Modern comedy of manners playwrights have used the form's social satire to highlight and expose the social hypocrisies within these closed societies. Oscar Wilde, for example, employed the dramatic form to invert dominant Victorian values and to reveal and attack social hypocrisy (Hirst 49-57). ...
Just three years after the birth of Mickey, Disney had already carved a place for himself in American culture, drawing the attention of millions of Mickey fans—and one critic forThe New Yorker—Gilbert Seldes, who penned a profile of the “Mickey-Mouse Maker” (illustration byHugo Gellert)....
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Winner of the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, this is a rare example of culturally relevant literary criticism. 76. THE CITY IN HISTORY by Lewis Mumford What is a city? Why has humanity—across time and different cultures—sought to create cities? Written by ...
I Don’t Feel At Home In This World Anymore– an indie-film which provides an excellent example of modern use of mythic symbolism such as the labyrinth and the river. The backdrop is American suburbia. The main hero is a woman, though she is joined by a man. Interesting for its gender...
Paul Scolieri's newest book Ted Shawn, His Life, Writings and Dances is an outstanding example of rigorous scholarship and compelling narrative. The lifespan of famed American dancer Ted Shawn (1891鈥 1972) is told as a familiar American ... CC Moore - 《Journal of Dance Education》 被引...
There never seems to be a time when Mormon authors aren't publishing something worth reading. Over the past couple of months, for example, I've enjoyed Steven Peck's recent novellaA Short Stay in Hell,Sunstone's Stephen Carter's essay collectionWhat of the Night?, and Theric Jepson's de...