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Jonathan Beecher
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Britannicus
De Britannicus Racine a dit, "Ma tragedie n'est pas moins la disgrace d'Agrippine que la mort de Britannicus." C'est aussi
The Harvard History of James M. Curley
Not long after his triumphant return from Danbury Prison to City Hall, the late James Michael Curley was visited, one
Pakistan Palaver
"My task," said General Mohammed Ayub Khan not long ago, "is to keep the army sound and intact and out
Rudolph States Indian Reds' Aims
"The Communist Party of India is successfully striving to give the image of itself as a constitutional party devoted to
Road to the Stars
Once the domain of oracles, astrologers, sooth-sayers, and writers of science fiction, the future is now much with many moderns.
Boston: Walk All Over
There's not much to be done about Boston anymore. But people still try. Louis M. Lyons writes that "Boston has
George Orwell: War of Words
Shortly before he died George Orwell asked that no one write his biography. Though much of his writing, even fiction,
We Are All Murderers
Several years ago, two former lawyers, Charles Spaak and Andre Cayette made a movie called Justice is Done which fiercely
Sarton; 'The Fur Person' Explores Cats and People
If The Fur Person is not like any children's book you have ever read, that may be because it isn't
The Childhood of Maxim Gorky
Autobiography was Maxim Gorky's surest talent, but he did not discover it until he was nearly fifty. By that time
Symphonie Pastorale
In the winter of 1918 Andre Gide "plunged into that tale of L'Aveugle which has been inhabiting me for so
i.e.
The last issue of i.e. is little like the preceding six. There is less polemic about it. Convinced against convincing,
Hughes' I Wonder As I Wander: Reveries of an Itinerant Poet
"Most of my life from childhood on has been spent moving, traveling, changing places, knowing people in one school, in
Panofsky Examines Roman Subjects in Medieval Art
"The medieval mind couldn't conceive of the fact that classical form and classical subject matter belonged together," Erwin Panofsky, art
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and The Last Laugh
Made in the early days of the German film industry, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and The Last Laugh are
