Word: victorianism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...VICTORIAN SCENE: 1837-1901 by Nicolas Bentley. 296 pages. Weidenfeld & Nicolson (distributed by the New York Graphic Society...
Kramer has mixed feelings about the value of this perverse group therapy. Professionals talk a lot about the money, as if that were motive enough. But Kramer knows better. What justifies it for him finally is the comradeship and sense of celebration when the pounding stops-the feeling Victorian families must have had at Christmastime. The charade ends with Daddy happy for the moment, and a new trophy on the shelf: an unprecedented third world championship mounted on a field of broken collarbones. This psychic manipulation complements the military planning of the Packer High Command. Kramer starts on Tuesday...
...Charge of the Light Brigade--A movie which argues that mid-Victorian England was a pretty inhuman place, revealing that quality most clearly in its incredibly stupid wars. Not as exciting as the book (Cecil Woodham-Smith's The Reason Why), but for those who like their wars with lots of gory realism and facile satire, may make enjoyable viewing. At the CHERI 3, Dalton St. in Prudential Center...
GEORGE ELIOT, by Gordon Haight. An admirable biography of a writer whose life was as rich in Victorian drama and morality as any of her novels...
...Charge of the Light Brigade -- A movie which argues that mid-Victorian England was a pretty inhuman place, revealing that quality most clearly in its incredibly stupid wars. Not as exciting as the book (Cecil Woodham-Smith's The Reason Why), but for those who like their wars with lots of gory realism and facile satire, may make enjoyable viewing. At the CHERI 3, Dalton St. in Prudential Center...