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Tag Archives: Henri Murger
the importance of bad art
Bohemia is beyond saving. The lesson being that a basically worthless and mediocre piece of literature can achieve more ill than a good book can ever achieve good. It is a paradox; and there is little power in the art … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged Amerigo Vespucci, Bohemianism, Carmen opera, Charles Aznavour La Boheme, Charles Baudelaire, Felix Nadar, Giacomo Puccini, Gustave Courbet, Henri Murger, Henri Murger Vie de Boheme, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Marie Vimal, Mimi Vie de Boheme, Puccini La Boheme
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saving bohemia from the yuppies
Its too late to save Bohemia.Perhaps a worthless book can achieve more ill than a good book can ever achieve good. At any rate it is upon this seeming paradox that it is worth dwelling on, in the effort to … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Madame Pickwick Weekend
Tagged Charles Baudelaire, Emile Jean Horace Vernet, Felix Nadar, Gustave Courbet, Gypsies in England, Gypsy Travellers, Henri Murger, Henri Murger Vie de Boheme, Horace Vernet, Jules Janin, King of Bohemia, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding t.v. show, Queen Elizabeth I, Shakespeare The Winter's Tale, The Black Prince, William Shakespeare
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RAGGED, TATTERED & PLUCK OUT OF LUCK
Rejection as a virtue. Horatio Alger. His fable of the noble orphan who found a rich Daddy appealed to boys of all ages. The question is how did it ever get mixed up with the American myth of success? There … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Literature/poetry/spoken word, Miscellaneous, Modern Arts/Craft
Tagged A.K. Loring, Charles O'Connor, Children's Literature, Childrens Books, Elise Monselet, Harvard Divinity School, Henri Murger, Herbert R. Mayes, Horatio Alger, Oliver Optic, Una Garth, Victor Hugo
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