Andrew Mayer, Author at Simply Charly

Tolstoy On War: Narrative Art and Historical Truth In “War and Peace”

By Andrew Mayer
February 23, 2021
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This volume came out of the 100th anniversary of the death of Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910). It was based on a project at West Point Military Academy by Rick McPeak, which expanded into a serious work of Tolstoy on War, which encompassed history, social science, literature...

Napoleon Bonaparte

Napoleon Bonaparte Politics Reviews

By Andrew Mayer
February 2, 2021
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Alan Schom, former professor of French and European history at the University of California, Riverside, and Southern Connecticut State University, has written a monumental and richly detailed biography of the life of Napoleon Bonaparte. Despite a plethora of books on the great man, describing his...

Ernest Hemingway and the Pursuit of Heroism

Ernest Hemingway Literature Reviews

By Andrew Mayer
August 15, 2020
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Leo Gurko, professor of English at Hunter College (CUNY), and one-time chairman of the department, has written an ambitious book text concentrating on all the published work of Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961): articles, novels, fiction, non-fiction. In nine succinct chapters, he has managed to capture the...

The Essential Chaplin: Perspectives on the Life and Art of the Great Comedian

Charlie Chaplin Film Reviews

By Andrew Mayer
July 3, 2020
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Richard Schickel has compiled an amazing array of articles and essays on the life and art of Charles Spencer Chaplin. Schickel, former film critic for Time magazine, has written many books about Hollywood personalities, including Elia Kazan, D.W. Griffith, and Marlon Brando. He has introduced...

Federico Fellini: His Life and Work

Federico Fellini Film Reviews

By Andrew Mayer
January 23, 2020
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Tullio Kezich, the veteran film critic for Italy’s Corriere della Sera, who knew Federico Fellini for decades, has written a thorough, precise, and very human biography of the filmmaker for the general reader and the film academic. Kezich recognizes the difficulty of capturing the essence...

Tolstoy On War: Narrative Art and Historical Truth In “War and Peace”

Napoleon Bonaparte

Ernest Hemingway and the Pursuit of Heroism

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Tolstoy On War: Narrative Art and Historical Truth In “War and Peace”

Napoleon Bonaparte

Ernest Hemingway and the Pursuit of Heroism

The Essential Chaplin: Perspectives on the Life and Art of the Great Comedian

Federico Fellini: His Life and Work

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