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Where could women find examples of themselves? Foremost writers such as Goethe, Milton and Swift divided women between devils (vile, loath-some creatures) and angels, perpetual virgins who were equally unhuman. The quotes from these accepted geniuses are enough to turn any woman's hair prematurely grey: contemplation is feminine, action is masculine, and the ideal woman is a death-like fragile heroine ready to expire at a moment's notice. Edgar Allen Poe said, "The death of a beautiful woman is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world" -- no doubt to everyone except the woman who's doing...

Author: By Jacoba Atlas, | Title: The Madwoman in the Attic: The Woman Writer & the 19th Century Literary Imagination | 11/18/1980 | See Source »

...Free to Choose, Milton & Rose Friedman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FICTION: Best Sellers | 11/17/1980 | See Source »

Named to serve two-year terms on the 12-member committee were: Milton Katz '27, Stimson Professor of Law Emeritus, who will serve as chairman; Alan E. Heimert '49, Cabot Professor of American Literature and master of Eliot House; Isabelle Valadian, professor of Maternal and Child Health in the School of Public Health; Brent Heeb, a first-year student at the Graduate School of Design; and David B. Arnold '44 and Richard Rosen '60, who were nominated by the Associated Harvard Alumni...

Author: By Michael W. Miller, | Title: Bok Appoints Six to Serve on ACSR | 11/13/1980 | See Source »

Nevertheless, director Josh Milton--blessed with a talented, hyperkinetic cast--manages an enjoyable rendition of Greasepaint. He proves that with enough brass, good cheer, white teeth, and confetti, even the most banal of musical comedies can become pleasing...

Author: By Jacob V. Lamar, | Title: Working-Class Pleasantries | 11/11/1980 | See Source »

...THAT MILTON'S PRODUCTION lacks in originality, it makes up for in sweat. Observe the seven squealing, prancing Urchins. They'll smile til their faces ache, they'll dance til they collapse, they'll be so sweet you'll contract diabetes. They just want the audience to like them and to have a good time; to remember that for all of Newley and Bricusse's delusions of grandeur, The Roar of the Greasepaint can still be simply enjoyed as an amusing musical comedy...

Author: By Jacob V. Lamar, | Title: Working-Class Pleasantries | 11/11/1980 | See Source »

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