"subject of debate. Many have seen it as having been taken from a line (""I am but mad north-north-west: when the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw"") in ""Hamlet"", a work also concerned with the shifty nature of reality. Hitchcock noted, in an interview with Peter Bogdanovich in 1963, ""It's a fantasy. The whole film is epitomized in the title—there is no such thing as north-by-northwest on the compass."" (""Northwest by north"", however, is one of 32 points of the compass.) Lehman states that he used a working title for the film of ""In a Northwesterly"
"a column in the ""Hollywood Citizen-News"" which he signed ""N.N.W.,"" explaining that the initials came from a Shakespeare line, ""I am but mad when the wind is North North West."" Morton Thompson Morton Thompson (c. 1907 – July 7, 1953) was an American writer of newspaper journalism, novels and film screenplays. Amongst his works were a collection of journalistic memoirs called ""Joe, the Wounded Tennis Player"", and the novels ""Not as a Stranger"" (which was turned into a film directed by Stanley Kramer) and ""The Cry and the Covenant"". He was also the inventor of the Thompson Turkey. He was"
"South Wind (novel) South Wind is a 1917 novel by British author Norman Douglas. It is Douglas' most famous book and his only success as a novelist. It is set on an imaginary island called Nepenthe, located off the coast of Italy in the Tyrrhenian Sea, a thinly fictionalized description of Capri's residents and visitors. The narrative concerns twelve days during which Thomas Heard, a bishop returning to England from his diocese in Africa, yields his moral vigour to various influences. Philosophical hedonism pervades much of Douglas' writing, and the novel's discussion of moral and sexual issues caused considerable debate."
"comes from William Shakespeare's ""Hamlet"" probably written in 1600; ""I am but mad north-north-west: when the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw"". The original quote was changed from ""Handsaw"" to ""Hacksaw"" to reference the Aksak meter that is prevalent in Balkan and Turkish music. In the original ""Don Quixote"", Cervantes contrasted black and white rather than a hawk and a hand-saw. The Smollet translation, however, reads, ""...therefore, let every man lay his hand upon his heart and not pretend to mistake an hawk for a hand-saw; for, we are all as God made us, and many"
"North by Northwest North by Northwest is a 1959 American thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, and James Mason. The screenplay was by Ernest Lehman, who wanted to write ""the Hitchcock picture to end all Hitchcock pictures"". ""North by Northwest"" is a tale of mistaken identity, with an innocent man pursued across the United States by agents of a mysterious organization trying to prevent him from blocking their plan to smuggle out microfilm which contains government secrets. This is one of several Hitchcock films which feature a music score by Bernard Herrmann and"
"obscene limericks with a mock-scholarly critical apparatus. This classic (of its kind) has been frequently republished, often without acknowledgment in pirate editions. A definitive edition has now been published. Norman Douglas George Norman Douglas (8 December 1868 – 7 February 1952) was a British writer, now best known for his 1917 novel ""South Wind"". His travel books such as his 1915 ""Old Calabria"" were also appreciated for the quality of their writing. Norman Douglas was born in Thüringen, Austria (his surname was registered at birth as ""Douglass""). His mother was Vanda von Poellnitz. His father was John Sholto Douglas (1845–1874),"
"West; the Scott Allen Cameron novels by the Canadian novelist Ralph Connor about a Mountie singly-handedly upholding the law in the Rocky Mountains; and Western adventure novels by the Irish-American novelist Thomas Mayne Reid. The typical hero in Reid's novels which were extremely popular in the United States and Europe was described as being: ""gallant, skillful at arms, far more at ease around men than around women, has lots of time for trappers and soldiers but little for the upper classes and intellectuals, and is much happier hunting and killing than thinking."" Tosh argued by the end of the 19th"
"Wild West as ""Old Shatterhand"" and is now about to explore the Near East. His traditional German first name Karl is difficult for many non-Germans to pronounce, so his oriental sidekick ""Hadschi Halef Omar"" prefers to call him ""Kara"". Kara Ben Nemsi, a German hero-adventurer of the 1880s, is actually a kind of superman (as was ""Doc Savage"" later), not only speaking dozens of foreign tongues fluently but also being able to knock out everybody with just one blow to the temple. He rides his famous black stallion ""Rih"" as well as Frank Hopkins could, and is such an excellent"
"clothesline. Andy uses bait to get the dog to swing him around. Going too fast to hold on, Andy lets go, flying into the kitchen window. The last spoken line is said by Andy: ""If the window doesn't kill me, Mum and Dad will."" Just Annoying! Just Annoying is a short story collection by children's author and comedian Andy Griffiths. It is the second in the ""Just"" series. The stories, as expected from the title, recounts more short stories where Andy annoys everyone with his amazing feats. After Andy annoys his father by repeatedly asking ""Are we there yet?"" and"
"Southern Cross (wordless novel) Southern Cross is the sole wordless novel by Canadian artist Laurence Hyde (1914–1987). Published in 1951, its 118 wood-engraved images narrate the impact of atomic testing on Pacific islanders. Hyde made the book to express his anger at the US military's nuclear tests in the Bikini Atoll. The wordless novel genre had flourished primarily during the 1920s and 1930s, but by the 1940s even the most prolific practitioners had abandoned it. Hyde was familiar with some such works by Lynd Ward, Otto Nückel, and the form's pioneer Frans Masereel. The high-contrast artwork of ""Southern Cross"" features"
"French with the meanings ""North Star"" and also ""the guide"". In 1636 the French expression ""perdre la tramontane"" meant ""to be disoriented."" The continuous howling noise of the tramontane is said to have a disturbing effect upon the psyche. In his poem ""Gastibelza"", Victor Hugo has the main character say, ""Le vent qui vient à travers la montagne me rendra fou..."" (""The wind coming over the mountain will drive me mad..."") In Greece, tramountána () is used as a nautical term to define not only the northern wind, but also the northern direction and even the cardinal point of north"
"of causing offence to the other. The narrator wants to put this notion to his neighbor's head. But like stone-headed savage, he only repeats his father's saying, ""Good fences make good neighbors."" Mending Wall ""Mending Wall"" is a poem by the twentieth century American poet Robert Frost (1874–1963). It opens Frost's second collection of poetry, ""North of Boston"", published in 1914 by David Nutt, and it has become ""one of the most anthologized and analyzed poems in modern literature"". Like many of the poems in ""North of Boston"", ""Mending Wall"" narrates a story drawn from rural New England. The narrator,"
"as to what makes a literary work ""Southern."" For example, Mark Twain, a Missourian, defined the characteristics that many people associate with Southern writing in his novel ""Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"". Truman Capote, born and raised in the Deep South, is best known for his novel ""In Cold Blood"", a piece with none of the characteristics associated with ""southern writing."" Other Southern writers, such as popular authors Anne Rice and John Grisham, rarely write about traditional Southern literary issues. John Berendt, who wrote the popular ""Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil"", is not a Southerner. In addition, some"
"North Star (1996 film) North Star is a 1996 action-Western film starring James Caan, Christopher Lambert and Catherine McCormack. Directed by Nils Gaup, it was written by Sergio Donati and loosely based on Henry Wilson Allen's 1956 Western novel ""The North Star"". Lambert executive produced the film. At the beginning of the Nome Gold Rush in 1899, Sean McLennon (Caan), a Scots-Irish-American land baron, owns the majority of property titles surrounding Nome and declares that only American citizens are legally entitled to placer claims. He uses power, influence and nationalism to make local politics and law enforcement work in his"
"Northwest around the time of Lewis and Clark, resulting in Han Solo's death at the hands of the natives and the eventual discovery of his body by Indiana Jones (who is disturbed by something ""eerily familiar"" about the remains) - ""Sasquatch"" is actually Chewbacca. One of the main characters from the Canadian Marvel Comics superhero team Alpha Flight is Sasquatch. Famed alternate history author Harry Turtledove has written a humorous Sasquatch story titled ""Typecasting"" (2016), published online here. The version of Bigfoot appearing in ""A Goofy Movie"" (1995) reappears in the comic strip ""Picture Perfect"" of the Brandon J. Santigo"
"single relic of the NeoBritannia Empire, Harry Kipling. A parody of a traditional Imperial man, he wears a sola topee, uses an elephant gun and drinks earl-grey tea. He lives as a zombie, dedicating his undead existence to the complete eradication of gods - ""Proactive Atheism"". In this he's aided by Neesha, a bewildered refugee from a war-torn planet, and Klux, a powerful but unintelligent engine of destruction. Kipling discovered he is the pawn of an unnamed god who is presumably more powerful than those he's seen before and probably the one who brought him back. So far he has"
"by a quantity of remarkably inaccurate information about the rebellion. If anyone thought the game worth the candle it would be easy to point out the various comical inaccuracies in the historical part of the story... [quoted in T&M] Texar's Revenge, or, North Against South Texar's Revenge, or, North Against South () is the full title of the English translation of the novel written by the French science-fiction author Jules Verne, and centers on the story of James Burbank, an antislavery northerner living near Jacksonville, Florida, and Texar, a pro-slavery southerner who holds a vendetta against Burbank. Originally published in"
"referred to frequently in Western popular culture. Some examples include: North North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ""North"" is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. The word ""north"" is related to the Old High German ""nord"", both descending from the Proto-Indo-European unit *""ner-"", meaning ""left; below"" as north is to left when facing the rising sun. Similarly, the other cardinal directions are also related to the sun's position. The Latin word ""borealis"" comes from the Greek ""boreas"" ""north wind,"
"myth was eventually debunked, Hollywood Northerns remained unchanged until they stopped being produced in the late 1950s and the underlying mythology was never examined. Northern (genre) The Northern or Northwestern is a genre in various arts which tell stories set primarily in the later half of the 19th century in the north of North America, primarily in Canada but also in Alaska. It is similar to the Western genre but many elements are different, as appropriate to its setting. It is common for central character to be a Mountie instead of a cowboy or sheriff. Other common characters include fur"
"taught and became a public school superintendent, and eventually joined the faculty of Oglethorpe University in Atlanta. Forced to leave Oglethorpe during the period of Red-baiting, he continued to edit religious publications and teach creative writing. He testified before the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee in Memphis, Tennessee. He was subpoenaed by the House Un-American Activities Committee but never testified. In the 1940s, his collection of poetry, ""Clods of Southern Earth"", became a literary phenomenon when it sold tens of thousands of copies. He appeared as the character ""Tod North"" in Clancy Sigal's novel ""Going Away""(1961). In 1964, West and his"
"Just Annoying! Just Annoying is a short story collection by children's author and comedian Andy Griffiths. It is the second in the ""Just"" series. The stories, as expected from the title, recounts more short stories where Andy annoys everyone with his amazing feats. After Andy annoys his father by repeatedly asking ""Are we there yet?"" and trying to get rid of a fly in the car, he is kicked out of the car in the middle of nowhere (presumably in western New South Wales). A gentleman on his motorcycle sees Andy and picks him up to chase Andy's car and"
"of neighbourhoods, each one geared to the interests and tastes of its residents. Neighbourhoods in The City include: Only Forward Only Forward is a science fiction novel by English writer Michael Marshall Smith; his debut novel, it was first published in 1994 by HarperCollins. It was the winner of the August Derleth Award (1995) and Philip K. Dick Award (2000). A small boy is left on his own in a flat. The boy answers a knocking on the front door of his high rise flat to find a man with no head standing on the doorstep. The man cannot speak,"
"proportions."" Flynn was inducted into the Texas Literary Hall of Fame in October 2012. Robert Flynn (author) Robert Flynn (né Robert Lopez Flynn; born 12 April 1932 Chillicothe, Texas) is an author and professor emeritus at Trinity University. Flynn's early fame came with the novel, ""North to Yesterday"", which was a national bestseller. In Don Quixote fashion, it mocked the legend of the cowboy in Western novels while paying homage to it at the same time (anticipating Larry McMurtry's ""Lonesome Dove""). Later works focused on more modern themes: rural life, going to war, religion in modern times and conflicts between"
"Neophile Neophile or Neophiliac, a term popularised by cult writer Robert Anton Wilson, is a personality type characterized by a strong affinity for novelty. The term was used earlier by Christopher Booker in his book The Neophiliacs (1969), and by J. D. Salinger in his short story Hapworth 16, 1924 (1965). Neophiles/Neophiliacs have the following basic characteristics: A neophile is distinct from a revolutionary in that anyone might become a revolutionary if pushed far enough by the reigning authorities or social norms, whereas neophiles are revolutionaries by nature. Their intellectual abhorrence of tradition and repetition usually bemoans a deeper emotional"
"and in cooperation with the Karl May Foundation and the Karl May Press, the KMG has published the critiqued edition of ""Karl Mays Werke"". This project was initiated by Hans Wollschläger and Hermann Wiedenroth in 1987. Karl May Karl Friedrich May ( ; ; 25 February 1842 – 30 March 1912) was a German writer best known for his adventure novels set in the American Old West. His main protagonists are Winnetou and Old Shatterhand. May set similar books in the Orient and Middle East (in which the main protagonists were Kara Ben Nemsi and Hadschi Halef Omar), Latin America"
"oxidase A. Neophile Neophile or Neophiliac, a term popularised by cult writer Robert Anton Wilson, is a personality type characterized by a strong affinity for novelty. The term was used earlier by Christopher Booker in his book The Neophiliacs (1969), and by J. D. Salinger in his short story Hapworth 16, 1924 (1965). Neophiles/Neophiliacs have the following basic characteristics: A neophile is distinct from a revolutionary in that anyone might become a revolutionary if pushed far enough by the reigning authorities or social norms, whereas neophiles are revolutionaries by nature. Their intellectual abhorrence of tradition and repetition usually bemoans a"
"Robert Flynn (author) Robert Flynn (né Robert Lopez Flynn; born 12 April 1932 Chillicothe, Texas) is an author and professor emeritus at Trinity University. Flynn's early fame came with the novel, ""North to Yesterday"", which was a national bestseller. In Don Quixote fashion, it mocked the legend of the cowboy in Western novels while paying homage to it at the same time (anticipating Larry McMurtry's ""Lonesome Dove""). Later works focused on more modern themes: rural life, going to war, religion in modern times and conflicts between ""small town morality"" and mass media/pop culture. Novels like ""In the House of the"
"Senator Claghorn Claghorn had an unshakable obsession with the South, and would proudly voice his disdain for the North in humorous ways. For instance, the Senator refused to ever wear a ""Union suit"" or drive through the Lincoln Tunnel when he visited New York City, and he claimed to drink only out of Dixie cups. At one point when asked specifically what state he represented, he noted it was in the Gulf of Mexico, south of Alabama. The Senator even rebuked Allen for saying the word ""no"" in his presence, saying ""N-O.. That's North abbreviated!!"" Some of the Senator's other"
"Karl May Karl Friedrich May ( ; ; 25 February 1842 – 30 March 1912) was a German writer best known for his adventure novels set in the American Old West. His main protagonists are Winnetou and Old Shatterhand. May set similar books in the Orient and Middle East (in which the main protagonists were Kara Ben Nemsi and Hadschi Halef Omar), Latin America and Germany. May also wrote poetry, a play, and composed music; he was a proficient player of several musical instruments. Many of his works were adapted for film, stage, audio dramas and comics. Later in his"
"Only Forward Only Forward is a science fiction novel by English writer Michael Marshall Smith; his debut novel, it was first published in 1994 by HarperCollins. It was the winner of the August Derleth Award (1995) and Philip K. Dick Award (2000). A small boy is left on his own in a flat. The boy answers a knocking on the front door of his high rise flat to find a man with no head standing on the doorstep. The man cannot speak, but the boy knows he is asking him for help. The boy apologises and, explaining that he cannot"
"Nathanael West Nathanael West (born Nathan Weinstein; October 17, 1903 – December 22, 1940) was an American author and screenwriter. He is remembered for two darkly satirical novels: ""Miss Lonelyhearts"" (1933) and ""The Day of the Locust"" (1939), set repectively in the newspaper and Hollywood film industries. Nathanael West was born Nathan Weinstein in New York City, the first child of Ashkenazi Jewish parents, Anuta (Anna, née Wallenstein, 1878–1935) and Max (Morduch) Weinstein (1878–1932), from Kovno, Russia (present-day Kaunas, Lithuania), who maintained an upper middle class household in a Jewish neighborhood on the Upper West Side. West displayed little ambition"
"Norman Douglas George Norman Douglas (8 December 1868 – 7 February 1952) was a British writer, now best known for his 1917 novel ""South Wind"". His travel books such as his 1915 ""Old Calabria"" were also appreciated for the quality of their writing. Norman Douglas was born in Thüringen, Austria (his surname was registered at birth as ""Douglass""). His mother was Vanda von Poellnitz. His father was John Sholto Douglas (1845–1874), manager of a cotton mill, who died in a climbing accident when Douglas was about six. He spent the first years of his life on the family estate, Villa"
"The Narrow Road to the Deep North (novel) The Narrow Road to the Deep North is the sixth novel by Richard Flanagan. It received critical acclaim on its release, and won the 2014 Man Booker Prize. The book tells the story of Dorrigo Evans, an Australian doctor haunted by memories of a love affair with his uncle's wife and of his subsequent experiences as a prisoner of war. Post-war, he finds his growing celebrity as a war hero at odds with his sense of his own failings and guilt. Taking its title from 17th-century haiku poet Matsuo Bashō's famous haibun"