Essays Tagged: "critical acclaim"

Georgia O'Keeffe's Grey Hill Forms

rey Hill Forms in 1936, she was already at the height of a career that brought her both popular and critical acclaim. In 1929, she spent the summer in Taos, New Mexico and was overwhelmed by the uniqu ...

(3 pages) 148 5 4.3 Nov/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Works of Art

A Clockwork Orange: Good Riddance to Bad Rubbish

A Clockwork Orange: Good Riddance to Bad Rubbish A Clockwork Orange received critical acclaim, made more than thirty million dollars at the box office, and was nominated for var ... ntless journey..A Clockwork Orange: Good Riddance to Bad Rubbish A Clockwork Orange recieved critical acclaim, made more than thirty million dollars at the box office, and it was nominated for ...

(7 pages) 164 3 3.3 Feb/1997

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

Utopia

d life asit was with its people and social institutions on an imaginary island. More's Utopia gainedcritical acclaim and a wide audience. The term was subsequently used by all prominentsocial thinkers ...

(8 pages) 190 0 4.5 Oct/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

The Shakespearean Theatre

590 he left his family behind and traveled to London to work as an actor and playwright. Public and critical acclaim quickly followed, and Shakespeare eventually became the most popular playwright in ...

(11 pages) 112 1 3.7 Dec/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

The Color Purple: Film

The Color Purple, a book written by Alice Walker, won critical acclaim and praise for the depth of its female characters. The novel focused on Celie, an a ...

(4 pages) 113 0 5.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays

The British cinema renewed itself, tardily no doubt, by orthodox commercial procedures' (Raymond Durgnat). To what extent is this a fair assessment of British cinema between 1959 and 1963?

es to in his summary. Firstly, I have assumed that Durgnat's definition of 'proven success' to mean critical acclaim. I would consider there to be several definitions of 'success' within the field of ... d be attributed to the pressures of the industry and audiences in the late 1950s. During this time, critical praise was heaped upon the films of the New Wave due to their perceived 'realism'. These fi ...

(11 pages) 85 0 4.3 Mar/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film History

The Greek Slave of American Orientalism

g than Hiram Powers' statue The Greek Slave (1844). Received in America with extraordinary fanfare, critical acclaim, and public praise, the sculpture, which toured the United States from 1847 to 1849 ... as though they were long-separated brethren. [20] This sense of ancestral religious connection was critical in the support for the Greek War, revealing an American tendency to romanticize both their ...

(24 pages) 126 0 3.5 Jul/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Paradise Lost 2: Revelations - A Look Into the Terrifying World of Justice This article is an in depth analysis of the movie Paradise Lost and Paradise Lost 2 Relevations.

on of a trio of teenagers for the brutal murders of three second graders. Because of its widespread critical acclaim and many newly found activists, the filmmakers have made a sequel entitled Paradise ...

(9 pages) 94 0 3.3 Nov/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Analysis Of Kubrick As Auteur

thin the AFI's top fifty. So why is a figure so far out on the edge of society able to receive such critical acclaim? Pure talent and having a specific individual style that was constantly shifting to ...

(11 pages) 32 0 5.0 May/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

School Sucks

Edmund Morris's first book, ''The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt,'' won the author critical acclaim and a Pulitzer Prize, and brought him to the attention of the friends of Ronald Rea ...

(5 pages) 13 0 5.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Huckleberry finn essay 2

im, but also a powerful anti-slavery message, which became the cause of both negative criticism and critical acclaim. This embodiment of Mark Twain's ideals in the young Huck Finn is a perfect example ...

(3 pages) 29 0 2.3 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

A. a. milne

liked the intricacy of writing plays and seeing them performed. He wrote tons of plays and got much critical acclaim, but his first big hit was Mr. Pim Passes By. (Oxford Companion to English Literatu ...

(3 pages) 1493 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Gift Of The Magi Analysis

ct of love. The short story's universal themes and ironic outcome has subsequently resulted in much critical acclaim. Of prominence were the criticisms made by Current-Garcia, Peel and Voss, which all ... rcia, Eugene. O. Henry (William Sydney Porter). Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1965.oPeel, Donald F. "A Critical Study of the Short Stories of O. Henry." Northwest Missouri State College Studies 25:4 (196 ...

(3 pages) 33 0 4.0 Feb/2009

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American