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Reading Gertrude Stein
Reading Gertrude Stein traces the evolution of the mind and art of Gertrude Stein from Three Lives through The Making of Americans to Tender Buttons. In a series of close readings, Lisa Ruddick shows how Stein, whom she regards as the first truly modern writer in English, absorbed the influence of several of the major thinkers of her day (particularly William James and Freud), and then developed unique perspectives of her own original language and culture.
A Comedian Sees the World
Charlie Chaplin spent February 1931 through June 1932 touring Europe, during which time he wrote a travel memoir. This memoir was published as a set of five articles in Women's Home Companion from September 1933 to January 1934. During his tour, Chaplin spent time with numerous politicians, celebrities, and world leaders, ranging from Winston Churchill and Mahatma Gandhi to Albert Einstein and many others, all of whom inspired his next feature films.
Tender Buttons
Delighting in the sound and rhythm of words, "Objects" (the first section of Stein's extended poem, published in 1914) runs playful linguistic circles around teacups, ribbons, umbrellas, and other quotidian artifacts. This new edition pairs Stein's avant-garde verse with Lisa Congdon's whimsical illustrations.
Au Naturel
Dr. James Woycke spent more than a decade researching the history of Canadian nudism form Newfoundland to Vancouver island and in the USA. Dr. Woycke, a history professor at the University of Western Ontario, reviewed nearly a century of magazines, records and correspondence of nudist clubs and organizations. In addition to those thousands of documents, he interviewed dozens of naturists from Canadian and Canadian-American clubs. The result is a fascination look into the often controversial development of nudism as it challenged Canadian legal and social norms.
Syd Chaplin
This is the first study of the life and art of Sydney Chaplin, Charlie Chaplin's brother, a person notable not only for his importance in establishing his brother's career, but in several other early Hollywood enterprises, including the founding of United Artists and the Syd Chaplin Aircraft Corporation, America's first domestic airline. Sydney also had a successful film career, beginning in 1914 with Keystone and culminating with a string of popular films for Warner Bros. in the 1920s. Sydney's film career ended in 1929 because of an assault charge by an actress. This incident proved to be only the last in a string of scandals, each causing him to move to another place, another studio, or another business venture.
The Early Years of Charlie Chaplin
A thorough look into the early life and career of Charlie Chaplin. Charlie Chaplin’s career has been described, critiqued, and scrutinized. There are book-length studies on Chaplin’s music hall career, his career at Keystone Studios and the Mutual Studios. Somehow, his tenure with First National studios, however, has been largely neglected, even though it was during this several-year contractual time period that Chaplin built and occupied his own studio for the first time, that he attempted and succeeded in filming a comedy feature (The Kid) and that he helped to set up United Artists, an organization that protected the salaries and creative freedom of actors in Hollywood. This period in...
Charlie Chaplin’s Little Tramp in America, 1947–77
This book focuses on the re-invigoration of Charlie Chaplin’s Little Tramp persona in America from the point at which Chaplin reached the acme of his disfavor in the States, promoted by the media, through his departure from America forever in 1952, and ending with his death in Switzerland in 1977. By considering factions of America as diverse as 8mm film collectors, Beat poets and writers and readers of Chaplin biographies, this cultural study determines conclusively that Chaplin’s Little Tramp never died, but in fact experienced a resurgence, which began slowly even before 1950 and was wholly in effect by 1965 and then confirmed by 1972, the year in which Chaplin returned to the United States for the final time, to receive accolades in both New York and Los Angeles, where he received an Oscar for a lifetime of achievement in film.
Soviet Terrorism in Free Germany
Considers testimony of Theodor Hans, a naturalized American citizen, who was involved in counterintelligence activities in Berlin during the 1950s.
Soviet Terrorism in Free Germany
Considers testimony of Theodor Hans, a naturalized American citizen, who was involved in counterintelligence activities in Berlin during the 1950s.
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