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Sunday, September 25, 2011
A guide to the novels of Anthony Trollope, Part 2: The Palliser novels
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This post continues my survey of Trollope's novels begun in Part 1: The Chronicles of Barsetshire . The Palliser Novels In order to ...
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
A guide to the novels of Anthony Trollope, Part 1: The Chronicles of Barsetshire
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It was my practice to be at my table every morning at 5.30 A.M.; and it was also my practice to allow myself no mercy. An old groom, whose ...
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Sunday, September 11, 2011
Who cares if Tanu Weds Manu?: The new Bollywood romantic comedy
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In the classic romantic comedy, love must surmount obstacles—romantic rivals, disapproving parents, class or caste differences, and the misu...
Sunday, September 4, 2011
The Victorians and opera: Trollope meets Verdi
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Poster for La Traviata , London, 1864, from the East London Theatre Archive Act II of Guiseppe Verdi's La Traviata (1853) contains o...
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Having It Both Ways: Bollywood Contradictions
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"The culture industry endlessly cheats its consumers out of what it endlessly promises." —Adorno & Horkheimer, The Dialecti...
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