Word: petronius
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These critical deriders, Miss Newman, in a brilliant volume that is at once an anthology and a book of criticism, disproves. She writes the short story's pedigree. She arranges in a line short stories selected from Petronius, Boccaccio, Voltaire, Hans Christian and Sherwood Anderson, Merimee, De Maupassant, Chekov, James Joyce, Henry James, Jules Laforgue, Paul Morand. Before each story is a brief critical preface describing the influences that shaped each writer, the influences that each set in motion, the significance of each in the line of heroic descent...
...also, an attempt was made to interfere with the private performance of Schnitzler's " Riegen," also-within a few months judges in New York have been called upon to express their opinion of Cabell's Jurgen, D. H. Lawrence's three latest novels, the Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter. The law allows artists more liberty than they realize, for proceedings against them are usually extralegal. The statute in New York, the result of the efforts of the late Anthony Comstock has received a liberal interpretation. Ordinarily, to be suppressed: (1) a book, play, or picture must be lewd...
Andre Morize, assistant professor of French literature in the University, spoke on Petronius in France at a meeting of the Classical Club last night. Beginning with the 16th century he traced his development from a time when only scholars knew of him until the time when every theatre in France had in its repertoire the "Widow of Ephesus...
...Classical Club will hold its regular semi-monthly meeting this evening. The chief speaker will be Andre Morize, assistant professor of French literature in the University, who will speak on the "History of Petronius in France...
...Stewart '23 will speak before the Classical Club at 8 o'clock tonight in the Club Room of the Union on "Celtic mythology and its relation to classical mythology". After the address portions of the "Cenca" of Petronius will be read. The meeting will be open only to members of the club...