Frank Kermode discusses the pastoral within the historical context of the English Renaissance. His first condition of pastoral poetry is that it is an urban product. Kermode establishes that the pastoral is derived as an opposition between two modes of living, in the country and in the city. L...
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...w next time?”). To James’ credit, she ignored the snark and actually answered select questions from fans, although the most illuminating fact she revealed is that her new book, Grey, was written with Fleetwood Mac’s “Sara” and Bill Withers’ “Hello Like Before” on repeat. Read a few of the best #AskELJames zingers below.
Fifty Shades Of Grey author E.L. James did a very bad Twitter Q&A · Great Job, Internet! · The A.V. Club
The police have already arrested a taxi driver and an Uber driver. The cabbie was throwing projectiles toward the police, while the latter was attacking a cabbie. It is currently very difficult to go to Charles-De-Gaulle and Orly airports as taxi drivers are blocking the roads. Taxis are also controlling many parts of Paris, looking for Uber drivers.
French Anti-Uber Protest Turns To Guerrilla Warfare As Cabbies Burn Cars, Attack Uber Drivers | TechCrunch
Making what amounted to his debut in the national spotlight, Jindal’s delivery was hesitant and almost sing-songy. He was widely excoriated, his man-child manner earning unflattering comparisons to Kenneth, the page on 30 Rock. “That was just a terrible appearance,” says David Yepsen, a veteran political observer who now runs a public policy institute at Southern Illinois University. “I’m not sure that he ever recovered.”
The Stupid Party’s Candidate - Alan Greenblatt - POLITICO Magazine
..., a University of Louisiana at Lafayette political scientist, speculates that Jindal has sought to make himself the focal point of national debates in order to make up for his own “charisma deficit.” Jindal’s shortcomings as a speaker were, in fact, put baldly on display when he was selected to give the official GOP response to Obama’s first address to Congress in 2009.
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