Word: modernism
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...monument of Liebling's accomplishment is a journalistic one, but it is very different from that of a modern Woodward-and-Bernstein success story. All the President's Men heightened respect for investigative journalism, but at the price of romanticizing it, turning every young reporter into a toppler of presidents in his dreams. Sokolov helps bring a more substantial image to the public notion of the heroic journalist: the seasoned, shrewd man-about-town who has seen it all and written...
WITHOUT THE FOUR YEARS of solid research behind it, Wayward Reporter might have turned into a dry, formal investigation of modern journalistic writing from 19th-century mush to Hearstian sensationalism to the terse prose on the front page of today's New York Times. At times, Sokolov seems a little overwhelmed by the topic, like a python swallowing an elephant. He wrestles with how to treat Liebling's role as a war correspondent, not one of his greatest periods. Sokolov does not compare Liebling's war pieces to other more outstanding journalists of the time, perhaps because he does...
Remain In Light is part masterpiece, part flop. This is not another tribute to the Black rhythm and blues heritage of rock--it is not rock at all. It is a synthesis of modern lyrics and recording techniques with basic tribal African polyrhythms. At times the combination seems forced and unnatural, like cookies and ketchup, but on about half the songs--most notably "Once In A Lifetime"--the combo clicks like chocolate and peanut butter...
DIED. Nevill Coghill, 81, leading Chaucer scholar whose 1951 modern English version of The Canterbury Tales remains the standard translation; in Cheltenham, England. A fellow in English at Oxford University from 1925 to 1966, Coghill tutored precocious undergraduates like W.H. Auden and directed several plays for the Oxford University Dramatic Society, including a 1966 production of Marlowe's Doctor Faustus starring Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor...
Well said, Sam. Belly may have become a derogatory word in modern times, but Johnson properly viewed it as the locus and focus of gustatory enjoyment and sensual wellbeing. Still, Johnson was at a beggar's banquet compared with the modern diner's choice of delectations: ingredients, recipes and techniques from the kitchens of the world. Not least of these blessings, to a Johnsonian, is the cornucopia of culinary literature. A good cookbook is a perpetual feast, and this year's table is well laden...