His reputation rests mainly on the first four of the novels published in his lifetime as by John Wyndham.

His reputation chiefly rests, however, on his theoretical and critical writings on musical subjects.

Greenberg's reputation rests in part on his contributions to synchronic linguistics and the quest to identify linguistic universals.

Pius II was greatly admired as a poet by his contemporaries, but his reputation in belles lettres rests principally upon his The Tale of the Two Lovers, which continues to be read to this day, partly from its truth to nature, and partly from the singularity of an erotic novel being written by a Pope.

His lasting fame, or notoriety, rests rather on his relationship with the 15 year old boy whom he raised to the position of Cardinal-Nephew, and, it was said at the time, with whom he shared his bed: the resulting scandal did great harm to the reputation of the Church.

Their musical reputation largely rests on two albums issued in 1967, Da Capo and Forever Changes.

Zschokke's tales, on which his literary reputation rests, are collected in several series, Bilder aus der Schweiz ( Pictures from Switzerland, 5 vols., 1824 – 25 ), Ausgewählte Novellen und Dichtungen ( 16 vols., 1838 – 39 ).

Noting that the two books " may be flawed ", he also accepted that " they are arguably Garner's most popular books ; certainly it is on them that his reputation as a purely children's author rests.

A genre which ' had no model and can have no successors ' ( Kellgren ), these songs were to grow swiftly in number until they made up the great work on which Bellman's reputation as a poet chiefly rests.

His lasting reputation rests principally on the theory of literary criticism that he developed in Anatomy of Criticism ( 1957 ), one of the most important works of literary theory published in the twentieth century.

Although his influence as a logician and linguist in grammar and rhetoric was considerable, his reputation rests on his works in psychology.

During his closing years he was engaged on his work the Scotichronicon, on which his reputation now chiefly rests.

Delius's full stylistic maturity dates from around 1907, when he began to write the series of works on which his main reputation rests.

He was almost 50 before he embarked on the operatic career on which his reputation chiefly rests.

He was an eloquent preacher, but his reputation rests chiefly on his expository works, which are said to have had a larger circulation both in Europe and America than any others of their class.

Bergk's literary activity was very great, but his reputation mainly rests upon his work in connection with Greek literature and the Greek lyric poets.

In an article for The Times, Grimond noted that the " tragedy of theatre " is that even the best performances fade from memory, and that Johnson's current reputation rests almost entirely on her performance in Brief Encounter.

His reputation, however, rests more on his two spells as the UK's foreign minister than on his brief and uneventful premiership.

This move marked a turning-point in his life, for he now set to work on the investigations on which his reputation rests.

But his reputation rests chiefly on his treatment of Church history in his Kirchengeschichte, Lehrbuch zunächst für akademische Vorlesungen ( 1834, 12th ed., 1900 ; Eng.

Reimarus ' reputation as a scholar rests on the valuable edition of Dio Cassius ( 1750 – 52 ) which he prepared from the materials collected by J.

) Yet the works on which Hutcheson's reputation rests had already been published.

Clarke's reputation rests to a large extent on his effort to demonstrate the existence of God and his theory of the foundation of rectitude.

He contributed largely to periodicals, chiefly on classical subjects, but his reputation mainly rests upon his editions of the works of other scholars:

The bequest of a collection of books, engraved gems, coins, prints and drawings by Clayton Mordaunt Cracherode in 1800 did much to raise the Museum's reputation ; but Montagu House became increasingly crowded and decrepit and it was apparent that it would be unable to cope with further expansion.

The Beastmaster is an example of the strange vectors which can lead to cult filmdom, as its reputation stems as much from ubiquitous cable-TV overplay as anything in the film itself.

Poole, champion of literature, cannot accept Calef whose " faculties, as indicated by his writings appear to us to have been of an inferior order ;..." and his book " in our opinon, has a reputation much beyond its merits.

In his old age Afer lost much of his reputation by continuing to speak in public, when his powers were exhausted.

Hayek continued his research on monetary and capital theory, revising his theories of the relations between credit cycles and capital structure in Profits, Interest and Investment ( 1939 ) and The Pure Theory of Capital ( 1941 ), but his reputation as an economic theorist had by then fallen so much that those works were largely ignored, except for scathing critiques by Nicholas Kaldor.

In Burma, Orwell had acquired a reputation as an outsider — he spent much of his time alone, reading or pursuing non-pukka activities, such as attending the churches of the Karen ethnic group.

Just as a thousand years ago, the Huns under Attila won a reputation of might that lives on in legends, so may the name of Germany in China, such that no Chinese will even again dare so much as to look askance at a German.

The poem became famous and was the source of much of Thompson's posthumous reputation.

Although Kemp did not affect much policy as HUD's director, he cleaned up HUD's reputation, and developed a plan to salvage the troubled Federal Housing Administration.

Despite his reputation as a serious composer of large, complex musical structures, some of Brahms's most widely known and most commercially successful compositions during his life were small-scale works of popular intent aimed at the thriving contemporary market for domestic music-making ; indeed, during the 20th century, the influential American critic B. H. Haggin, rejecting more mainstream views, argued in his various guides to recorded music that Brahms was at his best in such works and much less successful in larger forms.

It was promoted in cursory fashion: the group, while well liked, had a reputation for being wayward and ill-disciplined, and no one expected much of them or their album.

They accepted the need for a prince to be concerned with reputation, and even a need for cunning and deceit, but compared to Machiavelli, and like later modernist writers, they emphasized economic progress much more than the riskier ventures of war.

His fierce struggle against the crusaders was where Saladin achieved a great reputation in Europe as a chivalrous knight, so much so that there existed by the fourteenth century an epic poem about his exploits.

As 3D graphics became more popular in television and film during this time, these systems were responsible for establishing much of SGI's reputation.

These works did much to establish the great reputation which that wonder-working saint maintained throughout the Middle Ages.

The steadfastness and courage with which More held on to his religious convictions in the face of ruin and death and the dignity with which he conducted himself during his imprisonment, trial, and execution, contributed much to More's posthumous reputation, particularly among Catholics, although his zealous persecution of Protestants while Lord Chancellor makes him a poor example for modern notions of religious liberty.

The Taiwanese xiaochi has gained much reputation internationally.

For much of the late 20th century, USC had a reputation for being a politically conservative campus.

Although much of Gibson's reputation has remained associated with Neuromancer, his work has continued to evolve.

After the gleefully seedy first game, the series-despite becoming infamous for its saucy content-gained something of a reputation for not actually featuring all that much raunchy material when analyzed, particularly the mid-entries to the series.

Long established as an entertainment district, for much of the 20th century Soho had a reputation for sex shops as well as night life and film industry.

Throughout much of the rest of the play, Salieri masquerades as Mozart's ally to his face while doing his utmost to destroy his reputation and any success his compositions may have.

While he accomplished much as an important public literary and political figure with a worldwide reputation, his very creative work did decline.

Penni did not achieve a personal reputation equal to Giulio's, as after Raphael's death he became Giulio's less-than-equal collaborator in turn for much of his subsequent career.

The rest of the 20th century saw a downturn for Madeira, both in sales and reputation, as low quality " cooking wine " became primarily associated with the island — much as it had for Marsala.