Word: revolutionism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Assistant Professor of Philosophy Frederick Neuhouser says he ordered the books for Philosophy 141, "Marx," through Revolution Books this year for the first time. Neuhouser says his "vague leftist sympathy" had brought him to Revolution Books, which stocks various radical tracts as well as some course books.
And Professor of Romance Languages and Literature Alice Jardine says Revolution Books has had a "perfect record" in stocking books on time for French 141, "Contemporary Approaches to Interpretations in France."
The first time around, Sweeney Todd, the gruesome tale of a deranged barber who slits customers' throats and a pragmatic landlady who bakes the victims into meat pies, was a Victorian penny dreadful by way of Brecht. Everything imitated him: Hugh Wheeler's book, Stephen Sondheim's score, Harold Prince...
"I'm not even going to bother picking any American history courses for this fall," said Jenifer J. Curhan '90, a History concentrator. Curhan, who is shopping for a course on the American Revolution, said she could not find one at the College this semester.
THE ARTS AND RUSSIA IN REVOLUTION. Detente comes to Dixie as Soviet ballet, drama, music, film and art share the stage at the Classics in Context Festival in Louisville. Featured performers include pianist Vladimir Feltsman and the Moscow Art Theater. Through Nov. 4.