Word: modernes
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...term opened and it is expected that on the nineteenth of April and the two following days the Phormio of Terence will be acted in Sanders Theatre by a company of students. This particular comedy was chosen as being the most likely of all the Terentian plays to suit modern taste...
...works he has taken the family of Bougon Macquart and carried them on through one book after another in all their adventures, a thing which no writer since Balsac has attempted, and by this means he gives a back-ground of the world and time which most modern French writers fail...
...after fine phrases, Maupassant endeavored throughout his works to acquire the simplest style he could. He was incomparably powerful in his short stories. In his longer works, his masterpiece is undoubtedly "Pierre et Jean," which is done with an artistic conscience. It is one of the few masterpieces of modern French literature...
...Modern Language Conference. The Models and Sources of Gulliver's Travels. Dr. Poll. Reports on Periodicals. Sever...
...Modern Language Conference. The Models and Sources of Gulliver's Travels. Dr. Poll. Reports on Periodicals. Sever...