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James Dean
James Dean (James Byron Dean), 1931-55, American film actor, b. Marion, Ind. After a few stage and television roles, Dean was chosen to play the moody, rebellious son in the film East of Eden (1953). He was further identified with restless, inarticulate youth in his second film Rebel without a C... Read more
James Wyatt
James Wyatt 1746-1813, English architect. He worked in many styles but is best known as one of the originators of the Gothic revival . Appointed surveyor at Westminster Abbey in 1776, he did cathedral restorations at Salisbury, Durham, and elsewhere and completed (1776-94) the Radcliffe Observator... Read more
Henry James
Henry James 1843-1916, American novelist and critic, b. New York City. A master of the psychological novel, James was an innovator in technique and one of the most distinctive prose stylists in English. He was the son of Henry James , Sr., a Swedenborgian theologian, and the brother of Willia... Read more
Frederick James Eugene Woodbridge
Frederick James Eugene Woodbridge 1867-1940, American philosopher, b. Windsor, Ont., grad. Amherst, 1889, and Union Theological Seminary, 1892, and studied (1892-94) at the Univ. of Berlin. He taught philosophy at the Univ. of Minnesota (1894-1902) and at Columbia (1902-37), where he was dean of th... Read more
William Fletcher Russell
William Fletcher Russell 1890-1956, American educator, b. Delhi, N.Y., grad. Cornell Univ., 1910, Ph.D. Columbia, 1914; son of James Earl Russell. He was dean (1917-23) of the College of Education, State Univ. of Iowa, and professor of education (1923-54) and associate director of the International... Read more
The Actors Studio
The Actors Studio organization founded 1947 in New York City by the directors Cheryl Crawford, Elia Kazan , and Robert Lewis to train professional actors. Long directed (1948-82) by Lee Strasberg and famous for its advocacy of the Stanislavsky "method" technique, the workshop has trained m... Read more
realism
realism in literature, an approach that attempts to describe life without idealization or romantic subjectivity. Although realism is not limited to any one century or group of writers, it is most often associated with the literary movement in 19th-century France, specifically with the French noveli... Read more
William Sancroft
William Sancroft , 1617-93, English prelate, archbishop of Canterbury. His opposition to Calvinist doctrine caused him to remain abroad during the latter part of the Commonwealth. After the Restoration, he returned to England in 1660 and advanced through various ecclesiastical offices to become (167... Read more
John Hope Franklin
John Hope Franklin 1915-, the dean of African-American historians, b. Rentiesville, Okla., grad. Fisk Univ. (A.B., 1935), Harvard Univ. (M.A., 1936; Ph.D., 1941). Franklin served on the faculties of his alma mater (1936-37), St. Augustine's College (1939-43), North Carolina College (1943-47), Howar... Read more
Bronson Alcott
Bronson Alcott , 1799-1888, American educational and social reformer, b. near Wolcott, Conn., as Amos Bronson Alcox. His meager formal education was supplemented by omnivorous reading while he gained a living from farming, working in a clock factory, and as a peddler in the South. He was master of s... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "James Dean"

James Dean
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography James Dean Actor James Dean (1931-1955) had a short-lived but intense acting career that...adolescent agony on screen. Born on February 8, 1931, in Marion, Indiana, James Byron Dean was the only child of Winton and Mildred (Wilson) Dean...
Dean, James
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography James Dean Born: February 8, 1931 Marion...American actor American actor James Dean had a short-lived but...Times, and Legend of James Dean. New York: Viking, 1994...Books, 1974. Howlett, John. James Dean: A Biography. New York...
William Dean Howells
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography William Dean Howells William Dean Howells...s most important writers: James Russell Lowell, Nathaniel...his closest friends, Henry James and Mark Twain. Neither of...published in the Atlantic: James because his difficult prose...
Howells, William Dean
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History Howells, William Dean (1837–1920...realism.Born in Ohio, William Dean Howells wrote a campaign biography...along with his friends Henry James and Samuel L. Clemens , redefined...Writing Realism: Howells, James, and Norris in the Mass Market...
Dean, Julia
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre Dean, Julia (1880–1952...briefly with Joseph Jefferson , James O'Neill , and in vaudeville...Brooks in Paid in Full (1908). Dean's performance as the desperate...Arliss in Poldekin (1920). Dean was praised as an actress of...
Dean, Basil Herbert
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre Dean, Basil Herbert (1888–...s A Bill of Divorcement (1921), James Elroy Flecker's Hassan (1923...Michael Redgrave's adaptation of Henry James's The Aspern Papers (1959). Dean also organized the first British Repertory...
Acheson, Dean
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History Acheson, Dean (1893–1971), statesman.Born to a...World War II . Bibliography Douglas Brinkley , Dean Acheson: The Cold War Years, 1953–1971 , 1992. James Chace , Acheson: The Secretary of State Who Created...
Benjamin Dean Wyatt
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Benjamin Dean Wyatt see under Wyatt, James .
Dean's December, The
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature Dean's December, The, novel by Saul Bellow , published in 1982. Albert Corde, dean of men at a Chicago college, accompanies his Rumanian...individuals is balanced by the anarchy that the Dean witnesses in his home city when a campus murder...
Henry James
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...English. He was the son of Henry James , Sr., a Swedenborgian theologian, and the brother of William James , the philosopher. Educated...1862. Encouraged by William Dean Howells and other members of...literary circle in the 1860s, James wrote critical articles and...

Dictionary entries related to "James Dean"

Dean, James
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers DEAN, James Nationality: American. Born: James Byron Dean in Marion, Indiana...as Jett Rink) Publications By DEAN: article— "Another Dean...New York, 1956. Salgues, Yves, James Dean ou le mal de vivre, Paris...
Martin, Dean
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers MARTIN, Dean Nationality: American. Born...74—star of The Dean Martin Show, on television...books— Parish, James Robert, and William T. Leonard...Freedland, Michael, Dino: The Dean Martin Story, London, 1984...
Wyatt, Benjamin Dean
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture Wyatt, Benjamin Dean (1775–1852...architect, eldest son of James Wyatt . In 1811 he won the...Club, 50–3 St James's Street (1827—...still Lancaster) House, St James's (1825–7...
Book of the Dean of Lismore
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology Book of the Dean of Lismore. James MacGregor, Dean of the isle of Lismore in Loch Linnhe, Strathclyde, formerly Argyllshire, compiled this collection of poems in the early 16th century. Unfortunately, he chose to transcribe the Scottish Gaelic...
James, John
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture James, John ( c. 1672–1746...Churches when Gibbs was dismissed, and James designed St George's, Hanover Square...On Hawksmoor's death (1736) James became Surveyor to the Dean and Chapter of Westminster, and completed...
Cattell, James McKeen
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography Cattell, James McKeen ( b . Easton, Pennsylvania, 25...upheld the rights of professors against deans and university presidents; he was instrumental...discussed in Grover C. Batts, “ The James McKeen Cattell Papers, ” in
Blomfield, Charles James
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture Blomfield, Charles James (1862–1932). Eldest son of Sir Arthur Blomfield , he was articled to his father, and became Architect to the Dean and Chapter of Southwark Cathedral. He carried out sensitive restorations...
James, Edward
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art James, Edward (1907–1984). British collector and patron. He inherited...and fellow eccentric Salvador Dalí . In the 1970s he converted West Dean Park, Sussex (his family home), into a crafts college.
Rebel Without a Cause
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Leonard Rosenman. Cast: James Dean (Jim Stark ); Natalie Wood...Males: Clift, Brando, and Dean, New Brunswick, New Jersey...Life, Times, and Legend of James Dean, New York, 1994. Hofstede, David, James Dean: A Bio-Bibliography...
East of Eden
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Stanley Jones; art directors: James Basevi and Malcolm Bert; music...designer: Anna Hill Johnstone. Cast: James Dean (Cal Trask ); Julie Harris (Abra...Truffaut, François, "James Dean est mort," in Avant-Scè...

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`Panic' by Jeff Abbott; `Deadly Slipper' by Michelle Wan; `The James Deans' by Reed Farrel Coleman.
Newspaper article from: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL); 8/17/2005; 700+ words ; ...predictable ending. ___ INTRIGUE IN NEW YORK ``The James Deans'' by Reed Farrel Coleman; Plume ($13) New York...a link to a group of boys who call themselves The James Deans. ``The James Deans'' moves briskly as author Reed Farrel Coleman...
James dean Rebel without a pause
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 4/22/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...PHOTOS CONTRIBUTED) Back on the farm: James Dean is shown upon a return to his hometown...to a massive festival that salutes James Dean in the Heartland. With the muscle of Hollywood behind it, James Dean Fest runs Friday, June 3, through...
`James Dean,' premiering Sunday night on TNT.(The Dallas Morning News)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 7/30/2001; ; 700+ words ; James Dean, who died at 24 almost 46 years ago...hatched him from an egg. TNT's new "James Dean" film, starring James Franco, portrays...perfect companion for Monday night's "The James Dean Story." Both get graded incomplete...
James Dean fans commemorate legend's life, career, death
News Wire article from: University Wire; 10/9/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...t even there anymore: James Dean. Fairmount, the town where...Fairmount just to remember James Dean, but also because the fanatics...2000, because the original James Dean fan club that started...American icon. They remember James Dean as a riveting actor who...
Who's the next James Dean?(VARIETY)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 8/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...and a curse. The legend: James Dean, the handsome, brooding...He is the next James Dean. He is such a talented...t like being compared to James Dean or any other icon. It...kinds of qualities I saw in James Dean." - Author and film...
James Dean dispute nearing end
Magazine article from: Indianapolis Business Journal; 7/8/2002; ; 700+ words ; James Dean's been dead almost as long...contract with Marcus Winslow, Dean's cousin, provides the right...legal affairs of the legend. James Dean Inc. carried on CMG...there is no proof that CMG and James Dean Inc. hold the legal rights...
Profile: Honoring James Dean, 50 years after his death
Transcript from: NPR Special; 9/30/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...2005 Profile: Honoring James Dean, 50 years after his death...associated with the late actor James Dean. He died at age 24...built it just like James Dean and I put the 130 on it...this? Mr. BINDT: I love James Dean. I mean, I became...
James Dean memories abound
Newspaper article from: Dayton Daily News; 10/3/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...announcer proclaimed, "James Dean was so cool that the wind...way. For many of you, James Dean, the maverick actor...tours are available of Dean's boyhood farm home...figure out why -- but James Dean is one of those cultural...
JAMES DEAN\ 50 YEARS LATER, LEGACY REMAINS FRESH.(Living)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 5/10/2005; 700+ words ; ...will be tempted. James Dean, who did like to...months. Although Dean books are thick on...Dean estate, while "James Dean: Fifty Years...being set up in Dean's birthplace of...as "The Complete James Dean Collection...
'JAMES DEAN';The Rebel And His Legend
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 8/5/2001; ; 700+ words ; James Dean made only three major movies...Sunday at 9, TNT offers "James Dean," producer-director...based on the fact that Winton Dean was not James's real father...father sent 9-year-old James (played by Kyle Chambers...