ANDRÉ, JOHN

ändrāˈ, ănˈdrē, 1751–80, British spy in the American Revolution. He was captured (1775) by Gen. Richard Montgomery in the Quebec campaign but was exchanged and became adjutant general under Sir Henry Clinton. Major André negotiated with Benedict Arnold for the betrayal of West Point and was captured (Sept. 23, 1780), when returning to New York, by John Paulding, David Williams, and Isaac Van Wart, near Tarrytown, N.Y. He was tried, condemned, and hanged at Washington's headquarters at Tappan, despite protests from Clinton. Major André's charming personality and his talents in the arts had won him many American friends, who mourned him as a romantically tragic young man.

See studies by J. T. Flexner (1953) and J. H. Smith (1969).

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The Correspondence, 1899-1926, between Paul Claudel and Andre Gide
Book by Robert Mallet, John Russell, Paul Claudel; Pantheon, 1952
Subjects: Claudel, Paul--1868-1955--Correspondence, Gide, Andre--1869-1951--Correspondence
...PAUL CLAUDEL AND ANDRE GIDE Introduction...AND TRANSLATED BY JOHN RUSSELL PANTHEON...The Journals of Andre Gide , Vols. I...52-9674 PREFACE By JOHN RUSSELL THE general...Paul Claudel to Andre Gide 7th November...What is it that St. John condemns, under the...
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The Neutral Ground: The Andre Affair and the Background of Cooper's the Spy
Book by Bruce A. Rosenberg; Greenwood Press, 1994
Subjects: Andrae, John--1751-1780--In Literature, Cooper, James Fenimore--1789-1851, Espionage In Literature, Historical Fiction, American--History And Criticism, Spies In Literature, Spy Stories, American--History And Criticism, United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Literature And The Revolution
...American--History and criticism. 5. Andre, John, 1751-1780--In literature. 6. Espionage...morning of 2 October 1780, Major John Andre breakfasted at eight on food sent...to die on a gibbet" letter of John Andre to George Washington, 1 Oct. 1780...
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Andre Thevet's North America: A Sixteenth-Century View
Book by Roger Schlesinger, Arthur P. Stabler, Andre Thevet; McGill-Queens University Press, 1986
Subjects: America--Discovery And Exploration--French, America--Early Accounts To 1600, North America--Description And Travel--Early Works To 1800, Thevet, Andrae--1502-1590--Journeys--North America
...American portions of the work of Andre Thevet 1504-1592 , the Royal...the British Library, the John Carter Brown Library at Brown...Jean-Charles Seigneuret and John Brewer, former and present...this book. Figure 1 Portrait of Andre Thevet Courtesy Bibliotheque...
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John Skelton, Laureate
Book by William Nelson; Columbia University Press, 1939
Subjects: Skelton, John--1460?-1529
...tutor to Arthur was one John Rede, of whom Andre thought highly ibid...Carmeliano, Bernard Andre, and John Kay. 2 The most famous...company with Bernard Andre, wrote a commendatory...Wynken de Worde, 1495 . John Key, a Carmelite of...
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Where Does It Happen? John Cassavetes and Cinema at the Breaking Point
Book by George Kouvaros; University of Minnesota Press, 2004
Subjects: Cassavetes, John--1929---Criticism And Interpretation
...on Cassavetes Autoportraits In 1992 a book called John Cassavetes: Autoportraits was published in France. 1 This...the years, a preface by the writer and documentary filmmaker Andre S. Labarthe, and more than one hundred pages of film stills...
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The Political Limits of (Western) Humanism in Andre Brink's Early Fiction
Journal article by Isidore Diala; Studies in the Novel, Vol. 34, 2002
Subjects: Apartheid--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Apartheid--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Authors, South African--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Brink, Andre--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Criticism--Analysis, Literature--Political aspects, Race relations--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Race relations--Portrayals, depictions, etc.
...Honour of Robert McAfee Brown. Eds. Denise Lardner Carmody and John Tully Carmody. New York: Orbis Books, 1993. 14-23. Redman...Novelist Confronts South Africa." Rev. of A Dry White Season by Andre Brink. Washington Post 20 Jan. 1980: 5+. Said, Edward W. Culture...
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In Mallarme's Harness? Andre Du Bouchet and Stephane Mallarme
Journal article by Michael Sohn; French Forum, Vol. 32, 2007
Subjects: Criticism--Evaluation, Du Bouchet, Andre--Criticism and interpretation, Du Bouchet, Andre--Works, Literary criticism--Evaluation, Mallarme, Stephane--Criticism and interpretation, Mallarme, Stephane--Influence, Mallarme, Stephane--Works, Poets--Criticism and interpretation, Poets--Influence, Poets--Works
...discussion following his article, "Letranger dans la langue," John E. Jackson asserts that we need to avoid going "des choses au...de la poesie coincide avec celui de la sortie du sens." 23. Andre du Bouchet, "Essor" (1988), in Lemportement du muet (Paris...
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History and the Inscriptions of Torture as Purgatorial Fire in Andre Brink's Fiction
Journal article by Isidore Diala; Studies in the Novel, Vol. 34, 2002
Subjects: Authors, South African--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Brink, Andre--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Christianity and politics--South Africa, Purgatory--Portrayals, depictions, etc., South Africa--History, South African literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Torture--Religious aspects
...Carmelite rule, St. John of the Cross was twice...done in prison. Andre Brinks reference to...Lardner Carmody and John Tully Carmody. New...1993. 7-13. Brink, Andre. A Chain of Voices.... Hassall, A. J. "Andre Brink: The Lives of...James, 1991. 181-92. John of the Cross. Ascent...
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Andre Chenier Parmi Les Statues
Journal article by Jean Starobinski; Nineteenth-Century French Studies, Vol. 35, 2006
Subjects: Chenier, Andre-Marie, de--Criticism and interpretation, Chenier, Andre-Marie, de--Works, Figure sculpture--Portrayals, French poetry--Criticism and interpretation, French poets--Criticism and interpretation, French poets--Works
...Imprimerie Royale, 1841-53. Corboz, Andre. "Pygmalion, serviteur de deux...Hatier-Boivin, 1955. Jackson, John E. Le Corps amoureux: Essai...Charpentier, 1845. Scarfe, Francis. Andre Chenier, His Life and Work...faisaient partie du comite daccueil. Andre Chenier, apprenant quon avait...
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Andre Labarthe and Raymond Aron: Political Myth and Ideology in 'La France Libre.'
Journal article by Christopher Flood; Journal of European Studies, Vol. 89, 1993
Subjects: Aron, Raymond--Political activity, France, French periodicals--Influence, La France libre (Periodical)--Criticism and interpretation, Lebarthe, Andre--Political activity, Propaganda, World War, 1939-1945
...pendant mon sejour en Afrique, Andre Labarthe avait quitte notre...Ideas, 3rd ed. (Chichester: John Wiley, 1992), 29. For examples...Girardet 97-138, on the Golden Age; Andre Reszler, Mythes politiques modernes...be found in Hilary Footit and John Simmonds, Destroying the myths...
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Andre Gregory Sees the Light: At 70, He's Hitching His Lifelong Quest for Insight and Illumination to Theatre for the Few
Magazine article by Todd London; American Theatre, Vol. 22, March 2005
Subjects: Dramatists--Criticism and interpretation, Dramatists--Influence, Dramatists--Works, Gregory, Andre--Criticism and interpretation, Gregory, Andre--Influence, Gregory, Andre--Works, Playwrights--Criticism and interpretation, Playwrights--Influence, Playwrights--Works
...made My Dinner with Andre, the theatre pioneer...the kind of place John Ashcroft would like...landed the role of John the Baptist in Scorseses...seen My Dinner with Andre. He said to me, Do...that fit together." ANDRE GREGORY HAS TAKEN...traveled far from his John the Baptist self...
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Andre Lambertson: Engaging the World
Magazine article by John Giuffo; Columbia Journalism Review, Vol. 41, July 2002
Subjects: Lambertson, Andre--Conduct of life, News photographers--Conduct of life, Newspapers--Officials and employees
Andre Lambertson: engaging the world by John Giuffo Six months after graduating...International Center of Photography, Andre Lambertson pawned two of his cameras...his identity. "My editors were like, `Andre, whats this mysterious project? " Lambertson...
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Dream Merchants: Jews, Photography and Andre Kertesz
Magazine article by Robert Fulford; Queen's Quarterly, Vol. 112, Summer 2005
Subjects: Artistic photography--Criticism and interpretation, Jews--Portrayals, Jews--Social aspects, Kertesz, Andre--Criticism and interpretation, Kozloff, Max--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Photography, Artistic--Criticism and interpretation
...National Gallery in Washington this spring, and paging through Andre Kertesz (Princeton University Press), the record of that show...appropriated his innovations--became famous." Finally, in 1964, John Sarkowski organized a Kertesz show at the Museum of Modern Art...
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Carl Andre
Magazine article by Barry Schwabsky; Artforum International, Vol. 32, January 1994
Subjects: Andre, Carl--Exhibitions, Manuscripts--Exhibitions, Poetry--Exhibitions
Carl Andre by Barry Schwabsky PAULA COOPER GALLERY Can visual art and...project that is irreducibly poetic, though (like the contemporaneous work of John Cage or Jackson MacLow) transgressive of the conventions of poetry. Barry...
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Monsieur Garnerin Drops In: John Lucas Extols the Pioneers Who Helped Develop the Parachute, Two Centuries Ago
Magazine article by John Lucas; History Today, Vol. 52, September 2002
Subjects: Garnerin, Andre-Jacques--Research, Parachutes--History
...two centuries ago by John Lucas VISITORS FROM NAPOLEONS...century, but thirty-three-year-old Andre-Jacques Garnerin, who dropped...success did come to balloonist John Hampton, who dropped safely...moon--a task timed for 2004. John Lucas is the author of The Silken...
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The Good, the Bald and the Ugly; So That's What the Stars Call a Fringe Benefit.Elton Gets a Kiss from Andre
Newspaper article by Colin Wills; Sunday Mirror (London, England), September 29, 1996
Subjects: Agassi, Andre, John, Elton
...Benefit.Elton Gets a Kiss from Andre. by Colin Wills...only one with hair was Elton John. The whole world may know...wig-makers. Even heart-throb Andre Agassi, 26 - who now has less...with her glossy beehive. Andre and Brooke, 31, fell out when...
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Getting to the Heart of the Case; John Thaw. the Biography. by Stafford Hildred and Tim Ewbank (Andre Deutsch, Pounds 17.99) Reviewed by Christine Barker
Newspaper article by Christine Barker; The Birmingham Post (England), November 28, 1998
...Getting to the Heart of the Case; John Thaw. the Biography. by Stafford Hildred and Tim Ewbank (Andre Deutsch, Pounds 17.99) Reviewed...decline as the months slip by. John Thaw has proved the pundits...first child of lorry driver John Edward Thaw, and his pretty...
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Film: INTERVIEW: OUTKAST'S ANDRE BENJAMIN: KAST IN A NEW ROLE; OUTKAST'S ANDRE BENJAMIN ON HIS TWO NEW FILM RELEASES
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), September 23, 2005
Subjects: Andre 3000
...brothers who uncover a sinister conspiracy while investigating the murder of their foster mother. Here, Andre, 30 - who recently starred alongside John Travolta in Be Cool - explains why Prince Charles is a fashion icon, why hes put his career ahead...
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Andre and Steffi: Off-Court Doubles Team
Newspaper article by Dick Heller; The Washington Times, September 27, 1999
Subjects: Agassi, Andre, Graf, Steffi
...dont know if anything will come of this - probably Steffi and Andre dont either at this point - but if it does, their kids ought...wrong tree? EMINENTLY QUOTABLE Legendary basketball coach John Wooden, 89, on having a basketball tournament in his native...
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WIM-BORE-DON; We Need Andre to Cut a Dash and Stop the Big-Guns Serving Up Non- Event; Says DAVID LLOYD
Newspaper article by Ted Macauley; The Mirror (London, England), June 24, 1996
Subjects: Agassi, Andre
...would queue to watch players like Jimmy Connors, Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe is because they all had something special. "They could...all-round grass court player with a great serve and volley. ANDRE AGASSI (USA): Underneath all the showmanship is a seriously...
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AndrÉ, John
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ANDRE, JOHN andra , an dre, 1751 80, British spy in...adjutant general under Sir Henry Clinton. Major Andre negotiated with Benedict Arnold for the...23, 1780), when returning to New York, by John Paulding, David Williams, and Isaac Van Wart...
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Laurance, John
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...MacDougall. A lawyer, he was (1777 82) judge advocate general of the Continental Army and presided at the trial of Major John Andre . He served in the Continental Congress (1785 87), in the House of Representatives from New York (1789 93), and was...
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Pisano, Andrea
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PISANO, ANDREA andre a peza no, c.1290 c.1348, Italian sculptor, also called Andrea da Pontedera...was begun in 1330. In 28 panels he depicted scenes from the life of John the Baptist. Through Andrea, Italian sculpture came under the influence...
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Sarto, Andrea Del
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SARTO, ANDREA DEL andre a del sar to, 1486 1531, Florentine painter...His notable scenes from the life of St. John the Baptist in monotone are in the Cloisters...Metropolitan Mus.); Madonna and Child with St. John (National Gall. of Art, Washington, D...
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Fleury, AndrÉ Hercule De
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
FLEURY, ANDRE HERCULE DE aNdra erkul d flore , 1653 1743, French statesman, cardinal...order to the national finances, disorganized by the speculative schemes of John Law . The currency was stabilized, roads were built, the merchant marine...
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