“What am I pondering, you ask? So help me God, immortality.”-John Milton (died on 8 November 1674)
Photoplay, September 1922: Marie Prevost (born on 8 November 1898)
[Alternative Muses] Going and Coming: John Milton/Marie Prevost Mashup
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Tag Archives: Books
[Alternative Muses] Goodbye, Janet!
Janet Flanner died on 7 November 1978. She was 86.
Janet Flanner, circa 1920
“I keep going over a sentence. I nag it, gnaw it, pat and flatter it.”-Janet Flanner
Books in Art: Don Quixote in the Library
Don Quixote in the Library by Adolf Schrödter, 1834
[Book Nerd News] Galway Kinnell, 1927-2014
Galway Kinnell, 1927-2014 [The Paris Review]
[Book Nerd Art] Poems of Passion by Ella Wheeler Wilcox*
The front cover of the first edition of Poems of Passion by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, 1883:
Poems of Passion by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, 1883.
*Today is her birthday. She was born on 5 November 1850.
My Favourite (Dead) Playwrights*
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950):
George Bernard Shaw. 1909.
Some plays: Mrs. Warren’s Profession; Arms and the Man; Candida; Major Barbara; The Doctor’s Dilemma; Pygmalion; Heartbreak House; Saint Joan; The Apple Cart; The Millionairess.
Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906):
Henrik Ibsen by Gustav Borgen. 1898 or earlier.
Some plays: Peer Gynt; Pillars of Society; A Doll’s House; Ghosts; An Enemy of the People; The Wild Duck; Hedda Gabler; The Master Builder.
Anton Chekhov (1860-1904):
Anton Chekhov. 1900.
Some Plays: The Bear; A Marriage Proposal; The Seagull; Uncle Vanya; Three Sisters; The Cherry Orchard.
Thornton Wilder (1897-1975):
Thornton Wilder’s Yale graduation photo. 1920.
Some plays: The Long Christmas Dinner; Our Town; The Merchant of Yonkers; The Skin of Our Teeth; The Matchmaker. Continue reading
Exit Mr. Shaw
George Bernard Shaw died on 2 November 1950. He was 94. Here he is as a younger man:
George Bernard Shaw, 6 August 1889 (from The Star)
Here he is in doll form:
George Bernard Shaw Doll by Uneek Doll Designs. $47.00
A Literary Halloween: Dracula
Poster for a production of Dracula (1938).
A Literary Halloween: Ichabod Crane
The Headless Horseman Pursuing Ichabod Crane by John Quidor, 1858
[Book Nerd Links] Old Masters at the Top of Their Game
Old Masters at the Top of Their Game [The New York Times Magazine]
These people are, simply, extraordinary. Their dedication to their work is awe-inspiring.
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