In the following essay, Halliwell examines Aristotle's conceptualization of "mimetic arts" and argues that the pleasure which results from experiencing a work of mimetic art is &#...
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Becoming big in Hollywood has never been Sarah Polley's agenda. It shows in her acting choices, almost exclusively small, intimate tales made far outside the American studio system.And it shows in ...
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Roberto Benigni was reciting a page from Dante's poem on love and the afterlife when he thought hell had come to Earth.Shots rang out Tuesday night as the Oscar-winning actor-director was performin...
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Jakarta (dpa) - A weekend photo-op visit by Indonesian President
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to a local village turned into an
embarrassing reminder of the realities of poverty...
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POPPIN’ TAGS The Streets at Southpoint Mall 6910 Fayetteville Rd, Durham
Accent jewelry to match that perfect club outfit. Re-stocking your on-campus wardrobe. Southpoint is the spot ...
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Roscoe Bartlett, the 80-year-old Maryland congressman/seer who is trying to bring our attention to the coming crisis in oil supplies, a crisis of which the recent gas-price increases (which demagog...
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There is some poetic justice in the ascension of Joseph Mondello, the Nassau County leader to the Republican Party's state chairman.
Like the state party, critics have written off the Nassau Count...
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Two planes crashed in 1960, killing several and destroying a Park Slope block, not to mention a community. Over 40 years later, the site finally sees new life--in the wake of a residential boom, no...
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You won't find any volumes of poetry in Don Scheidt's house.
A retired tax collector who is quick to point out that the IRS is not a very poetic organization, Scheidt does not enjoy readin...
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Prison guards in West Virginia have gained some unexpected allies in their push for higher pay: inmates, including a self-proclaimed poet serving a life sentence for murder.In a handful of letters ...
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A Cannes Film Festival without prizes? It's a possibility raised Wednesday _ albeit jokingly _ by Stephen Frears, president of the award-giving jury."Maybe we'll give no prizes," said the British d...
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Critical Essay by Stephen Halliwell
Poetic directing debut for Sarah Polley
