3002 results for '"Jean-Claude van Itallie'

This study demonstrates how a small amount of microeconomic theory, if well selected and articulately presented, can be an effective tool in dealing with public policy issues. Focusing on the...

Norma Jeane Baker of Troy is a meditation on the destabilizing and destructive power of beauty, drawing together Helen of Troy and Marilyn Monroe, twin avatars of female fascination separated by...

A new look at the ways van Gogh represented the seasons and the natural world throughout his careerThe changing seasons captivated Vincent van Gogh (1853–90), who saw in their unending cycle the...

Book by McNeill, William H., Sedlar, Jean W.

"It is awesome, perhaps the finest novel I have ever read in my life. It literally sent shivers through me, the sheer beauty of the language, the exquisite perversity of the imagination, the...

La tératologie, au sens moderne du terme, est la science des monstres; à la Renaissance, il s’agissait plutôt de la discipline qui traite des prodiges. Jean Céard, historien de la culture de la...

The classic story of literature’s most beloved elephant. After his mother is killed by a hunter, Babar avoids capture by escaping to the city, where he is befriended by the kindly Old Lady. Later,...

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As Lévi-Strauss freely explores the mythologies of the Americas, with occasional incursions into European and Japanese folklore, tales of sloths and squirrels interweave with discussions of Freud,...