Bhosh,... 2011-07-13T02:00:17.950Z His magnum opus is a History of Europe during the French Revolution, which he afterwards continued to the accession of Napoleon III. The Age of Tennyson 2011-05-31T02:00:36.607Z Nietzsche wrote his magnum opus in solitude, in the mountains and by the sea. Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy 2011-05-17T02:00:20.900Z Self-exile from his former milieu and from his old associates, however, seems to have offered Fukuyama a kind of mental liberation, freeing him from ideological trappings and allowing him to serve up his magnum opus. Francis Fukuyama?Book Origins of Political Order 2011-04-10T14:00:00Z Such is the magnum opus of the sages; such is the whole secret of Hermes; such is the stone of the philosophers. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z But the biography is likely to be regarded as his magnum opus. Malcolm X Biographer Dies on Eve of Publication 2011-04-02T01:30:24Z “Another encouragement for my magnum opus!” exclaimed Uncle Peabody. The Spell 2011-03-20T02:00:34.173Z In 1632 appeared two theological prose treatises, The Way to Blessedness and Joy in Tribulation, and in 1633 his magnum opus, The Purple Island. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z “The nation, then, is a big tribe,” Colonel Qaddafi wrote in his magnum opus, “The Green Book.” Tribal Ties, Long Qaddafi?s Strength, May Be His Undoing 2011-03-15T03:01:09Z Magnetised electricity is the first matter of the magnum opus. l. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z She keeps her grandfather’s catalog on her shelf — she calls it his “magnum opus” — and plans to leave it to her children. Jewish Texts Lost in War Are Surfacing in New York 2011-03-08T03:40:56Z Georg Sorensen, a political scientist at the University of Aarhus in Denmark, also called the book a magnum opus, saying that it provides “a new foundation for understanding political development.” From ?End of History? Author, a Look at the Beginning and Middle 2011-03-07T21:18:07Z Well, my dear Tom, my task is at last completed,—my magnum opus accomplished. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z I've got a magnum opus that I'm slowly adding to by developing smaller projects that teach me what I need to know to make the larger one a success. Introducing... The Indie Dozen, part one 2011-02-28T13:51:00Z The magnum opus so far conducted did not wholly displease me, and yet it was not good enough to urge me forward in the task. Far Off Things 2011-02-04T03:00:19.967Z There 's the thing I wanted to show you; my magnum opus: 'The Gentle Art of Making Enemies.' London Days A Book of Reminiscences 2011-01-03T03:01:01.297Z Spruiell is ambitious -- his magnum opus is no ordinary takedown, as proven by the concluding sentence alone. The National Review's silly attack on Paul Krugman 2010-10-18T18:31:00Z Korean mobile developer Gamevil is an absolute master of small screen interactive entertainment and this is its magnum opus. Ten essential Google Android games 2010-08-04T09:23:00Z After he made 5,000 small grottoes, which were sold to support the abbey's work, Zoettl began work on his magnum opus, the Ave Maria Grotto. Top American Roadside Attractions 2010-07-28T18:55:00Z A valiant though hopelessly compromised effort that would prove extremely useful in preparing for their magnum opus across the river. Central Park vs. Prospect Park 2010-07-11T00:48:00Z But his magnum opus will endure in its various incarnations. Pac-Man hits 30 without losing its way 2010-05-23T04:00:00Z But then again, this final downhill before the Winter Olympics was just one race, and even if Vonn finished fifth, her body of work so far this season amounts to an Alpine magnum opus. 2010-01-30T18:18:00Z Up to the eve of his last illness Boswell had been busy upon his magnum opus, The Life of Samuel Johnson, which was in process of crystallization to the last. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" Phil plunged headlong into what was to have proved his philosophical magnum opus—"The Pluralistic Fallacy; a Critical Study of Pragmatism." The Book of Susan A Novel Finally, the remaining stock fell a victim to the flames in Mr. Kegan Paul's historical fire, when many another stout volume perished: and that was the end of my magnum opus. My First Book: the experiences of Walter Besant, James Payn, W. Clark Russell, Grant Allen, Hall Caine, George R. Sims, Rudyard Kipling, A. Conan Doyle, M.E. Braddon, F.W. Robinson, H. Rider Haggard, R.M. Ballantyne, I. Zangwill, Morley Roberts, David Christie Murray, Marie Corelli, Jerome K. Jerome, John Strange Winter, Bret Harte, "Q.", Robert Buchanan, Robert Louis Stevenson, with an introduction by Jerome K. Jerome. His own magnum opus he left unfinished; he had worked at it for years, until to his friends it had come to be something of a joke. A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time Yet the professor's magnum opus confers a degree upon us all. The Kempton-Wace Letters At any rate we may say that the same man could not have produced the essay on German schools of history, and written a magnum opus of his own. The History of Freedom “Why don’t you go at some more serious work; some magnum opus that would bring your whole strength into play?” Stories by American Authors, Volume 8 Yes, popular ethics was sadly to seek, and involuntarily his hand stretched itself out and lovingly possessed itself of the ever-growing manuscript of his magnum opus. Dreamers of the Ghetto “How goes on the magnum opus, Mr. Addison?” says the Court gentleman on looking down at the papers that were on the table. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges I will rather quote a few words from a letter of Rossetti to me, written in 1873, when he was composing his own magnum opus of "Rose Mary." Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History He replied to several letters from his father, who wrote to him at great length on particular points of ethics, for the banker had by now seriously set to work on his magnum opus. Cleo The Magnificent Or, the Muse of the Real “A magnum opus, my dear fellow!” replied Clay, with a shade of irritation in his voice. Stories by American Authors, Volume 8 Who could doubt that such mighty notes of preparation were to usher in some magnum opus, worthy of the expectations thus excited? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 Catalogues be to me in the compilation of a certain magnum opus! Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance But all these activities and productions were more or less side issues, or preparations for a magnum opus, or rather magna opera. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy It should be his magnum opus: "A General Sketch of European Development," let us suppose. Hilaire Belloc The Man and His Work Why don’t you do a magnum opus, then?” Stories by American Authors, Volume 8 His magnum opus appears to have been his Miscellany; a farrago of prose and verse, which, to distinguish it from the herd of books bearing that title, is yclept, par excellence, Brett's Miscellany. Notes and Queries, Number 214, December 3, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. I thought you, at least, understood what a life full of urgent importance mine is, until the magnum opus is achieved. The Captain's Bunk A Story for Boys P.S.—So you are keeping Jack mured up with you and your magnum opus. The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance Before a scholar with so lofty an ideal of an editor's duty could venture upon his magnum opus, there was indeed an enormous mass of preliminary work to get through. The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 You talk as if a magnum opus could be done for the wishing. Stories by American Authors, Volume 8 Happy is the man who has a "magnum opus" on hand! The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 It does not appear that he had any idea of writing his magnum opus in French. Historical Essays She has spent twenty-five years of her life on the elaboration of this magnum opus, which is richly illustrated. Psychology and Social Sanity I would I had in print a copy of my magnum opus, my treatment on native American culicidæ. The Lady and the Pirate Being the Plain Tale of a Diligent Pirate and a Fair Captive His magnum opus in peace time was done when he was Director of Military Operations at the War Office during the four years preceding the War. 1914 Their magnum opus confronts you boldly at the very threshold of the town. A War-time Journal, Germany 1914 and German Travel Notes But Fiction herself is revolted by the improbability of the statement that an Oxford Don has finished his magnum opus! The Mark Of Cain I was bringing out a magnum opus, dedicated to Carlyle, Boswell's Life of Johnson, entailing a vast deal of trouble and research. John Forster To behold “Diana unveiled” was equivalent in alchemical terminology to attaining the magnum opus. Devil-Worship in France or The Question of Lucifer It was only in his leisure moments that he gave way to dreams over a magnum opus. Better Dead But these labors, enormous as they were, had interludes of other periodical work, and were crowned at last by his magnum opus, the "Arboretum." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 This, his magnum opus, has been described at some length in the Introduction, but two interesting personal notices relative to the composition of the work may here be added. The Ship of Fools, Volume 1 His magnum opus is an elementary chemistry in verse for use in schools. Confessions of Boyhood In the 1892 edition of this magnum opus, Mark is dismissed with less than four lines, and ranked below Irving, Holmes and Lowell—nay, actually below Artemus Ward, Josh Billings and Petroleum V. Nasby! A Book of Prefaces Notes for it had been accumulating for years and it was to have constituted the first volume of his long-projected magnum opus, “The Will to Power.” The Antichrist To be sure, when the magnum opus was written it fetched £5 only. Adventures in Criticism It was nearing completion—another week's work and what Sandy laughingly termed her "magnum opus" would be finished. The Moon out of Reach It was to be his magnum opus, that speech. Success A Novel I have been immersed in literary work and getting on with my magnum opus: 'The Church Bells of Dorset.' The Spinners Aristotle, who had been translated into Arabic, had meantime supplanted Plato as the master of philosophy for theologians, and Saadia's magnum opus, , is colored throughout by Aristotelian ideas. Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria The industrious Mr. Thayer lives, with three volumes of the Life completed, and every American, either literary or musical, will wish him well on to the conclusion of his magnum opus. Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science Old Series, Vol. 36—New Series, Vol. 10, July 1885 To President Wilson, on the other hand, the League was the magnum opus of his life. The Inside Story of the Peace Conference His magnum opus was his edition of the Works of Dr. Thomas Reid, left unfinished, and completed by Mansel. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature I feel so creative now like I'm about ready to produce something that could be my magnum opus. Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America He devoted eight years to this magnum opus, completing it in 1832. The Story of the Herschels After it had been published two days, I began to look eagerly into all the daily and weekly papers for critical notices of my magnum opus. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, August 16, 1890 But we forbear, and must wait till we have the remainder of this magnum opus before we venture to hazard an opinion of its merits. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859 There are composers of whom few ever heard, whose magnum opus was some romance that still makes the heart-strings tingle by the acoustic law of sympathetic vibration. The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 2 Marx's magnum opus, ``Capital,'' added bulk and substance to the theses of the Communist Manifesto. Proposed Roads to Freedom Your unfinished work is a small thing," said Challenger pompously, "when weighed against the fact that my own magnum opus, 'The Ladder of Life,' is still in the first stages. The Poison Belt It is his magnum opus in literature, and exhibits wide and laborious research. The Grand Old Man We know from Josephus himself that Nicholas had included a history of the Seleucid Empire in his magnum opus. Josephus Of the magnum opus thus planned the first volume, the only one that was ever written, appeared in the autumn of 1788, in three books. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller But you must learn the dictation; the great book, the magnum opus, it is there. The Leopard Woman This is my magnum opus, very dear, very clear, very well preserved. Crowded Out! and Other Sketches This magnum opus, "a work which should contain all knowledge and proclaim all philosophy, had," says Mr. Ernest Coleridge, "been Coleridge's dream from the beginning." Poems of Coleridge The magnum opus, perhaps, of the child as inventor, is the lyre, the discovery of which, classical mythology attributes to the infant Mercury or Hermes. The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day Perhaps he has chosen this secluded spot to finish some magnum opus upon which he is engaged. The Mystery of Cloomber If ever I gird myself for my magnum opus, I am determined it shall be a “Compendious Guide to the Classification of Indian Boys.” Behind the Bungalow He was very reticent on the subject of this magnum opus, but at last he consented to submit the manuscript to me and to another friend with whom he was equally intimate, Mr. Charles Russell. Memoirs of Sir Wemyss Reid 1842-1885 Coleridge, when he was by himself, was never sure of this; there was his magnum opus, the revelation of all philosophy; and he sometimes has doubts of the worth of his own poetry. Poems of Coleridge This magnum opus must date from the days when the southern part of the Wady was nearly what it is now. The Land of Midian — Volume 2 In the magnum opus, the author's final edition of the Waverley Novels, "Rob Roy" appears out of its chronological order, and comes next after "The Antiquary." Rob Roy — Volume 01 Mr. Murray, under whose auspices our magnum opus issued for a few months from Albemarle Street, began to suspect that we might be eclipsing the Quarterly Review. A Publisher and His Friends Memoir and Correspondence of John Murray; with an Account of the Origin and Progress of the House, 1768-1843 If you really wish to identify with certainty, and have no botanist friend and no magnum opus of Sowerby to refer to, it is very difficult indeed to be quite sure. The Open Air "Christabel" unfinished, the magnum opus unachieved: both were but parallel symptoms of a mind "thought-bewildered" to the end, and bewildered by excess of light and by crowding energies always in conflict, always in escape. Poems of Coleridge It was his magnum opus, his last work that he was so proud of, that was to have been finished on the awful morrow—that never came. The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton Volume II In 1893 I issued to the subscribers that elegant folio volume which my father always considered as his magnum opus. Thomas Hariot, the Mathematician, the Philosopher and the Scholar Caspar had recently had a bad blow in the refusal of his magnum opus—a vast allegorical group—by the Commissioners of the Minneapolis Exhibition. The Hermit and the Wild Woman It was his magnum opus," she went on, "his last work that he was so proud of, that was to have been finished 654 on the awful morrow that never came. The Life of Sir Richard Burton An epic poet was about to publish his magnum opus, the birth of a new star in the poetical firmament; a speculator had made his great coup—to-morrow he would have the wheat market cornered. The Gates of Chance Is he working double tides to finish his magnum opus? Fraternity "How goes on the magnum opus, Mr. Addison?" says the Court gentleman on looking down at the papers that were on the table. The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne The years slipped by and he never began his magnum opus; he joined a literary club instead and discussed the current topic of the day. Orpheus in Mayfair and Other Stories and Sketches Tyrwhitt seems perfectly justified in placing the composition of the poem immediately before that of Chaucer's magnum opus, and after the marriage of Richard II to his first queen, Anne of Bohemia. The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems But the magnum opus of Carey was what in 1811 he described as A Universal Dictionary of the Oriental Languages, derived from the Sanskrit, of which that language is to be the groundwork. Life of William Carey It was by the marriage of gold and silver that very many alchemists considered that the magnum opus was to be achieved. Bygone Beliefs: being a series of excursions in the byways of thought The brief third or concluding part, which contains the application of the whole, and the "Retractation" or "Prayer" that closes the Tale and the entire "magnum opus" of Chaucer, have been given in full. The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems In this way, too, was the magnum opus, the generation of the Philosopher's Stone—in species gold, but purer than the purest—to be accomplished. Bygone Beliefs: being a series of excursions in the byways of thought |
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