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Dole queues and demons : British election posters from the Conservative Party Archive
A blend of graphic design, bold art or photography & psychology, election posters are an unsung art form, stretching back to the dawn of the 20th century. Exploiting the Conservative Party Archive held at the Bodleian Library which contains over 700 posters, this text charts the evolution of the Conservatives' election posters.
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(Arthur C Clarke, We Still Need You): Trying to Predict our Future at the Bodleian Law Library
Ruth Bird considers how the facilities and services at the Bodleian Law Library will evolve in the 21st Century given its status as a member library of the Copyright Deposit Scheme, which means that whilst other libraries are shrinking their paper collections, it is still expanding them.
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Tolkien treasures
This lavishly illustrated book showcases the highlights of the Tolkien archives held at the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford. From J.R.R. Tolkien's childhood in the Midlands and his experience of the First World War to his studies at school and university; his exquisite illustrations for 'The Silmarillion', 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings' and his creation of intricate and beautiful maps showing the topography of Middle-earth - the land he invented - this stunning book is a perfect introduction to Tolkien's creative imagination, giving a unique insight into the life of this extraordinary writer, artist and scholar.
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Global Challenges and the Indian Legal System: 26th Annual Course on International Law Librarianship, 1–5 December, 2007
The first day provided us with an overview of the Indian Legal System, explaining the role of the courts, which has the Supreme Court at its apex, deciding constitutional matters, acting as final court of appeal in certain matters, and exercising original jurisdiction in disputes between States, or States and the Union of India. Each of the 28 States has its own High Court, which is the final court of appeal within the state; below it there are the District Courts, acting as the appellate court in the District, and then there are Senior or Junior Civil Judges at lower levels, and Magistrates administering the criminal jurisdiction.
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Mapping Shakespeare's world
\"Shakespeare never set a play in his own Elizabethan London. From the castle in Elsinore where Hamlet avenges his father's death to Cleopatra's Alexandria at the height of the Roman Empire to the seaport town in Cyprus where we await the arrival of Othello, each of Shakespeare's plays is set in a time or space remote from his primary audience. Why is this? How much did the Bard and his contemporaries know about the foreign lands his characters often inhabit? What expectations did an audience have if the curtains rose on a play which claimed to take place in ancient Troy or the Pyrenean kingdom of Navarre in northern Spain? Mapping Shakespeare's World explores these questions with surprising results. It has often been said that setting is irrelevant to Shakespeare's plays -- that, wherever they are set, their enduring appeal lies in their ability to speak to broad questions of human nature. Peter Whitfield shows that, on the contrary, many of Shakespeare's locations were carefully chosen for their ability to convey subtle meanings an Elizabethan audience would have picked up on and understood. Through the use of paintings, drawings, contemporary maps and geographical texts, Whitfield suggests answers to such questions as where Illyria was located, why The Merry Wives of Windsor could only have taken place in Windsor, and how two utterly different comedies -- The Comedy of Errors and Pericles, Prince of Tyre -- both came to take place in ancient Ephesus\"-- Publisher.
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Finding Foreign Law Collections in the UK: the 2007 FLAG Update and Questions it Raises for Future Collection Development Policy in the UK
The purpose of this article by Peter Clinch and Ruth Bird is to outline the latest findings from the recent review of foreign law holdings in the United Kingdom, and, in Part 4, to raise key questions relating to the future of these potentially endangered resources. The authors invite the legal research community to consider the many issues of concern raised by the results of this latest FLAG survey.
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Tolkien : maker of Middle-Earth
This richly illustrated book explores the huge creative endeavour behind Tolkien's enduring popularity. Lavishly illustrated with over 300 images of his manuscripts, drawings, maps and letters, the book traces the creative process behind his most famous literary works - 'The Hobbit', 'The Lord of the Rings' and 'The Silmarillion' and reproduces personal photographs and private papers (some of which have never been seen before in print). Tolkien drew on his deep knowledge of medieval literature and language to inform his literary imagination. Six introductory essays cover some of the main themes in Tolkien's life and work including the influence of northern languages and legends on the creation of his own legendarium; his concept of 'Faerie' as a literary construct; the central importance of his invented languages in his fantasy writing; his visual imagination and its emergence in his artwork; and the encouragement he derived from the literary group known as the Inklings. This book brings together the largest collection of original Tolkien material ever assembled in a single volume. Drawing on the archives of the Tolkien collections at the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford, and Marquette University, Milwaukee, as well as private collections, this exquisitely produced catalogue draws together the worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien - scholarly, literary, creative and domestic - offering a rich and detailed understanding and appreciation of this extraordinary author. Exhibition: The Bodleian Libraries, Oxford, UK (01.06.-28.10.2018).
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Legislative Resources for the United States
Ruth Bird of the Bodleian Law Library identifies useful resources for US legislative research. The Bodleian Law Library (BLL) has extensive, current holdings of the majority of these resources in its collection, which are identified in the course of the paper. References to online locations for the titles and resources are also included.
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Oxford Botanic Garden & Arboretum : a brief history
Oxford Botanic Garden is the oldest surviving botanic garden in Britain and has occupied its site in central Oxford since 1621. Conceived as a place to grow medicinal plants, born in the turmoil of civil war and nurtured during the restoration of the monarchy, the garden has, unsurprisingly, a curious past. By tracing the work and priorities of each of the garden's keepers, this book explores its importance as one of the world's oldest scientific plant collections. It tells the story of the planting of the garden by its first keeper, Jacob Bobart, and his son, together with how they changed the garden to suit their own needs. The story develops during the eighteenth century as the garden grew exotic plants under glass and acquired a fine succulent collection but then experienced a downturn under the stewardship of the eccentric Professor Humphrey Sibthorp (famous for giving just one lecture in thirty-seven years). Finally, the narrative throws light on the partnership of gardener William Baxter and academic Charles Daubeny in the early nineteenth century, which gave the garden its glasshouses and ponds and contributed to its survival to the present day. This generously illustrated book is the first history of the garden and arboretum for more than a century and provides an essential introduction to one of Oxford's much-loved haunts.
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Review: Letters: Bodleian pride of place
Delighted as we were to learn of Julian Barnes's interest in football, and particularly in our recent book, The Rules of Association Football, 1863 (\"What a stinking game is soccer\", June 10), we were disappointed that the publisher, the Bodleian Library, was confused with OUP, our...
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