Word: edwardians
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...dread is felt by countless other, less celebrated patrons entering The Secret Garden, for many of whom it, rather than Miss Saigon, has been this season's most eagerly awaited Broadway show. Its source, a 1911 novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, appeals equally to sentimentalists infatuated with its Edwardian gothic setting and to New Age cultists and ecology freaks turned on by its messages of holistic healing and oneness with nature. The elegant, entrancing adaptation that opened last week will probably add another devoted following, those who delight in its sheer artistry. Vibrant and thought provoking to look at, melodic...
...nation is always reliving it. Great wars define the psyche and sensibilities of a people for decades -- until the next one rewrites memories and reshapes character. The legacy of World War I defined the Western peoples for 20 years. The sense of order, optimism and patriotism that marked the Edwardian age died in the trenches of Verdun. In their place arose the pacifism, the nihilism, the psychic cubism...