Tag Archives: Clive James

there’s something about paradise

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Dave

The double entendre of a trouble in paradise.The Lubitsch touch. The phrase used to describe the work of director Ernst Lubitsch. Reams have been written on the subject, but it remains a vague elusive concept that defies generic interpretation and … Continue reading →

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PURITY OF THE MIDDLE-CLASS SOUL

Posted on April 23, 2010 by Dave

Charles Dickens’s novels are far more crowded with orphaned children than the usefulness of having such malleable and pathetic agents in a work of fiction would seem to demand. In ”David Copperfield” , for example, Em’ly, Traddles, the Orfling, Mrs. … Continue reading →

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Dylan & Rimbaud: Whose Not There?

Posted on October 13, 2009 by Dave

Should Bob Dylan be considered a songwriter or a poet? Dylan was asked that very question at a press conference in 1965, when he famously said, “I think of myself more as a song-and-dance man.” It is indisputable, though, that … Continue reading →

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