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...through them. (Up to Exam No. 40. Then our lynx eyelids droop, and grading habits relax. Try to get on the bottom of the pile.) Again, it is not that A.E.'s are vicious or ludicrous as such; but in quantity they become sheer madness. Or induce it. "The twentieth century has never recoverd from the effects of Marx and Freud" (V.G.); "but whether this is a good thing or a bad is difficult to say" (A.E.). Now one such might be droll enough. But by the dozen? This, the quantititative aspect of grading--we are, after all, getting five...
Chuck Palahniuk’s fourth book in as many years, “Tell-All,” focuses on the mid-twentieth century world of celebrity, as seen through the eyes of an aging star’s personal assistant. The book is one part Bette Davis in “All About Eve,” one part “American Psycho,” and several parts not up to Palahniuk’s usual storytelling ability...
...concepts found in recent works like David Auburn’s “Proof” and the 2001 film “A Beautiful Mind,” as well as sophisticated, lucid inquiry into the actual mysteries of life. Instead, the play gestures to too many twentieth century intellectual trends—rejection of religious morality, nihilism, and existentialism—and winds up flailing wildly, spinning like an ideological...
...main highlight of Viewpointe 10 will be a medley of works by Alvin Ailey, one of the twentieth century’s eminent ballet choreographers. According to Harvard assistant dance director Kristen I. Aune, the medley will feature works from all different points in Ailey’s career. Many of these choreographies are rarely performed, and they were hand-selected for Harvard dancers by Sylvia Waters of the Alvin Ailey Dance Company (AADC), Aune says...
...Infinities,” his twentieth novel, is somewhat disappointing, it should come as no surprise that Banville still chose the perfect title to describe his work. In this book, Banville smoothly brings together unbounded ideas and weaves them in mind-bending ways, much like a mathematician might with grand mathematical concepts. He opens new worlds and twists truths (if infinity encompasses everything, there can’t be more than one), but painted with such a broad brush, Banville’s novel comes across more theoretical than credible—an illusory exploration of reality and family...