Word: kittenishly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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There is nothing prophetic about Toward a Philosophy of History. Written mostly during Ortega's exile after the fall of Loyalist Spain, this book, like much of his writing, jumbles acute discernments about politics, society, people, side by side with kittenish comment, mental gymnasties, clever stories. The writing is spontaneous and good-natured, like the talk of a popular professor who feels superior to his class but does not take himself too seriously...
Lydia Marakova (Massey) is a pink singer in old St. Petersburg. Her father and brother are Reds. Despite these home influences, Lydia is irresistibly attracted when Prince Karagin (Eddy) begins a kittenish courtship which would set the teeth of a more experienced young woman on edge. Red family friends of Lydia reward Prince Karagin for arranging her operatic debut by shooting his father. Off goes Lydia to Siberia. Off goes Prince Karagin to World War I, the big moment of which comes on Christmas Eve, when Karagin carols Silent Night from the Russian trenches while the Austrians across...