… parties but also accustomed them to the idea of partisan commitment and popular agitation, without which third … , by Charles Osborne. Knopf $ 18.95 When Franz Schubert died of venereal disease at the age of 31, the poet Franz … is not yet so accomplished, and so his book inevitably disappoints. He is most interesting in isolating a …
… event. Just in time before he scorched the hot light died. The bellied curtain rose. Olympus squeaked slowly on … let us glimpse another world where heroes and fair heroines die young of golden age and self-exposure. 436-437 By Roger …
Essays
… student who would actually choose a course on Shakespearean comedy for their senior English elective. It’s my first time … all is mended; in the latter, things go awry and everyone dies). But my true goal—the goal that keeps me awake at … her imagery gathering energy, “That I did suit me all points like a man? / A gallant curtle-axe upon my thigh, / A …
… and built for herself a territory that begins to compare with the best favored sections of the country. But … Republican victory would endanger white supremacy. True also, the masses of the Southern people have made little … fast losing the provincialism that has long been hers and becoming an integrated, if indeed not a standardized, part of …
Criticism
… Scout Comes Home Again From the moment that its discovery was … case not because he wants it but because Judge Taylor appoints him; once assigned, he does his best, despite knowing … to read the novels in tandem, which is what a vast audience is doing—returning to Maycomb to find out what …
… are still visited upon us, and present challenges no less complex and obdurate now as then. Cleopatra’s Nose, by … style and rigid historical inquiry will enjoy a popular audience in a way rarely achieved by archaeologists. This … explains the importance of autobiography in her work. It points to her sense of loss as the core of her concerns: …