Word: medievales
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Whatever happened to the Cult of James Cabell? That quiet Virginian who wrote nineteen books; "the author of Jurgen," as he was loathe to be remembered. James Branch Cabell, a William and Mary graduate, newspaper reporter, magazine writer, coal miner, genealogist, and historian. Any of the latter-day literati who...
Cabell came closer to the era than Fitzgerald, for his symbolism grew out of America's new awareness of sex. His audience ranked him with Poe, Whitman, and Twain. He was an institution, property of campus esoterics; and a legend--a mysterious collector of medieval lore, a scholar in "forbidden...
The vague and emotional concept of Arab unity, influenced by 19th century European nationalism, held that the Arabic language, Arab ways, and a common past of glorious medieval empire should unite 70 million Arabs from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean. The intellectuals' enthusiasm sparked a political awakening in...
To create his windows for Metz Cathedral, installed earlier this year, Octogenarian Jacques Villon had all the elements available to the glassmasters of 13th century Chartres, and more. The soft radiance of medieval glass, coming from imperfections that fractured the light, was duplicated by hand craftsmanship. The gothic spectrum was...
Joe has energy all right; he is writing a thesis, plays catch with his wife and sons, and runs a troop of Boy Scouts. But Author Barth matches him with a crushing tragedy in the face of which his pragmatism is meaningless and his nihilism a cheerless thing. The agent...