portrait drawn in the story was much as she remembered her”; Cather also added that the woman had died fifteen years before My Mortal Enemy was published, and that many s of this model later wrote to her to say that they recognized the “real” Myra from her description in the novel....
The advent of sound movies signaled the end of the vaudeville era and of Ziegfeld himself, who would stage one final Follies before his death in 1932. Gilbert Seldes penned a two-part profile of Ziegfeld under the title “Glorifier” (caricature by the great Abe Birnbaum). An excerpt: GO ...
WillaCathercapturedthissocialsituationandmadethemconcreteenoughtobeembodiedinthedevelopmentoftheheroine,TheaKronborg,withtheaimtoarousepeople’sreflectiononmodernspirituallife.Thea’sinitiationandprogress,therefore,metaphoricallyrevealsAmericanpeople’sjourneyfromautonomytosocialization,fromperplexitytoprosperity,frominnocence...
For many years, scholars have regarded My Mortal Enemy as somewhat of an enigma. Written in only a few months during the early spring of 1925 and published in 1926, Willa Cather’s shortest novel was sandwiched in between The Professor’s House and Death
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Seabury investigation, telling investigators police received bonuses for falsely arresting women on prostitution charges. After her testimony Gordon was found strangled in Van Cortland Park, leading many to believe Walker’s corruption played a role in her death. (Daily News/Time/archives.nyc/...
From my post-parole hearing “research” (thank you, Google), I learned that Sirhan’s mother believed he was traumatized in childhood by the Israeli-Arab conflict and by his brother’s death, which was caused when a military vehicle swerved to avoid gunfire, and that in 1989, the New ...
Henry returns to the war effort, only to later desert the Italian army. He escapes with Catherine who becomes pregnant with his child. She dies due to complications during birth and Henry finally realizes that death is the end of all things: something that we learn Catherine already knew but...
Birds of the Morning– by Jackson Evans black widow– by Ken Cathers Blur– by Diana Donovan A Brief Lesson in Natural History– by Mercedes Lawry Chateau Couchebout– by Kathi Crawford Discoveries at the Bottom of the Ball Pit, Written on a Child’s Birthday Party Invitation– by Cecelia ...
The conductor’s daughter,Lotte Klemperer(1923–2003), would serve as her father’s secretary, negotiator and administrator until his death in 1973. Otto’s son,Werner Klemperer(1920–2000), would become a stage, screen and television actor, most notably portraying Colonel Klink in the 1960s ...