Articles related to "Social Criticism"

Robert Heinlein's utopian vision of a lunar community displays his social ideals, but also their limitations.

A surprising change in neoconservative assessment of America in light of the manifold disasters of the Iraq War.

Classism and social hierarchy are rarely discussed in criticism of Hawthorne. In the tale, an ugly reality of class discrimination simmers beneath revolutionary fervour.

Life and works of English writer Aldous Huxley, best known for his novel Brave New World.

Build vocabulary and supplement a French language study program using these short and moderately-challenging Classic French novels.

Brief biography of Bertolt Brecht, one of the great German playwrights, famous for The Threepenny Opera musical.

As far back as the 1930s, British cinema was in competition with Hollywood and was often unfairly compared to the more lavish American productions.

Photographer and film director David LaChapelle has been called a surrealist, shock artist, phony, and genius of the boorish celebrity world that Americans love to hate.

Douglas Adams continues his trend of oddly fitting titles for strange and whimsical stories. Buried throughout his silly prose are some poignant points.

While John Steinbeck's "The Pearl" may not look like much, more akin to a novella in its short stature - it is a beautiful and emotionally resonating narrative.

Athletic Matthew Barney, elusive Jasper Johns and combative Richard Serra are a few of the art stars readers meet in this collection by Duchamp biographer Tomkins.

Marvel comics' super-villain Erik Magnus Lehnsherr, better known as Magneto, terrorizes the X-Men universe as the philosophical counterpoint to Professor Charles Xavier.

Anatomy of Criticism aided critical understanding of the epic genre. Northrop Frye's theory of the high mimetic mode reconciles different, and non-literary, epics.

Although known for its uninhibited and at times brazen and graphic depiction of sex, this book is widely considered as one of the 20th century's influential masterpieces.

Mark Twain, who was the most celebrated American writer of his time, believed that "the secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven."

H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds underwent a few changes in this 1953 movie version that probably would not have pleased him . Still, this adaptation remains entertaining.

A brief snapshot biography of the life and works of American Author Mark Twain (Samuel Clemmens)