:ItisaFrenchopéracomiquebyGeorgesBizet.ThelibrettoisbyHenriMeilhacandLudovicHalévy, basedonthenovellaofthesametitlebyProsperMérimée, firstpublishedin1845, , Spain, around1820, andconcernstheeponymousCarmen, , shewoosthecorporalDonJosé, , mutinyagainsthissuperior, .
(orSilenus):Hewastheoldrusticgodofthedanceofthewine-press, hisnamebeingderivedfromthewordssei?, “tomovetoandfro”, andlênos, “thewine-trough”., andraisedbySeilenosandtheNysiadesinacaveonthemythicalmountainofNysa.
(1922-1985):AsaneminentwriterinpostwarGreatBritain, hewascommonlyreferredtoas “England’sotherPoetLaureate”, whenthepositionoflaureatebecamevacantin1984, manypoetsandcriticsfavoredLarkin’sappointment, buttheshy, “artistofthefirstrank”inthewordsofSouthernReviewcontributorJohnPress, Larkinachievedacclaimonthestrengthofanextremelysmallbodyofwork—, especiallyTheLessDeceived, TheWhitsunWeddings, andHighWindows, present “apoetryfromwhichevenpeoplewhodistrustpoetry, mostpeople, cantakecomfortanddelight”, —rhyme, stanza, andmeter—toexploretheoftenuncomfortableorterrifyingexperiencesthrustuponcommonpeopleinthemodernage.
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(1919):, toldinepisodicformbythefirst-personnarratorasaseriesofglimpsesintothemindandsoulofthecentralcharacter, CharlesStrickland, .
—WhyMoreIsLess (2004):, Schwartzarguesthateliminatingconsumerchoicescangreatlyreduceanxietyforshoppers.ThissameissuewasfirstproposedbyJosé .
(2007):, trust, strength, andthechoiceswecanmaketoshowthem.
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