July/August 2012
In This Issue July/August 2012
Julien Green: The End of a World
As Germany occupied France, Green brought Paris to life in his superlative diaries.
Volume 33, Issue 4
An uneasy alliance of browsers along the Seine, summer of 1940.
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Features
Nietzsche Is Dead
The battle for Nietzsche's legacy began when Count Hary Kessler met Elisabeth Forster-Nietzsche.
By Meredith HindleyThe Body of Christ
Theology became flesh and blood in the sacred street theater of medieval England.
By James WillifordLessons from a Demigod
Gilgamesh was a brutal tyrant who foolishly tried to defeat death.
By Philip FreemanLet Us Now Praise James Agee
The journalist who pioneered serious film criticism showed a cinematic touch in all of his writing.
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Departments
Statements
Street Sense
Walking tours of Baltimore's Mount Vernon reveal a neighborhood's literary roots and architectural gems.
By Jen KalaidisTo See a Face
Simmie Knox's bumpy road from abstract artist to presidential portraitist.
By Henry WiencekInto the Deep
U-boats off the Carolina Coast were part of Germany's attack against American shipping in World War II.
By Amy LifsonOne-Off
Thoreau on Flora
Author of Walden proves to be invaluable to today's scientists studying climate change.
By Anna Maria GillisImpertinent Questions
Impertinent Questions with Chad L. Williams
African-American soldiers in WWI: A broadening experience for many.
By Meredith HindleyExecutive Function
EdNote
Editor's Note, July/August 2012
From questions of legacy to a writer's talents for cinema review and scene-making.
By David Skinner