The story of Nicolas Nabokov's involvement with the CIA-funded Congress for Cultural Freedom (CCF) is a story of th
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This first biography of Nicolas Nabokov (1903-78) reevaluates the role of the Russian-born American composer as a postwa
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From the BBC Proms to Bernstein's Young People's Concerts, initiatives to promote classical music have been a
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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the history of the Cold War in next to no time with this concise guid
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It is commonly assumed that Caribbean culture is split into elite highbrow culture—which is considered derivative of Eur
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Nabokov Noir places Vladimir Nabokov's early literary career—from the 1920s to the 1940s—in the context of his fasc
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“Step by step, I retreated from God and went forth to meet the world, the flesh, and the devil. . . . I’d join the devil
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When royal commissioners came to enforce the demands of the newly restored King Charles II, many New Englanders chafed a
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