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.
By Francis-Noël Thomas
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 Hindley
The Body of Christ
Theology became flesh and blood in the sacred street theater of medieval England.
By James Williford
Lessons from a Demigod
Gilgamesh was a brutal tyrant who foolishly tried to defeat death.
By Philip Freeman
Let Us Now Praise James Agee
The journalist who pioneered serious film criticism showed a cinematic touch in all of his writing.
By Danny Heitman
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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 LifsonCurio
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 HindleyIn Focus
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
