E. H. Harvey

Satire And Sympathy: Flaubert

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When Flaubert died in 1880, he left Bouvard and Pecuchet, his "kind of encyclopedia made into a farce," unfinished and

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In a literary age often characterized by intentional obscurity and rampant symbolism, it is interesting to find a first-class novel

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Richard Savage, the poet, is almost a nonentity. But Savage as the friend of Pope and Samuel Johnson becomes a

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To pan the Hunchback of Notre Dame would be like kicking a cripple. But a few mild prescriptions might bring

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Originality is seldom wasted in poking fun at competitive athletics, but going on the assumption that the only good joke

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Only superlatives could possibly do justice to Tonight We Sing, and, though excessive praise can be as meaningless as biased

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The Importance of Being Earnest is a delightful elaboration of a pun by Oscar Wilde. Adapted for the screen by

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Spindly James Stewart gets his man and Janet Leigh to boot in M.G.M.'s brawling Technicolor western, The Naked Spur. He

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Hardly on a par with other Italian imports, Anna is entertaining mainly as a vehicle for Silvana Mangano's sensuous talents.

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As Technicolor extravaganzas go, Moulin Rouge is the best I have seen. Director John Huston has captured bawdy, naughty Paris