Word: symbolisme
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"New and improved, the Norton Anthology of Pretentious Literature contains twice as much angst and symbolism as the previous edition. More than 1,000 pages of authors overreaching themselves in the quest for metaphysical absolutes: Beckett, Sartre, Robbe-Grillet, Doeblin, Ashbury, Joyce and many other favorites of the cafe society...
A bill for emergency aid to the homeless was passed by Congress last month. That was not tough-minded either, since the $50 million to be spread around the entire country can hardly solve the problem. But the symbolism was important. In a nation that prides itself on its economic...
At first glance the symbolism is painfully apparent. On the set of his 37th feature film, in a makeshift studio 35 miles north of Los Angeles and a world away from Hollywood, the 80-year-old director sits in a chair, watching the action on a closed-circuit television monitor...
This style can be effective and powerful. In Angel Heart, it is simply ridiculous. The film's momentum is constantly interrupted by sensational images, from jejune religious symbolism to graphic violence and incest, none of which are any more exciting than Angel's plodding investigation.
DOWNRIGHT SILLINESS also makes a cameo appearance in the book. Mandelbaum and Talbott portray the Administration's revocation of the Soviet ambassador's limousine privileges as a significant turning point in President Reagan's "counterrevolution" against detente. That's the only concrete example they give of the Administration's cool...