Where in the world is Capuano? Oct 14, 2009
The earthquake that devastated its capital city on All Saints Day in 1755 helped prompt Voltaire to pen his satire Candide. One of its, um, shipping cities has lent its name to a fortified after-dinner wine. (Boston Globe)
The Fireworks Show Starts at 950 Jul 2, 2009
The literati out there will likely remember the famous refrain, "The best of all possible worlds," from Voltaire's master work, Candide ... Now, fast-forward some 250 years since the publication of Candide, and let's put a little twist on the theme of the best of all possible worlds. (Human Events Online)
Viewpoint: Relaunching the Immigration Reform campaign Jun 16, 2009
"See, that's where I enjoy not having to have an opinion. I'm content to just witness - perhaps whining or clapping from time to time on specific issues. In my measure of things, having an overarching opinion of any of the figures you've mentioned is just about totally meaningless. And remember "Candide. " After bringing everyone who had been kilt off in the novel back to life, Voltaire retired them all to Istanbul where they could tend their gardens. "Power is not an institution, and not a... (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)
Theater review: Yugen's 'Candide, or Optimism' May 3, 2009
Theater review: Yugen's 'Candide, or Optimism ... Theater review: Yugen's 'Candide, or Optimism ... Candide, or Optimism: Adapted from Voltaire and directed by Jubilith Moore with Ishida Yukio. (San Francisco Chronicle)
the Independent reported Apr 28, 2009
Voltaire CANDIDE (novella)Stendhal LE ROUGE ET LE NOIRTolstoy ANNA KARENINA George Eliot MIDDLEMARCHHenry Fielding TOM JONESProust REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PASTPasternak DR ZHIVAGOH G Wells HISTORY OF MR POLLYJohn Fowles THE MAGUSodehouse. GREAT BECAUSE THEY ALL (CAN) EFFECT YOUR VIEW OF THE WORLD AND INFLUENCE YOUR DECISIONMAKING. (Harper's Magazine)
'Abject Failure' Mar 23, 2009
Those AIG people getting those bonuses is unjust, but going after them the way the administration is doing, it's like "Candide" and Voltaire ... VAN SUSTEREN: Well, I think the other reference from "Candide," (INAUDIBLE) is that all is for the best, which is sort of the idea that Congress has, all is for the best, and essentially, if we don't get caught, we don't have to even read the statute -- read the laws we pass as long as we don't get caught. (Fox News)
James Purdy, author of underground classics, dies Mar 15, 2009
But Susan Sontag, writing in the Times six days later, likened Cabot Wright to Voltaire's Candide and praised it as a "fluid, immensely readable, personal and strong work by a writer from whom everyone who cares about literature has expected, and will continue to expect, a great deal.". His most influential novel, Eustace Chisholm and the Works, was published in 1967 to knee-jerk repulsion and eventual acclaim as a landmark of gay fiction. (USA Today -- Life)
Controversial novelist James Purdy dies Mar 14, 2009
His work was labeled gothic for its extremes of emotion and physicality. Bebeto Matthews / APIn this Aug. 2, 2005 file photo, cult author James Purdy is shown at his apartment in New York. (MSNBC -- News)
