Ziad Shihab

Showing all posts tagged "Letter"

Dome of Heaven

This is what fools people: a man is always a teller of tales, he sees everything that happens to him through them; and he tries to live his own life as if he were telling a story. But you have to choose: live or tell. — Jean-Paul Sartre, NauseaI. LegacyThe majority of the legendary postmodernists in American fiction lived long enough to be disappointed by their legends. Don DeLillo (87), Thomas Pynchon (87), Joseph McElroy (93) and Robert Coover (92) can still, as yet, contrast life with lore...

Apparatus Theory

I have been reading a lot about film theory lately, and getting into some of the specific terms people use to describe what happens on screen. One of the ones that kept coming up and being debated was Apparatus Theory. This intriguing concept, emerging from the confluence of psychoanalytic thought, Marxist ideology, and film theory, offers a framework for understanding the impact of cinema on viewers' perceptions and beliefs. That seems like an important topic to get into! So, today we'll get...

Hi Jeanie

From http://www.bannedmusic.org/ this is brendan from wormbath. i was reading your ask Jeanie section and you seem to be quite the relationship expert. well, how bout this one...I met this girl (who is totally fine) in one of my classes. anyway, we seemed to hit it off pretty good and she agreed to go out downtown the other night. well, we found out that we have a whole lot in common (its almost eerie) and she was flirting hardcore all night. so later that night we went to chill at her place...

Amarna Letters

Amarna LettersSourceURL: https://www.worldhistory.org/Amarna_Letters/ .cls-1{fill:#231f20;}.cls-2{fill:#b52600;}.cls-3{fill:#fff;}" style="-webkit-font-smoothing:antialiased;text-rendering:optimizeLegibility;"/> Amarna Letters Definition by Priscila Scoville published on 06 November 2015 Listen to this article Available in other languages: Greek, French, Spanish The Amarna Letters Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin (Copyright) The Amarna Letters are a body of 14th-century BCE correspondenc...

Discovering LaRochefoucauld | The New Criterion

The lightning & the key: a letter from William Franklin to Joseph Priestlyby Daniel Mark Epstein Exile to exile, England to America, Driven hence by nothing more than faith In our convictions, we commune once more, Old friend, man of science, man of God. Here they torched your house, there they burnt mine. Here your people fear your love of France— Marat, Danton, and the bonnet rouge— As mine once feared my fealty to the Crown. Hail, fellow, outcast across the sea! And thanks abundant, deep, ...