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21st Century Canon - Literature & Philosophy: Edward Abbey (1927-1989)
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21st Century Canon - Literature and Philosophy. The Creative Excellence of Humanity. Saturday, March 2, 2013. Novelist, Naturalist, Philosopher,. Edward Abbey was the modern embodiment of Henry David Thoreau: An extreme individualist, a dedicated naturalist, and an activist poet. Abbey was drafted into the army at. While Abbey wrote a lot of fiction, it was always in the service of his philosophical ideals and grounded within the truth of his personal experience. Somebody has to try to stop it. 8220;Yeah...
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21st Century Canon - Film: August 2013
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21st Century Canon - Film. The Creative Excellence of Humanity. Tuesday, August 13, 2013. The Marx Brothers ( 1905 – 1949). Comedians and Social Critics. He Marx Brothers got their start on vaudeville and became so popular they moved to Broadway. From Broadway, several of their musicals were turned into motion pictures and then they became the kings of film comedy. Two of those films (Duck Soup and A Night at the Opera) are rated amongst the top twelve. Each brother had a distinictive look and comedic act.
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21st Century Canon - Literature & Philosophy: August 2012
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21st Century Canon - Literature and Philosophy. The Creative Excellence of Humanity. Saturday, August 25, 2012. George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950). Dramatist, Political Activist, Philosopher, Visionary. Http:/ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George Bernard Shaw. Nobel Prize Biography: http:/ www.nobelprize.org/nobel prizes/literature/laureates/1925/shaw-bio.html. Political Essays: http:/ www.marxists.org/reference/archive/shaw/index.htm. Various Plays and Books: http:/ www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/. Dramatist, P...
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21st Century Canon - Literature & Philosophy: Zora Neale Hurston (1891 - 1960)
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21st Century Canon - Literature and Philosophy. The Creative Excellence of Humanity. Tuesday, August 13, 2013. Zora Neale Hurston (1891 - 1960). Ora Neale Hurston was an anthropologist who focused on African American folklore and a novelist whose work was part of the early 20. Century “Harlem Renaissance.”. Unlike other African American novelists of the time, Hurston refused to be pigeonholed by literary, philosophical, and political traditions. As Andrew Delbanco has explained, Hurston’s work focu...
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21st Century Canon - Film: May 2012
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21st Century Canon - Film. The Creative Excellence of Humanity. Thursday, May 24, 2012. Woody Allen (1935 - ). Film auteur, writer, comedian. And allusions to other great creative artists and thinkers. Because of all of these factors, he is perhaps the most sought after movie maker within the artistic community. Hence, he has worked with almost every major actor and actress of the past quarter century. Some of his best films include:. Play It Again, Sam. Hannah and Her Sisters. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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21st Century Canon - Film: June 2012
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21st Century Canon - Film. The Creative Excellence of Humanity. Friday, June 8, 2012. Tony Kaye (1952 - ). Director, cinematographer, screenwriter. Tony Kaye started his career making commercials in England. He later started to make music videos for Soul Asylum, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Roger Waters, and Johnny Cash. His music videos have been nominated for a Grammy award six times, and he won a Grammy for the music video of Johnny Cash's "God's Gonna Cut You Down.". Kaye is a visionary film maker. He ...
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21st Century Canon - Literature & Philosophy: August 2013
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21st Century Canon - Literature and Philosophy. The Creative Excellence of Humanity. Tuesday, August 13, 2013. Zora Neale Hurston (1891 - 1960). Ora Neale Hurston was an anthropologist who focused on African American folklore and a novelist whose work was part of the early 20. Century “Harlem Renaissance.”. Unlike other African American novelists of the time, Hurston refused to be pigeonholed by literary, philosophical, and political traditions. As Andrew Delbanco has explained, Hurston’s work focu...
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21st Century Canon - Literature & Philosophy: December 2012
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21st Century Canon - Literature and Philosophy. The Creative Excellence of Humanity. Friday, December 21, 2012. George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788-1824). Poet, Political Activist. Eorge Gordon Byron is a cross between Milton's suffering Satan, who retained more than a hint of nobility even though God's ways were supposedly justified, and Nietzsche's ubermench. 1812-1819). In this aspiring epic, Byron presents the Visionary's search for truth, but what he finds is the flawed nature of human beings whose ...
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21st Century Canon - Film: Tony Kaye (1952 - )
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21st Century Canon - Film. The Creative Excellence of Humanity. Friday, June 8, 2012. Tony Kaye (1952 - ). Director, cinematographer, screenwriter. Tony Kaye started his career making commercials in England. He later started to make music videos for Soul Asylum, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Roger Waters, and Johnny Cash. His music videos have been nominated for a Grammy award six times, and he won a Grammy for the music video of Johnny Cash's "God's Gonna Cut You Down.". Kaye is a visionary film maker. He ...