France, History, Literature, Paris, Victor Hugo, Voltaire

Literary France by Priscilla Clark, a book review

June 14, 2018 — 7 Comments

Art, Claude Monet, France, History, Impressionism, Travel

Monet’s Impressions of the Cliffs at Étretat

January 26, 2018 — 0 Comments

Art, France, History, Literature

My Book Review of T.J. Clark’s “The Painting of Modern Life: Paris in the Art of Manet and His Followers

November 10, 2017 — 2 Comments

Emily Dickinson, History, Literature, poetry

Emily Dickinson: “I’m Nobody! Who are you?” My Poetry Review

October 28, 2017 — 6 Comments

Bruges, Belgium, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, History, Literature, Translation, Travel

Translating Longfellow to French: “The Belfry of Bruges”

May 20, 2017 — 2 Comments

France, Gustave Flaubert, History, Literature, Rouen, France, Translation

La malédiction de Saint-Julien by Gustave Flaubert: My Book Review

October 22, 2016 — 2 Comments

Art, Art Institute of Chicago, History, Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Pierre Auguste Renoir: “Two Sisters on the Terrace” (1881)

July 13, 2016 — 1 Comment

Art, France, History, Impressionism

The History and Civilization of France in the 20th Century: The Belle Epoque

July 1, 2016 — 2 Comments

Art, Emma Lazarus, France, History, Musee du Louvre, poetry, Venus de Milo

Emma Lazarus’ “Venus of the Louvre”

April 24, 2016 — 3 Comments

Edgar Allen Poe, History, Literature, poetry

My American Poetry Review of Edgar Allen Poe’s “Valley of Unrest”

March 18, 2016 — 0 Comments