Word: credos
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...literary history may not lead anywhere in particular, but the stroll itself yields immeasurable self-understanding. He does find many guises of his subject along the way, just as he finds many stuffed parrots while rummaging through the museums of Rouca, but Flaubert probably succeeded in his artistic credo after all--this bird has flown...
Among Eliot's most revealing letters are those she sent to her publisher, John Blackwood, over a period of 22 years. Her replies to his unwelcome suggestions for changes in her manuscripts amount to a literary credo. When he proposes that she make one of her characters less "abjectly devoted" to an unworthy girl, she answers, "My artistic bent is directed not at all to the presentation of eminently irreproachable characters, but to the presentation of mixed human beings in such a way as to call forth tolerant judgment, pity, and sympathy." Indignantly, she adds, "And I cannot stir...
Nowadays tapestry weavers try to make modern corporate headquarters look properly palatial. And where the Renaissance craftsmen typically copied famous works by painters like Raphael, most contemporary weavers follow the lead of those 20th century painters and sculptors who have worked in an abstract mode. Their credo is "honest" use of materials. It is "dishonest" to use fibers as if they were paint, to represent specific images...
Since 1983 Brynner has been bravely and publicly fighting cancer. Knowledge of this battle gives added poignance to the King's credo: "Every day I try to live another day . . . Every day I do my best for one more day." But his strength as a performer, if not as a presence, seems sapped. The music in each line of dialogue has become a jingle, a sentiment not so much spoken as marketed; then comes a pause for laughter or applause or just mute admiration. In the show's wonderfully discreet mating ritual, Shall We Dance?, his new Anna (Mary Beth...
Martinson applies his cool perspective to all the season's challenges. "You're working hard when you win and what you lose also," he says, mirroring Giella's credo of competition...