Word: teutonicisms
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Both parties are well served by Nabokov: His Life in Part. The book is a valuable document that provides the sort of details that would have grounded Speak, Memory. Field delves into Nabokov's genealogy: the evidence is circumstantial, but the possibility of noble Tartar ancestors is strong. In...
Barges by Night. Childers' book is full of suspense, as well as love and art and old-fashioned patriotism. From the tale's opening in Edwardian London to the young adventurers' discovery of a Teutonic scheme for dragging troops in barges to England by night, Riddle'...
Eisenstein's Alexander Nevsky is, unfortunately, a tedious, though visually beautiful film by a great director. Alexander Nevsky is a patriotic Russian prince of the fifteenth century who drives out the Teutonic Knights, and the whole film is a transparent Russian nationalist allegory for the Second World War consisting almost...
Radical Renewal. From its beginning, Heidegger's career was marked for controversy. His professors at first embraced their phosphorescent student. They were soon dismayed to find him neglecting past allegiances and expressing ideas of furious originality. He was universal in influence and appeal-yet he was heavily Teutonic in...
Unfortunately, the movement of Alain Tanner's direction mirrors the course of his protagonist's development. As Paul begins to miss appointments, muff speeches, and generally lose interest in his own campaign, as he becomes involved with the waitress, Adriana (Olimpia Carlisi). The Middle of the World loses its promised...