Gandhi (1982) is a multi-award-winning biopic film about the life of Mahatma Gandhi, who was leader of the nonviolent resistance movement against British colonial rule in India during the first half of the 20th century. The film was directed by Richard Attenborough and stars Ben Kingsley as Gandhi; both won Academy Awards for their work [...]
27/12/2007
Crossing Borders in Samuel Richardson’s Clarissa; or, the “Ladder of Dependance” Revisited
by Dachez, Hélène
“As the Vine curls her tendrils, which impli’d / Subjection …”
-John Milton, Paradise Lost
One of the most striking images Henry Fielding offers in Joseph Andrews (1742) is that of the “Ladder of Dependance” (137), up and down which “High People and Low People” (136) move. In that digression, which explains why Slipslop refuses [...]
