William Elliot Griffis (1843–1928)
Auteur van Welsh Fairy Tales
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Werken van William Elliot Griffis
The Mikado's Empire: A History of Japan from the Age of Gods to the Meiji Era (660 BC - AD 1872) (Stone Bridge… (1894) 33 exemplaren
The American in Holland: Sentimental rambles in the eleven provinces of the Netherlands (Atlantic monthly library of… (1907) 8 exemplaren
Swiss Fairy Tales 4 exemplaren
Asiatic history 4 exemplaren
The lily among thorns: A study of the biblical drama entitled, The song of songs (2012) 3 exemplaren
Japan in history, folk lore and art 3 exemplaren
The Romance of Discovery: a Thousand years of exploration and unveiling of Conti (1897) 2 exemplaren
A Maker of the New Orient: Samuel Robbins Brown 2 exemplaren
The influence of the Netherlands in the making of the English commonwealth and the American republic, with notice of… 2 exemplaren
America in the East, Our History, Prospects, Problems and Duties in the Pacific Ocean (1899) 2 exemplaren
The unmannerly tiger, and other Korean tales 2 exemplaren
A Literary Legend: 'The Oriental 1 exemplaar
Japanese Fansz 1 exemplaar
Korean Mythology Collection: The Stories, Folklore, Fairy Tales, Folktales, and History of Korea 1 exemplaar
The Mikado's Empire. Book I. History of Japan, from 660 B.C to 1872, A.D. Book II. Personal experiences,… (2012) 1 exemplaar
Primary Sources, Historical Collections: Japan in History, Folklore and Art, with a foreword by T. S. Wentworth (2011) 1 exemplaar
Millard Fillmore, constructive statesman, defender of the Constitution, President of the United States 1 exemplaar
Proverbs of Japan;: A little picture of the Japanese philosophy of life as mirrored in their proverbs 1 exemplaar
Bonnie Scotland and What We Owe Her 1 exemplaar
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Algemene kennis
- Geboortedatum
- 1843-09-17
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1928-02-05
- Graflocatie
- Vale Cemetery, Schenectady, New York, USA
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Plaats van overlijden
- Winter Park, Florida, USA
- Woonplaatsen
- Winter Park, Florida, USA
Schenectady, New York, USA
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Ithaca, New York, USA - Opleiding
- Rutgers University, New Brunswick
Union College (DD|Doctor of Divinity)
Union Theological Seminary
Reformed Church in America, New Brunswick (known today as the New Brunswick Theological Seminary) - Beroepen
- chemistry teacher
physics teacher
missionary
author
american orientalist
congregational minister (toon alle 8)
lecturer
educator - Organisaties
- Asiatic Society of Japan
Asiatic Society of Korea
Historical Society of the Imperial University of Tokyo
Meirokusha
National Institute of Arts and Letters (later to become the American Academy of Arts and Letters)
American Historical Association (toon alle 7)
U.S. Naval Institute - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (1898)
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- 459
- Populariteit
- #53,510
- Waardering
- 3.2
- Besprekingen
- 9
- ISBNs
- 122
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- 3
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- 2
I still like fairy tales like this because they situate the perspectives of the time and the place, and they also don't pretend that this isn't the heritage, or handwave it away, or make it seem like it wasn't that bad at the time when it was. I was most fascinated hearing about the hints of Pagan druidry and similar, but they are largely only hints, and in many cases all of these figures die to make way for Christianity, saints, and farms. These fairy tales are dark not because they're particularly grotesque, but because they show us that in many ways, we actually haven't come that far from these roots, and we have a long way to go.… (meer)