Word: realisme
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...finished the construction of an imposing courtroom set wherein a large portion of the action takes place. The walls are made of veneer panelling, while the set itself is an accurate reproduction made from pictures obtained in London of an English courtroom. The aim in its construction is for realism; the purpose of which being to heighten the dramatic effect...
...literature and art in Germany; but America lacks these. History has taken that position in this country, according to Professor Fay because of its coherence, its excellent documentation, and its unusual symbolism. The hardness of colonial life and later that of the frontiers, has left a heritage of realism and a distrust of imagination. Hence is the desire of "every American citizen" to have a "clear consciousness of his 'Americanism...
...whole discussion. Last week he got his laugh when he was asked to answer somebody's question: "If it be accepted that a culture, as distinguished from a mood or a tendency, must be informed by one great unifying conception, can it be said, with any degree of realism, that in our modern world, in which are found fundamentally divergent viewpoints in regard to every basic conception, something exists on a world scale to which can be given the name of culture? If such a culture exists or is emerging, a culture of which, as the report suggests, Christianity should...
...economists' committee. Considering the fall of world prices, the increased cost of American exchange to countries with a depreciated currency, the American tariffs, and other difficulties besetting all nations at present a readjustment is but common justice. Unless sentimental and "moral" considerations are set aside and economic realism substituted for them in America's attitude she will be the loser. The American people cannot seem to realize this. The only hope perhaps a forlorn one is that their representatives are wiser...
...advantage without losing its own character and strength. "Riverhead," a novel conceived as a novel, but conceived by a poet, who brings to prose, unconsciously perhaps, his lyric sensitiveness and intensity, is more than sufficient justification for this statement. it is a book that has elements of romanticism, realism, and humor, a combination as happy as it is rare in our time. it has a compact, simple, strong form; and a philosophic idea as its basis that ought to satisfy Mr. T. S. Eliot. On the other hand, avoiding the Joycian method of presenting every detail no matter how irrelevant...