Recent biographies of Thomas Jefferson have stressed the sphinxlike puzzles of his character--famous champion of freedom yet lifelong slaveholder
as Ross shows in this passionate and entertaining work
she further enhances her reputation with a book-length sequence of verse that is a stunning work of grandeur
and intimacy that made up her relationship with her older sister and frequent writing companion
and treats her like a personal tour guide
The Rhapsodes: How 1940s Critics Changed American Film Culture Murray Engleheart Recent biographies of Thomas JeffersonPauline Kael, Andrew Sarris, and Roger Ebert were three of America's most revered and widely read film critics, more famous than many of the movies they wrote about. But their remarkable contributions to the burgeoning American film criticism of the 1960s and beyond were deeply influenced by four earlier critics: Otis Ferguson, James Agee, Manny Farber, and Parker Tyler. Throughout the 1930s and '40s, Ferguson, Agee, Farber, and Tyler scrutinized what