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1. James Laver's eighteenth-century air

Author

Platzer, David

Subjects
Literature/writing, Political science
Abstract

The current obscurity of James Laver (1899-1975), an expert on the history of dress and fashion, a biographer of Huysmans and Nostradamus, a master of light verse, and the author [...]

Published
2021

2. A man of the turf

Author

Fuller, Timothy

Subjects
A Guide to the Classics: Or How to Pick the Derby Winner (Nonfiction work) -- Griffith, Guy -- Oakeshott, Michael -- Book reviews, Literature/writing, Political science
Abstract

A man of the turf Guy Griffith and Michael Oakeshott A Guide to the Classics, or, How to Pick the Derby Winner. Amphora Press, 130 pages, $36 A Guide to [...]

Published
2017

3. 'Eurylochus recalls the Sirens'

Author

Epstein, Daniel Mark

Subjects
Literature/writing, Political science
Abstract

'Eurylochus recalls the Sirens' When we returned from Hell, that sorceress Who so loved our captain she set him free, Feasted us with meat and bread and wine, Praising us [...]

Published
2005

4. Proust regained

Author

Epstein, Daniel Mark

Subjects
Marcel Proust: A Life (Biography) -- Book reviews, Proust's Way: A Field Guide to In Search of Lost Time (Book), Books -- Book reviews, Literature/writing, Political science
Abstract

This has been a good year for Proust, for seasoned Proustians as well as aspiring readers of his masterwork, A la recherche du temps perdu. We have two new biographies, [...]

Published
2000

5. Thomas Mann in English

Author

Greenberg, Martin

Subjects
Authors, German -- Translations and translating -- Methods, Translators (Persons) -- Methods, German literature -- Translations and translating -- Methods, Literature/writing, Political science, Criticism and interpretation, Translations and translating, Methods
Abstract

Time runs, the century winds to its close, and the great narrative works of the European imagination it gave birth to--the great works of Proust, Mann, Kafka--which one grew up [...]

Published
1999

6. An opacity of hopelessness

Author

Caryl, Christian

Subjects
Russia -- Social aspects, Monuments -- Russia -- Social aspects, Literature/writing, Political science, Social aspects, Portrayals
Abstract

The most notable cultural emblem of 1990s Russia rises from an island in the middle of the Moscow River. Peter the Great stands 196 feet tall. His feet, spread wide, [...]

Published
1998

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