Podles gives both depth and pathos to ‘Tancredi’ Oct 24, 2009
Stendhal once described hearing in its score the massive grandeur of pride chiseled down into the fine contours of elegance. Apparently, Opera Boston leaders heard Podles in a Jordan Hall recital in 2006 and decided on the spot that they would try to sign her up for Tancredi, one of her signature roles. (Boston Globe)
Civil War era drawings at McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College Oct 2, 2009
There are two great models, both dating to Napoleonic times: Goya s and Stendhal s. ... Stendhal, meanwhile, in the famous opening to his novel The Charterhouse of Parma, conveys another aspect of war that is overlooked by official histories ... The exhibition presents us with drawings made by artist-reporters who had no wish to model themselves on either Goya or Stendhal (if they had even heard of them). (Boston Globe)
Reprise (2006) Sep 26, 2009
According to The Narrator, some said it was Stendhal Syndrome (psychosomatic anxiety disorder seemingly caused by the exposure to great art); others said it was Phillip s obsessive love for his girlfriend Kari (Victoria Winge). It is in telling Phillip s fractured story that screenwriters Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt posit a rather brilliant thesis: madness is an inconsistent narrative; as Phillip s instability gradually pushes his lover and his best friend further and further away. (Suite101.com)
The hard sell of Australia's Ashes defeat Sep 16, 2009
Had he been a little earlier, just a few days, modern Australians would have been heirs to a great cuisine, to the art of Degas, Renoir and Cezanne, the literature of Flaubert and Stendhal, the music of Debussy and Ravel, the philosophical tradition of Descartes, and, need I go on about how marvellous our society would be. Best of all wed have no cricket. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
McCourt Is Recalled, With Love Jul 24, 2009
Right after him came Kennedy who liked to read Stendhal But crafty Lyndon Johnson read the writing on the wall. There is a Buddhist philosophy that suggests that an individual needs great faith, great doubt, and perseverance. (Litchfield County Times, CT)
It was the worst of times :-( Penguin gets into Twitterature Jun 26, 2009
In it, the authors will reduce the jewels of world literature - they mention Dante, Shakespeare, Stendhal and Joyce - into 20 tweets or fewer: that is 20 sentences, each with no more than 140 characters. The book is the brainchild of two first-year students at the University of Chicago, who claim to be starting a cultural revolution. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
* Two students to put classics through the Twitter mangle Jun 26, 2009
CANNED CLASSICS: The authors will reduce the jewels of world literature X Dante, Shakespeare, Stendhal and Joyce X into 20 tweets or fewer THE GUARDIAN , NEW YORK Friday, Jun 26, 2009, Page 7 ... In it, the authors will reduce the jewels of world literature X they mention Dante, Shakespeare, Stendhal and Joyce X into 20 tweets or fewer. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Casualties of Waugh May 25, 2009
Upward social climbing is entirely compatible with indeed often a necessary complement to literary genius: behold Goethe, Stendhal, and Wodehouse as well as Waugh. Downward social climbing, on the other hand, produces only such grotesque artifacts as Auden, Brecht, John Osborne, the senile Tolstoy, and the Republican National Committee. (The American Conservative)
Watch what you think Mar 3, 2009
The psychological novel has been playing around inside characters' heads since Stendhal and Dostoevsky. Consider this description of the thought vs. action in an old Somerset Maugham novel. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Byron in Love Feb 28, 2009
The young Stendhal, meeting him in Milan, was shocked by his carnivorous vanity. His self-love was matched only by his self-disgust, which made him court disaster as if only disaster would fulfil some need that might not find another outlet. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Unlocking the secret of beautiful design with mathematics Feb 22, 2009
Brock makes it clear that his theory does not try to account for things like "quality of craftsmanship, attractiveness of materials, or the uncanny ability of some artists to capture a particular atmosphere." Nor does it explain, for instance, the impact of color or the social or emotional associations of beautiful objects - the idea, for instance, that beauty, as Stendhal put it, is "the promise of happiness.". What, then, are we actually left with. (Boston Globe)
