Word: neos
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...most polemical essay of the five, "Religion in Harvard" by Llewelyn Thomas derides "the neo-fascism . . . appearing everywhere on the American scene," the "capitalistic-based administrators" who run the University, Christian choir-singers who sell out on their faith for two bucks a throw, and concludes with an affirmation that "the number of blobs at Harvard is infinite." No doubt this will prompt at least one 'Cliffie to prod her roommate with "See, I told you, we should have gone to Ohio State where men are really...
These and other books on Plato, Aristotle, neo-Platonism, Demosthenes, the early Greek philosophers, Greek medicine, the early Christian writers, and the essence of humanism have appeared in Italian, Spanish, German, French, and Polish, as well as English editions...
...Odyssey: A Modern Sequel, by Nikos Kazantzakis. A neo-Homeric epic...
...their experiments beyond the familiar ground of tonality, composers have been faced with the problem of choosing a style from a large and exceedingly miscellaneous group of alternatives. These days composers can pick from a selection that ranges from modified romanticism (Poulenc) or modified Puccini (Menotti) through Stravinsky's neo-classic manner to Schoenberg or Berg or exotic explorers like Varese. Of course, a composer can scramble two, or three, or ten of these together and arrive at something unrecognizable enough to prompt the conscientious newspaper reviewer to style him "a distinctly original voice." This is not a satisfactory solution...
...Odyssey: A Modern Sequel, by Nikos Kazantzakis. A neo-Homeric epic...