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Vanity Fair (by William Makepeace Thackeray)

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Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero

Book by W. M. Thackeray, John Sutherland; Oxford University Press, 1998

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

This edition of one of the greatest social satires of the English language reproduces the text of the Oxford Thackeray and includes all of Thackeray's own illustrations.
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Pull down Vanity, and Other Stories

Book by Leslie A. Fiedler; Secker & Warburg, 1962

Subjects:

Fiction

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...how many fingers does it take?" "Fingers! Fingers! the crudity of the rising generation, the filth of the mind beneath that fair exterior, that childs brow, that lambs eye, that--Christ, I give her precisely--nothing!" I laughed. "Oh laugh, you bourgeois...
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Oroonoko and Other Writings
Includes: Oroonoko; The Fair Jilt; Memoirs of the Court of the King of Bantam; The History of the Nun; The Adventure of the Black Lady; The Unfortunate Bride; And Numerous Poems

Book by Aphra Behn, Paul Salzman; Oxford University Press, 1994

Subjects:

Africa--Fiction, Caribbean Area--Fiction, Princes--Fiction, Slave Trade--Fiction, Slaves--Fiction, Surinam--Fiction

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

The most complete collection of the work of Aphra Behn (1640-89) available, this volume contains Oroonoko and five other works of fiction ranging from comedy and high melodrama to tragedy. The works included--The Fair Jilt, Memoirs of the Court of the King of Bantam, The History of the Nun, The ...
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The most complete collection of the work of Aphra Behn (1640-89) available, this volume contains Oroonoko and five other works of fiction ranging from comedy and high melodrama to tragedy. The works included--The Fair Jilt, Memoirs of the Court of the King of Bantam, The History of the Nun, The Adventure of the Black Lady, and The Unfortunate Bride--are complemented by a generous selection of her poetry from public political verse to lyrics and witty conversation poems.
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Earth Could Be Fair: A Chronicle

Book by Pierre Van Paassen; The Dial Press, 1946

Subjects:

Gorinchem (Netherlands)--Social Life And Customs, World War, 1939-1945--Netherlands--Gorinchem

Collections: History, Entire Library

...self-mockery enough to save him from being barrenly vain, but a little vanity he had all his life. It is true he had good reason to be proud...as if to a larger audience beyond. This was not done out of vanity but rather out of a certain reserve in the presence of strangers...
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Volpone, or the Fox; Epicene, or the Silent Woman; The Alchemist; Bartholomew Fair

Book by Ben Jonson, Gordon Campbell; Oxford University Press, 1995

Subjects:

Drama

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

This edition brings together Jonson's four great comedies Volpone, Epicene, The Alchemist, and Bartholomew Fair. The texts of these plays have all been newly edited for this volume, and are presented with modernized spelling. Stage directions have been added to help actors and directors reconstruct ...
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This edition brings together Jonson's four great comedies Volpone, Epicene, The Alchemist, and Bartholomew Fair. The texts of these plays have all been newly edited for this volume, and are presented with modernized spelling. Stage directions have been added to help actors and directors reconstruct the play the way it would have been performed in the seventeenth century, and the introduction, notes, and glossary further bring to life these timeless comedies for the modern reader.
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Journal Articles on: vanity fair

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The Implied Theology of Vanity Fair

Journal article by J. Russell Perkin; Philological Quarterly, Vol. 77, 1998

Subjects:

Religion and literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Thackeray, William Makepeace--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Vanity Fair (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library

The Implied Theology of Vanity Fair. by J. RUSSELL PERKIN...love God and serve Him alone."(1) Vanity Fair ends with the same words from Ecclesiastes...novel as skeptical and worldly as Vanity Fair, and certainly Thackeray concerns...
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Female Sexuality and Triangular Desire in Vanity Fair and the Mill on the Floss

Journal article by Phyllis Susan Dee; Papers on Language & Literature, 1999

Subjects:

Novelists--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Sex--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Storytelling--Evaluation, Women--Portrayals, depictions, etc.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Sexuality and Triangular Desire in Vanity Fair and The Mill on the Floss...in William Makepeace Thackerays Vanity Fair and George Eliots The Mill on the...actually founds triangular desire. Vanity Fair Vanity Fair is a novel without...
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Thackeray's Vanity Fair

Journal article by Cicero Bruce; The Explicator, Vol. 53, 1995

Subjects:

American Literature--History And Criticism, English Literature--History And Criticism

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

Thackerays VANITY FAIR Percy Lubbock has noted the manner...our own" (100). Toward the end of Vanity Fair this technique is exemplified in one...friends to the "upper floor" where all at Vanity Fair ultimately await the "undertakers men...
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For the Record: More Regularly Gay and in a Wholly New Way : Marketing a Heterosexual Cure to Gertrude Stein in Vanity Fair

Journal article by Laura Behling; Journal of Modern Literature, Vol. 21, 1997

Subjects:

Literature, Modern--20th Century--History And Criticism

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Heterosexual Cure to Gertrude Stein in Vanity Fair Laura Behling Western Michigan...known to very, very few." 2 Vanity Fair , however, proved more amenable...In printing Steins work, Vanity Fair added a short introduction that...
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7. Thackeray's Vanity Fair

Journal article by John A. Sutherland; The Explicator, Vol. 32, 1973

Subjects:

American Literature--History And Criticism, English Literature--History And Criticism

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

7. THACKERAYS VANITY FAIR Did Becky kill Jos Sedley? Why does...questions have worried readers ever since Vanity Fairs final number. If we accept what...to be "a good woman." All is indeed Vanity. Thackerays only recorded answer to...

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Magazine Articles on: vanity fair

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Mythmaking: 'Hero' & 'Vanity Fair'

Magazine article by Richard Alleva; Commonweal, Vol. 131, September 24, 2004

Subjects:

Hero (Motion picture)--Movie reviews, Motion pictures--Movie reviews, Vanity Fair (Motion picture)--Movie reviews

Collections: Entire Library

Mythmaking: Hero Vanity Fair. by Richard Alleva...anyone you have ever met. For Vanity Fair, William Thackerys "novel without...Thackery called for. Besides, whenever Vanity Fair is dramatized, the "nice" characters...
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A Visit to Vanity Fair

Magazine article by James Calvin Schaap; The Christian Century, Vol. 118, October 17, 2001

Subjects:

A Visit to Vanity Fair (Book)--Reviews, Books--Reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

A Visit to Vanity Fair by James Calvin Schaap By Alan Jacobs. Brazos, 172 pp...medium, almost dinosaur-like in an MTV world. Nonetheless, A Visit to Vanity Fair makes abundantly clear what Steven Spielbergs films have shown: dinosaurs...
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Vanity Fair

Magazine article by William Logan; New Criterion, Vol. 17, June 1999

Subjects:

A Kiss in Space (Book)--Reviews, Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse (Book)--Reviews, Books--Reviews, Midnight Salvage: Poems, 1995-1998 (Book)--Reviews, On the Bus with Rosa Parks (Book)--Reviews, The Lost Land (Book)--Reviews, Vita Nova (Book)--Reviews, Wooroloo (Book)--Reviews

Collections: Entire Library

Vanity Fair by William Logan Rita Doves...Cummings out of Chrysler; lines vain with vanity ("wanted for the crime of being ourselves...to be a nation." Thats what happens when vanity meets lack of irony--a poetry far too impressed...
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Well Intentioned Attempts at Planning in Bedford Have Spoiled a Town That Once Had Great Charm. like Bunyan's Vanity Fair, the Place Is an Allegory

Magazine article by Paul Barker; New Statesman, Vol. 126, April 25, 1997

Subjects:

Bedfordshire, England--Description and travel, City planning--England

Collections: Entire Library

...spoiled a town that once had great charm. Like Bunyans Vanity Fair, the place is an allegory by Paul Barker...destroyed by local gullibility and greed. It is Bunyans Vanity Fair, rather than his House Beautiful. If this is what "planning...
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Vanity Fair Shows Mira Nair's Flair for Novelty and "Outsiderism"

Magazine article by Scott Galupo; World and I, Vol. 20, January 2005

Subjects:

Authors, English--Works, English writers--Works, Film adaptations, Movie adaptations, Nair, Mira--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Nair, Mira--Education, Nair, Mira--Works, Thackeray, William Makepeace--Works, Women movie directors--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Women movie directors--Education, Women movie directors--Works

Collections: Education, Entire Library

Vanity Fair Shows Mira Nairs Flair for Novelty and...native India for a quick, two-day shoot on Vanity Fair, thats when star Reese Witherspoon went...English literature, William Thackerays Vanity Fair, an ensemble saga centered on Rebecca Sharp...

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Newspaper Articles on: vanity fair

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Briton Profits on N.Y. Failure; Best Seller Tells Unglossed Story of Vanity Fair

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 8, 2002

Subjects:

New York

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...seller tells unglossed story of Vanity Fair Byline: Robert Stacy McCain...to New York City and write for Vanity Fair, one of the glossiest of glossy...later, he had been fired from his Vanity Fair job, sunken into an alcoholic daze...
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Mira Nair's Flair for Novelty; 'Vanity Fair' Director's 'Outsider' Image Not Driven by Vanity

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, September 3, 2004

Subjects:

Nair, Mira, Witherspoon, Reese

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Mira Nairs Flair for Novelty; Vanity Fair Directors Outsider Image Not Driven...for a quick, two-day shoot on "Vanity Fair," which opened in area theaters...literature, William Thackerays "Vanity Fair," an ensemble saga centered on...
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Stellar Year for Editor, Vanity Fair

Newspaper article by Cynthia Grenier; The Washington Times, December 16, 2000

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Stellar year for editor, Vanity Fair by Cynthia Grenier...It has been a bonanza year for Vanity Fair. Graydon Carter, who took over...1992, has royally outshone her. Vanity Fair has won four coveted national magazine...
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Re-imagining 'Vanity Fair'

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, September 1, 2004

Subjects:

Thackeray, William Makepeace

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Re-imagining Vanity Fair. Byline: Gary Arnold, THE WASHINGTON...William Makepeace Thackerays novel "Vanity Fair," which transformed the authors career...adapters a certain latitude. Distilling "Vanity Fair" with complete fidelity and assurance...
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Editor Faces Axe in Vanity Fair Scandal

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), June 20, 2004

Subjects:

Carter, E. Graydon

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Editor Faces Axe in Vanity Fair Scandal. Byline: TOBY YOUNG...though Graydon Carter, the editor of Vanity Fair, may soon be out of a job following...with American Express, a major Vanity Fair advertiser, to finance a documentary...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: vanity fair

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Parker, Dorothy

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Rothschild Parker), 1893 1967, American short-story and verse writer, b. West End, N.J. While serving as drama critic for Vanity Fair (1916 17) and book critic for The New Yorker (1927), she gained an almost legendary reputation for her sardonic wit...
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Sherwood, Robert Emmet

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...1896 1955, American dramatist, b. New Rochelle, N.Y., grad. Harvard, 1918. After serving in World War I, he wrote for Vanity Fair and Life, serving as editor of the latter from 1924 to 1928. His first play, the historical comedy The Road to Rome...
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Marsh, Reginald

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...artists. After their return to the United States, he studied at Yale (B.A., 1920). He worked as an illustrator for Vanity Fair, Harpers Bazaar, and the New York Daily News, and later he was a scene designer. He then studied under John Sloan...
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Luce, Clare Boothe

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...York City. Witty, outspoken, and an articulate political conservative, Luce began her career writing for Vogue and Vanity Fair in 1930, soon becoming managing editor of the latter magazine. She married publisher Henry Luce in 1935, and the...
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Covarrubias, Miguel

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...won prompt recognition as a brilliant illustrator, stage designer, and caricaturist. His drawings and caricatures for Vanity Fair and The New Yorker are superb examples of his early work. He also was a noted muralist and lithographer. In the late...

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