Word: epic
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...break. It was variously reported that Co-Founder Clements had quit because: 1) Dr. Townsend had upset his political plans by endorsing Senator Borah for President; 2) Dr. Townsend had seized control of the organization by packing its board of directors; 3) Dr. Townsend's attorney, Sheridan Downey, EPIC candidate for Lieutenant Governor of California in 1934, had weaned the gentle oldster away from his partner in order to further his own ambitions for California's governorship; 4) Dr. Townsend's clique, fearful lest the Congressional investigation disclose some shady Townsend financing, had ousted Secretary Clements...
...these postulates may be, it must be admitted that they are noble concepts. In predicating his "Winterset" upon these premises Mr. Anderson has set himself a task of heroic proportions. He has attempted to build a play of fundamentally modern themes and modern personages upon the foundation of epic structure and to articulate these characters through the trying medium of verse. To an extent he has succeeded and "Winterset" is clearly among the most compelling and powerful dramatic studies of the season...
...cadenced prose. Reactions to this device have been various and it is impossible from this example to judge of the possibilities of the verse technique in the modern drama. The verse of "Winterset" is not outstanding verse; its images are tired and unsatisfactorily Biblical. Mr. Anderson has attempted the epic and if he has fallen short of his goal he has certainly achieved a stimulating work of impressive stature...
That was the first recorded hold-up of a California expressman. It started an illustrious series, which as much as any other factor contributed to the astounding do-or-die spirit which characterized the growth of Far Western transport. Last week this spirit found fitting record in Treasure Express, Epic Days of the Wells Fargo, a lusty book by a San Francisco advertising man named Neill C. Wilson...
...highest point a few feet above the water, a hurricane may well be the end of your world. Authors Nordhoff & Hall, who for the last 16 years have lived in the South Seas as exiles from civilization, write about a hurricane as two having authority. As popularizers of the epic tale of H. M. S. Bounty they have learned how to spin a stout melodramatic yarn. Plot of The Hurricane is truer to Hollywood than to life, but the details of its color and setting are firsthand, first-rate...