ROLFE, FREDERICK WILLIAM

1860–1913, English novelist, also known as Baron Corvo. After a vain attempt to become a priest, Rolfe earned a living painting and teaching before he began to write under the name Baron Corvo. His most famous work is the novel Hadrian the Seventh (1904), which chronicles the life of Arthur Rose, who, although rejected for the priesthood, eventually becomes pope. One of the strangest novels in English, Hadrian the Seventh was dramatized by Peter Luke in 1967 and successfully produced in London and New York. Rolfe's bizarre, abusive, and erudite personality is revealed in his The Desire and Pursuit of the Whole (1934), which tells of his final sordid years in Venice.

See his letters (3 vol., 1959–62); biographical studies by A. J. A. Symons (1955) and D. Weeks (1971).

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The Quest for Corvo
Book by A. J. A. Symons, Julian Symons; Michigan State University Press, 1955
Subjects: Rolfe, Frederick--1860-1913
...relating to my brother Frederick William Rolfe, but I fear I cannot spare...answer: This gentleman is Frederick William Rolfe, and his history prior to...went under his own name of Frederick William Rolfe. . . . However, he had to...
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Classical Studies in Honor of John C. Rolfe
Book by George Depue Hadzsits; University of Pennsylvania Press, 1931
Subjects: Classical Philology, Rolfe, John Carew--1859-1943
...4. 11 Maine, Ancient Law , with Notes by Sir Frederick Pollock, pp. 328, 331. 12 Cf. Law Quart. Rev., XXIX...In a note on the meaning of hoc age Professor John C. Rolfe says: "Although hoc age agite evidently acquired two...
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Frederick Douglass
Book by William S. McFeely; W. W. Norton, 1991
Subjects: Abolitionists--United States--Biography, African American Abolitionists--Biography, Antislavery Movements--United States, Douglass, Frederick--1817?-1895
Frederick Douglass William S. McFeely...translated by Rolfe Humphries copyright...Data McFeely, William S. Frederick Douglass/by William...call for help to William Hughes, his cousin. Hughes pulled Fredericks hands away in order...
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The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth - Vol. 6
Book by Alan G. Hill; Clarendon Press, 2000
Subjects: Authors, English--20th Century--Correspondence, Brothers And Sisters--England, Poets, English--19th Century--Correspondence, Wordsworth, Dorothy--1771-1855--Correspondence, Wordsworth, William--1770-1850--Correspondence
...W. W. to Lady Frederick Bentinck Summer...918. W. W. to William Rowan...1109. W. W. to Frederick Evans early...1129. W. W. to William Strickland...W. W. to Lady Frederick...W. W. to Sir William...
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The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth - Vol. 8
Book by Alan G. Hill, Dorothy Wordsworth, Ernest De Selincourt, Chester L Chester; Clarendon Press, 1967
Subjects: Poets, English--19th Century--Correspondence, Women Authors, English--19th Century--Correspondence, Wordsworth, Dorothy--1771-1855--Correspondence, Wordsworth, William--1770-1850--Correspondence
THE LETTERS OF WILLIAM AND DOROTHY WORDSWORTH VIII. A SUPPLEMENT OF NEW LETTERS THE LETTERS OF WILLIAM AND DOROTHY WORDSWORTH VIII...revised edition of The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth , which was published...
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Reflections on the Scholarship of African Origins and Influence in American Slavery
Journal article by P. Sterling Stuckey; The Journal of African American History, Vol. 91, 2006
Subjects: Douglass, Frederick--Criticism and interpretation, Slavery
...on the First Decade," William and Mary College Quarterly...Hill, NC, 1987). (20) Frederick Douglass, The Life and...21) Frederick Douglass, My Bondage...by the slave tales in William John Faulkners great...Chesapeake, to know Frederick Douglass well. He should...
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People or Prairie Chickens: The Uncertain Search for Optimal Biodiversity
Journal article by Barton H. Thompson Jr.; Stanford Law Review, Vol. 51, 1999
Subjects: Baxter, William F.--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Endangered Species Act of 1973, Endangered species--Laws, regulations, etc.
...A quarter century ago, Professor William F. Baxter authored a widely read and influential...threatened species of value to society. (1.) WILLIAM F. BAXTER, PEOPLE OR PENGUINS: THE CASE...collection of critical essays). (3.) See William J.L. Sladen, C.M. Menzie W.L. Reichel...
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"... but There Are Miles to Go" Racial Diversity and the American Society of Newspaper Editors, 1922-2000
Journal article by Alf Pratte; The Journal of Negro History, Vol. 86, 2001
Subjects: African American journalists--Employment, African American journalists--History, American Society of Newspaper Editors--History, American Society of Newspaper Editors--Officials and employees, Hilliard, William A.--Selection, appointment, resignation, etc.
...Natt said. (64) By the end of the decade, William B. Ketter of the Quincy (Mass.) Patriot-Ledger...ASNE Reporter, April 12, 1991, 6. (2.) William Hilliards ascension to the post of the...1989, 15. (55.) Sutherland, 11. (56.) Rolfe Neill, ASNE Bulletin, February, 1986...
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"Beautiful Dripping Fragments": A Whitmanesque Reading of Hopkins "Epithalamion"
Journal article by Michael M. Kaylor; Victorian Poetry, Vol. 40, 2002
Subjects: English poetry--20th century, Epithalamion (Poem)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Erotic poetry--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Hopkins, Gerard Manley--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Nature in literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Whitman, Walt--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...Ballade of Boys Bathing" by Fr. Rolfe (Frederick Baron Corvo), appearin g in the first...after the "Epithalamion" was written? Rolfe would have had no hesitation in classifying...withered boyhood by the early Uranian, William Johnson (later Cory), whose lonica (1858...
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Jibs Twenty-Five-Year Index
Journal article by Andrew C. Inkpen, Adva Dinur; Journal of International Business Studies, Vol. 25, 1994
Subjects: Indexes--Research, Journal of International Business Studies (Periodical)--History, Periodical publishing--History
...Y. See Schroath, Frederick W. Hulbert, James. See Brandt, William K. Hulbert, James...A3. Stoever, William A., A Business Analysis...Arthur. See Choi, Frederick D.S. Stopford...Douglas P. Robert J. Rolfe, The Location of...Reginald G. See Choi, Frederick D.S. Worthley...
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Certain Uncertainties
Magazine article by Neil de Grasse Tyson; Natural History, Vol. 107, October 1998
Subjects: Science
...at City College of New York, and W J. Rolfe, headmaster of Cambridge High School...The physicists, led by the brilliant William Thomson (who became Lord Kelvin) asserted...Grasse Tyson, an astrophysicist, is the Frederick P Rose Director of New York Citys Hayden...
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New Life Members: The Sierra Club Welcomed the Following New Life Memebers in 2002
Magazine article; Sierra, Vol. 88, May-June 2003
Subjects: Sierra Club--Membership
...William Broyles, Jr...Frederick Jane Buckner...Frederick Mary Ellen Fultz...Mr. Mrs. John William Futrell...William C. Neal...Frederick Newman...
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Celebration of Service 2009 Service Award Recipients
Magazine article; Public Management, Vol. 91, October 2009
Subjects: City managers--Achievements and awards, City managers--Names
...Randall Mellinger Thomas W. Moeller Frederick S. Moody R. Scott Morgan Subir Mukerjee...Patrick M. Pratt Kenneth R. Pulskamp William A. Ray Jr. Mark H. Rees W. Craig Robinson Gary G. Rogers Jr. William C. Rolfe Sandra L. Ruyle Patrick G. Salerno...
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Two Radicals and Their Los Angeles: Harrison Gray Otis and Job Harriman
Magazine article by Errol Wayne Stevens; California History, Vol. 86, Summer 2009
Subjects: Harriman, Job--History, Harriman, Job--Political aspects, Harriman, Job--Social aspects, Los Angeles, California--History, Los Angeles, California--Political aspects, Otis, Harrison Gray (American journalist)--History, Otis, Harrison Gray (American journalist)--Political aspects, Otis, Harrison Gray (American journalist)--Social aspects, Right and left (Political science)--Social aspects
...the civil rights era. Caption sources: Frederick Palmer, "Otistown of the Open Shop," Hamptons...Labor Movement in Los Angeles, 256-58. (8) William L. Kahrl, Water and Power: The Conflict...Paul Greenstein, Nigey Lennon and Lionel Rolfe, Bread and Hyacinths: The Rise and Fall...


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University of Birmingham Degrees
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), July 17, 2009
Subjects: Universities and colleges
...Carter ; Ling Kit Chan ; Frederick Tresham Checketts ; Yuen...Class I); Christopher Rolfe ; Vladislav Sarsembayev...James Box Christopher William Healing Peter James Reynolds...Helen Clare Monro Paul William Wakeley (Applied Mathematics...Henry Reeve (Class I); William James Snell ; Allison...
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List of CPA Board Passers
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, November 6, 2008
...CHING, NELSON RAMEL CHIONG, WILLIAM BRYAN LORENZO CHIU, PETER JOHN...RACHELLE ANN VALENZUELA DE GUZMAN, ROLFE JEROME CRUZ DE GUZMAN, SHEILA...ENRIQUEZ, JOSEPH CAPENA ENRIQUEZ, WILLIAM ROSS BAL ENSOMO, MARGIE ANN...GENELYN NAVARRO LANDICHO, WILLIAM BALA LANGCAON, CHERRY TARRANCO...
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Eugene International High School
Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), May 30, 2009
...Elam, John England-Fisher, Frederick Ernest, Stephanie Essin, Sonya...Aleah Jaeger, Cassandra Jahnke, William Jameson, Sydnie Johnson, Connor...William Roehl, Teea Rogers, Arie Rolfe, Katina Ross, Nichole Roy...Wiley, James Wilkinson, Taylor Williams, Colin Willoughby, Anna Wonham...
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Durham County Council Results
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), May 7, 2005
...1,825 HARPER, James William (Derwentside Independents...Louise (Labour) 2,169 ROLFE, David Agutter (Liberal...McADAM, Dean Kevin Frederick (British National Party...Democrat) 866 FARLEY, Frederick (Conservative) 300...339 CROOKS, Redvers Frederick (commonly known as Rev...
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University of Teesside
Newspaper article; Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), November 23, 2005
Subjects: Oliver, James
...Lucy Stickland Fany Vassilikou Sally Williams Andrew John Woolf POSTGRADUATE CERTIFICATE...Bernadette Ryan Wendy Jane Wilson Malcolm Frederick Woollard POSTGRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN...Production with Music Technology Malcolm Frederick Woollard MA Education the bbc radio cleveland...
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encyclopedia articles on: Rolfe Frederick William  - 2 results

 
 
1.
Rolfe, Frederick William
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ROLFE, FREDERICK WILLIAM 1860 1913, English novelist, also known as Baron Corvo. After a vain attempt to become a priest, Rolfe earned a living painting and teaching before he began to write under...
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Corvo, Baron
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CORVO, BARON see Rolfe, Frederick William . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.


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