Clive Bell
1) Pot-Boilers
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Pot-Boilers is a collection of works composed of reviews and articles published early in Clive Bell's career as an art and book critic. With the arrogance of a young man Bell pushes the reader to see art the way he sees it, and there is no room in his mind for disagreement. (Excerpt from Wikipedia)
2) Art
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In his seminal and controversial work in defense of abstract art, renowned critic Clive Bell argues that “aesthetic emotion” is a response to the “significant form” of a work of art, the forms and relations of art itself; any other meaning or association the piece of art holds is irrelevant.
3) Civilization
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English
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Originally published in 1928, this timeless essay interrogates the meaning of civilization in the aftermath of the Great War.
During the First World War, Britain took up arms to "fight for civilization." Once it was over, Clive Bell dared to inquire about the lofty abstraction that was worth such a sacrifice in blood and treasure. In Civilization, Bell provocatively-and persuasively-suggests that this grand human institution is rooted not in the...
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The Peacemakers, the new work by the world's most performed living composer Karl Jenkins, offers inspiration and solace for a time in need of both. Features texts from some of the greatest peacemakers throughout history, including Ghandhi, Martin Luther King Jr, The Dalai Lama, Nelson Mandela and Mother Theresa, as well as words from the Bible and the Qu'ran.
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MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
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English
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Sixteen-year-old Gregory has his first encounter with girls. Gregory's love-life takes off with his infatuation with Dorothy, the first female player on his all-male soccer team. While waiting for her to meet him one evening, Gregory winds up becoming a pawn in an elaborate date relay set up by some of his female classmates. He's confused, but loves every minute of it as he gets to know Susan who, it turns out, has had designs on him all along.
