- In re Debs (United States legal ruling [1895])
In re Debs, legal case in which the U.S. Supreme Court, on May 27, 1895, unanimously (9–0) upheld the government’s use of the injunction against a labour strike, specifically the Pullman Strike (May 11–July 20, 1894). After the Pullman Palace Car Company, led by George M. Pullman, cut the wages of
- In re Kemmler (legal ruling)
Eighth Amendment: ” Similarly, in In re Kemmler (1890), when the electric chair was introduced as a humane method of execution, the Supreme Court held it constitutional because death was “instantaneous” and “painless,” unlike the lingering deaths that resulted from “burning at the stake, crucifixion, breaking on the wheel, or…
- In re Neagle (legal ruling)
Lucius Q.C. Lamar: …Court was a dissent in In re Neagle (1890), which expressed his conviction that the authority of the federal executive is limited to the powers specifically granted by the Constitution and statutes.
- In re Territo (United States law case [1946])
In re Territo, legal case in which the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled on June 8, 1946, that American citizens captured as prisoners of war by U.S. armed forces may be detained without formal criminal charges. In the early 21st century the case was cited by the U.S. government to
- In re Yamashita (legal opinion by Rutledge)
Wiley B. Rutledge, Jr.: …Japanese general Yamashita Tomoyuki (In re Yamashita, 1946) for war crimes. Rutledge objected to the use of hearsay evidence in the trial and won wide public approval for his defense of the right of even a defeated enemy to a fair trial.
- In reito sutairu (novel by Ōe Kenzaburō)
Ōe Kenzaburō: Ōe later published In reito sutairu (2013; “In Late Style”).
- in rem (law)
conflict of laws: Differences between civil-law and common-law countries in the absence of a choice by the parties: …special rules governing suits for judgments in rem (Latin: “with respect to the thing”), which concern proprietary legal rights. Unlike actions for judgments in personam (Latin: “with respect to the person”), which concern personal legal rights and may seek money damages or injunctions to do or not to do an…
- In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam (work by McNamara)
Robert S. McNamara: …1995 McNamara published a memoir, In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam, in which he describes the anticommunist political climate of the era, mistaken assumptions of foreign policy, and misjudgments on the part of the military that combined to create the Vietnam debacle. In Errol Morris’s documentary film The…
- In Rough Country (work by Oates)
Joyce Carol Oates: …Where I’m Going (1999) and In Rough Country (2010). In 2011 Oates published the memoir A Widow’s Story, in which she mourned her husband’s death. The Lost Landscape: A Writer’s Coming of Age (2015) is a memoir elliptically documenting her childhood.
- In Ruad Ro-fhessa (Celtic deity)
Dagda, in Celtic religion, one of the leaders of a mythological Irish people, the Tuatha Dé Danann (“People of the Goddess Danu”). The Dagda was credited with many powers and possessed a caldron that was never empty, fruit trees that were never barren, and two pigs—one live and the other
- In Search of Bisco (work by Caldwell)
Erskine Caldwell: …Call It Experience (1951); and In Search of Bisco (1965).
- In Search of Famine (film by Sen [1980])
Mrinal Sen: Akaler Sandhane (In Search of Famine, 1980), the story of a film crew documenting the 1943 Bengal famine, won the Silver Bear (Special Jury Prize) at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1981.
- In Search of Lost Time (novel by Proust)
In Search of Lost Time, novel in seven parts by Marcel Proust, published in French as À la recherche du temps perdu from 1913 to 1927. The novel is the story of Proust’s own life, told as an allegorical search for truth. It is the major work of French fiction of the early 20th century. In January
- In Search of Love and Beauty (novel by Jhabvala)
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala: …Indian subject matter occurred in In Search of Love and Beauty (1983), which portrays Austrian and German refugees searching for spiritual truths in New York. Poet and Dancer (1993) is the story of a destructive friendship between two women living in New York City.
- In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens (essays by Walker)
Alice Walker: Later work and controversies: Walker’s essays were compiled in In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens: Womanist Prose (1983), Sent by Earth: A Message from the Grandmother Spirit After the Bombing of the World Trade Center and Pentagon (2001), We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For: Inner Light in a Time of Darkness…
- In Search of the Castaways (film by Stevenson [1962])
Robert Stevenson: Films for Disney: In Search of the Castaways, an adaptation of the Jules Verne novel, was one of 1962’s top-grossing films. Also successful was The Misadventures of Merlin Jones (1964), with Tommy Kirk as a brilliant teenaged inventor; it spawned a sequel, The Monkey’s Uncle (1965), which Stevenson…
- In Search of the Indo-Europeans (work by Mallory)
Indo-European languages: The divergence of Indo-European languages: Mallory (In Search of the Indo-Europeans [1989]) in locating the speakers of Proto-Indo-European among the populations of this region but not to attempt a more precise identification until further evidence is available. A radically different theory, according to which the Indo-European spread began in Asia Minor…
- In Search of the Lost Chord (album by the Moody Blues)
the Moody Blues: ” On In Search of the Lost Chord (1968) they traded the orchestra for the Mellotron, an electronic keyboard that reproduces orchestral sounds.
- In Sicily (work by Vittorini)
Elio Vittorini: , Conversation in Sicily; U.S. title In Sicily), the clearest expression of his anti-fascist feelings. The action of the book is less important than the emotional agony of its hero, brought on by his constant consciousness of fascism, war, and the plight of his brothers.
- in situ combustion (extraction process)
heavy oil and tar sand: In situ combustion: The mechanics of heavy oil displacement in an in situ combustion operation is similar to that in the steam-flooding process except for one difference. Unlike in the latter, steam is produced by vaporizing water already in the rock formation or water that…
- in situ concrete (building material)
construction: Concrete: …building site; this is so-called in situ concrete. The other method is called precast concrete, in which building components are manufactured in a central plant and later brought to the building site for assembly. The components of concrete are portland cement, coarse aggregates such as crushed stone, fine aggregates such…
- in situ measurement (meteorology)
atmosphere: Measurement systems: …atmosphere are of two types—in situ measurements and remote sensing observations. In situ measurements require that the instrumentation be located directly at the point of interest and in contact with the subject of interest. In contrast, remote sensors are located some distance away from the subject of interest. Remote…
- In Situ processing (geology)
oil shale: In situ processing: In situ processing differs from aboveground processing in that retorting to produce oil and gas takes place underground. No in situ processes are in use on a commercial scale, but several companies have investigated methods for heating large volumes of oil shale…
- in situ synthesis (technology)
materials science: Precursors: …environmentally safe is known as in situ synthesis. In this method, dangerous reagents would be generated on demand in only the desired quantities, instead of being shipped cross-country and stored until needed at the semiconductor processing plant.
- in situ tumour (pathology)
cancer: The noninvasive stage: …it is known as a noninvasive tumour (or an in situ tumour). A tumour at that stage lacks its own network of blood vessels to supply nutrients and oxygen, and it has not sent cells into the circulatory system to give rise to new tumours. It also is usually asymptomatic—an…
- In Space (album by Big Star)
Big Star: …solid but unremarkable studio album, In Space (2005). A box set of Big Star’s early work was released in 2009, and the band was to be featured at the South by Southwest Music Conference in Austin, Texas, in 2010. But Chilton died on the second day of the conference, and…
- In Stahlgewittern (work by Jünger)
Ernst Jünger: …he published In Stahlgewittern (1920; The Storm of Steel), a novel in the form of a diary; it contains vivid recollections of his life in the trenches and his experiences in combat as a company commander. In a dispassionate, matter-of-fact voice, Jünger describes the heroism and suffering displayed by himself…
- In Suprema Petri Apostoli Sede (letter by Pius IX)
Anthimus VI: 6, 1848, In Suprema Petri Apostoli Sede (“On the Supreme Throne of Peter the Apostle”), which invited the Orthodox Church to reunite with the church of Rome.
- In the Absence of Angels (short story by Calisher)
Hortense Calisher: Her short-story collections In the Absence of Angels (1951) and The Collected Stories of Hortense Calisher (1975), a compilation of previous collections, contain stories featuring Calisher’s alter ego, Hester Elkins, a Jewish child living in New York City with her extended family. The recipient of numerous O. Henry…
- In the Arena (American television program)
Eliot Spitzer: …program, which was subsequently retitled In the Arena. It struggled in the ratings, and in July Spitzer stepped down as host after CNN announced that the show would be canceled. He later hosted Viewpoint with Eliot Spitzer (2012–13) on Current TV, a cable channel founded by Al Gore. In 2013…
- In the Beauty of the Lilies (novel by Updike)
John Updike: In the Beauty of the Lilies (1996) draws parallels between religion and popular obsession with cinema, while Gertrude and Claudius (2000) offers conjectures on the early relationship between Hamlet’s mother and her brother-in-law. In response to the cultural shifts that occurred in the United States…
- In the Bedroom (film by Field [2001])
Sissy Spacek: …of a murdered son in In the Bedroom (2001). She later appeared in the fantasy Tuck Everlasting (2002), the horror film The Ring Two (2005), and the drama North Country (2005). She received a Golden Globe nomination for her portrayal of an eccentric artist in the television movie Pictures of…
- In the Beginning (work by Kostelanetz)
Richard Kostelanetz: …approach, Kostelanetz produced the novel In the Beginning, which consists of the alphabet, in single- and double-letter combinations, unfolding over 30 pages. Most of his other literary work, often printed in limited editions at small presses, also challenges the reader in unconventional ways. Kostelanetz’s nonfiction work The End of Intelligent…
- In the Blood (play by Parks)
American literature: The Off-Broadway ascendancy: …of The Scarlet Letter called In the Blood (1999), and Topdog/Underdog (2001), a partly symbolic tale of conflict between two brothers (named Lincoln and Booth) that reminded critics of Sam Shepard’s fratricidal True West. She later adapted George and Ira Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess in 2012, and her Father Comes…
- In the Blue Light (album by Simon)
Paul Simon: Later work and assessment: On In the Blue Light (2018), Simon reworked several of his lesser-known songs through a jazz lens.
- In the Boom Boom Room (play by Rabe)
David Rabe: Rabe’s subsequent plays included In the Boom Boom Room (1975), about the degradation of a go-go dancer in Philadelphia; Hurlyburly (1985; film 1998) and Those the River Keeps (1991), two related dramas about disillusionment in Hollywood; A Question of Mercy (1998); The Dog Problem (2002); The Black Monk
- In the Cage (work by James)
Henry James: Career—middle phase: …Turn of the Screw and In the Cage (1898), and The Awkward Age (1899), James began to use the methods of alternating “picture” and dramatic scene, close adherence to a given angle of vision, a withholding of information from the reader, making available to him only that which the characters…
- In the Cage (work by Lowell)
Robert Lowell, Jr.: His poem “In the Cage” from Lord Weary’s Castle (1946) comments on this experience, as does in greater detail “Memories of West Street and Lepke” in Life Studies (1959). His first volume of poems, Land of Unlikeness (1944), deals with a world in crisis and the hunger…
- In the Castle of My Skin (novel by Lamming)
George Lamming: His highly acclaimed first novel, In the Castle of My Skin (1953), is an autobiographical bildungsroman set against the backdrop of burgeoning nationalism in the British colonies of the Caribbean in the 1930s and ’40s.
- In the Clearing (poetry by Frost)
Robert Frost: Works of Robert Frost: Even in his final volume, In the Clearing, so filled with the stubborn courage of old age, Frost portrays human security as a rather tiny and quite vulnerable opening in a thickly grown forest, a pinpoint of light against which the encroaching trees cast their very real threat of darkness.
- In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening (song by Carmichael and Mercer)
Hoagy Carmichael: …Nearness of You,” and “In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening,” which won an Oscar for the best film song of 1951. One of his best-known compositions of the 1940s was “Skylark,” another collaboration with Mercer, and a song that reflected Carmichael’s jazz influences in that, according to…
- In the Country of the Blind (novel by Hoagland)
Edward Hoagland: …An African Apocalypse (2013) and In the Country of the Blind (2016). He also published the short-story collections City Tales (1986), The Final Fate of the Alligators (1992), and The Devil’s Tub (2014).
- In the Court of the Crimson King (album by King Crimson)
King Crimson: Formation and early success: …that year King Crimson released In the Court of the Crimson King. The album stood out from the radio-friendly pop rock of its era, presenting instead a complexly composed fusion of psychedelic rock, jazz, and classical symphonic music. The songs themselves range from bombastic and loud rock tracks to slower,…
- In the Cut (film by Campion [2003])
Jane Campion: …Kate Winslet; and the thriller In the Cut (2003). In 2009 Campion earned accolades for Bright Star, which chronicles the romance between poet John Keats and Fanny Brawne. She later cowrote and codirected the eerie TV series Top of the Lake (2013, 2017), about a female detective.
- In the Darkroom (memoir by Faludi)
Susan Faludi: Her later works included In the Darkroom (2016), a memoir that centres on her estranged father, who underwent gender reassignment surgery when he was in his 70s.
- In the Days of the Councillor (work by Andersen)
Tryggve Andersen: …work, I cancelliraadens dage (1897; In the Days of the Councillor), short stories tied together by their central figure, Andersen portrayed the world of rural civil servants in Norway. His other novel, Mot kvæld (1900; “Toward Evening”), deals with middle-class narrow-mindedness. Andersen also published four volumes of short stories. His…
- In the Distances of Sleep (work by Carter)
James Levine: …2006 premiere of Elliott Carter’s In the Distances of Sleep, commissioned by Carnegie Hall.
- In the Ditch (work by Emecheta)
Buchi Emecheta: …later collected in the novel In the Ditch (1972). That work was followed by Second-Class Citizen (1974), and both were later included in the single volume Adah’s Story (1983). Those books introduce Emecheta’s three major themes: the quests for equal treatment, self-confidence, and dignity as a woman. Somewhat different in…
- In the Faëry Hills (symphonic poem by Bax)
Sir Arnold Bax: …in 1909 the symphonic poem In the Faëry Hills. He spent the year 1910 in Russia. During the following years, under the pseudonym Dermot O’Byrne he published short stories and poems in Ireland, where he spent much time. In 1916 and 1917 he wrote three symphonic poems, The Garden of…
- In the Fertile Land (short story by Josipovici)
Gabriel Josipovici: … (1974), Four Stories (1977), and In the Fertile Land (1987). Josipovici’s later nonfiction works included A Life (2001), a biography of his mother, the poet Sacha Rabinovitch, and Whatever Happened to Modernism? (2010), in which he offered a harsh assessment of contemporary English literature. Forgetting (2020) explores both remembering and…
- In the First Circle (novel by Solzhenitsyn)
In the First Circle, novel by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, titled in RussianV kruge pervom. The original manuscript, reflecting Solzhenitsyn’s own imprisonment, was 96 chapters long when completed in 1958, but, hoping to avoid censorship, the author deleted 9 chapters. Though the modified version was
- In the Forest (novel by O’Brien)
Edna O’Brien: …Down by the River (1996), In the Forest (2002), and The Light of Evening (2006).
- In the Future Perfect (short stories by Abish)
Walter Abish: …and the experimental stories of In the Future Perfect (1977) juxtapose words in unusual patterns. How German Is It/Wie Deutsch ist es (1980), often considered Abish’s best work, is a multilayered novel about postwar Germany and its past. Other works by Abish include Duel Site (1970), a collection of poems;…
- In the Good Old Summertime (film by Leonard [1949])
Robert Z. Leonard: Later films: Leonard next directed Garland in In the Good Old Summertime (1949), an appealing musical remake of Ernst Lubitsch’s The Shop Around the Corner (1940).
- In the Heart of the Sea (film by Howard [2015])
Ron Howard: …Moby Dick was based in In the Heart of the Sea (2015). He next directed Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018), an installment in the popular sci-fi series. Hillbilly Elegy, an adaption of J.D. Vance’s best-selling memoir, was released on Netflix in 2020. The drama Thirteen Lives (2022) is a…
- In the Heat of the Night (American television series)
Mariska Hargitay: …guest roles in the series In the Heat of the Night and Freddie’s Nightmares and joined the cast of the prime-time soap opera Falcon Crest for a season. She continued making guest appearances in TV shows, including Baywatch, Wiseguy, thirtysomething, and Booker, until she was again cast in a lead…
- In the Heat of the Night (film by Jewison [1967])
Norman Jewison: In the Heat of the Night (1967) starred Sidney Poitier as a detective from Philadelphia who becomes involved in solving a murder in a small Mississippi town. The film, which cast a gimlet eye on racial prejudices in the South, won five Academy Awards, including…
- In the Heights (musical by Miranda)
Lin-Manuel Miranda: …first draft of the musical In the Heights, which was set in Washington Heights, a northern Manhattan neighbourhood similar to that of his own childhood.
- In the Heights (film by Chu [2021])
Jon M. Chu: Career: …Chu directed the musical drama In the Heights (2021). Based on the stage musical of the same name by Lin-Manuel Miranda, the movie recounts the stories of several people living in a predominantly Dominican American area of Manhattan. Chu is also the director of the movie adaptation of the musical…
- In the House (American television series)
LL Cool J: …roles on the situation comedy In the House (1995–99) and the drama NCIS: Los Angeles (2009–23). He also continued to record, with Mr. Smith (1995) becoming perhaps his most commercially successful release to that date. Though subsequent albums such as 10 (2002), Todd Smith (2006), and Authentic (2013) generated the…
- In the House of the Interpreter (memoir by Ngugi)
Ngugi wa Thiong’o: …War (2010), about his childhood; In the House of the Interpreter (2012), which was largely set in the 1950s, during the Mau Mau rebellion against British control in Kenya; and Birth of a Dream Weaver: A Writer’s Awakening (2016), a chronicle of his years at Makerere University.
- In the Lake of the Woods (novel by O’Brien)
Tim O’Brien: …of The Nuclear Age (1981), In the Lake of the Woods (1994) returns to the subject of the experiences and effects of the Vietnam War. O’Brien’s writing took a new turn with publication of Tomcat in Love (1999), a nuanced comic novel about the search for love, and July, July…
- In the Land of Blood and Honey (film by Jolie [2011])
Angelina Jolie: Directing: …screenwriting debut with the Bosnian-language In the Land of Blood and Honey, a turbulent love story set during the Bosnian conflict of the 1990s. She then helmed the World War II drama Unbroken (2014). The script for the film, based on the true story of an Olympic runner and U.S.…
- In the Life of Chris Gaines (album by Brooks)
Garth Brooks: …hits” that were collected on In the Life of Chris Gaines (1999). While the album featured impeccable production from the likes of Babyface and Don Was, its content was overshadowed by questions about why Brooks would take his career in such an unexpected direction.
- In the Line of Fire (film by Petersen [1993])
Clint Eastwood: Films of the 1990s of Clint Eastwood: …Wolfgang Petersen’s popular action thriller In the Line of Fire (1993).
- In the Lonely Hour (album by Smith)
Sam Smith: The breakout single from In the Lonely Hour, “Stay with Me,” a keening falsetto ballad that wistfully implores a one-night stand for affection, became a radio staple following its release in 2014. Smith cited the influences of singers such as Houston and Aretha Franklin, who both propelled their powerful,…
- In the Loop (film by Iannucci [2009])
James Gandolfini: …train hijacking; the political satire In the Loop (2009); and Where the Wild Things Are (2009), an adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s children’s book.
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- In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer (work by Kipphardt)
Theatre of Fact: Robert Oppenheimer (1964; In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer) re-created the American inquiry into Oppenheimer’s loyalty because of his opposition to the development of the hydrogen bomb.
- In the Mecca (work by Brooks)
Gwendolyn Brooks: In the Mecca: …1963, followed in 1968 by In the Mecca, half of which is a long narrative poem about people in the Mecca, a vast, fortresslike apartment building erected on the South Side of Chicago in 1891, which had long since deteriorated into a place of serious neglect and poverty. The second…
- In the Memorial Room (roman à clef by Frame)
Janet Frame: In the Memorial Room (2013)—written in 1974 and also, because of its autobiographical elements, purposely withheld from publication until after Frame’s death—was a roman à clef about her time in France.
- In the Middle Earth (play by Alexander)
Meena Alexander: …also wrote a one-act play, In the Middle Earth (1977); a volume of criticism, Women in Romanticism (1989); a semiautobiographical novel set in Hyderabad, India, Nampally Road (1991); and a memoir, Fault Lines (1993).
- In the Midnight Hour (song by Pickett)
Wilson Pickett: …was a smash single, “In the Midnight Hour” (1965). From that moment on, Pickett was a star. With his dazzling good looks and confident demeanour, he stood as a leading exponent of the Southern-fried school of soul singing. His unadorned straight-from-the-gut approach was accepted, even revered, by a civil-rights-minded…
- In the Midst of Life (work by Bierce)
Ambrose Bierce: Legacy and major works: Bierce’s principal books are In the Midst of Life (1892), which includes some of his finest stories, such as “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,” “A Horseman in the Sky,” “The Eyes of the Panther,” and “The Boarded Window”; and Can Such Things Be? (1893), which includes “The Damned…
- In the Midst of Winter (novel by Allende)
Isabel Allende: …Más allá del invierno (2017; In the Midst of Winter), about the friendships that form after a car accident in Brooklyn, New York, during a blizzard. In Largo pétalo de mar (2019; A Long Petal of the Sea), a man and a woman become exiles following the Spanish Civil War…
- In the Mood for Love (film by Wong Kar-Wai [2000])
Wong Kar-Wai: …Kong for Fayeung ninwa (2000; In the Mood for Love), which concerns the growing attachment between Chow Mo-Wan (Leung) and Su Lizhen (Maggie Cheung), a man and a woman whose spouses are having an affair. The film’s lush score and detailed recreations of 1960s fashions and interiors, as well as…
- In the Mouth of Madness (film by Carpenter [1994])
John Carpenter: …of an Invisible Man (1992), In the Mouth of Madness (1994), Village of the Damned (1995), Escape from L.A. (1996), Vampires (1998), and The Ward (2010). Although these were not as popular as his earlier movies, some of them developed devoted followers. One of his segments for the anthology TV…
- In the Name of Salomé (novel by Alvarez)
Julia Alvarez: Her other novels include In the Name of Salomé (2000), Saving the World (2006), and Afterlife (2020). Alvarez has also written poetry, including that collected in The Other Side (1995) and The Woman I Kept to Myself (2004). Her nonfiction books include Something to Declare: Essays (1998), Once upon…
- In the Name of the Father (film by Sheridan)
Daniel Day-Lewis: …adaptation of Edith Wharton’s novel; In the Name of the Father (1993), which earned him an Academy Award nomination; and The Crucible (1996), based on Arthur Miller’s play. After appearing in The Boxer (1997), Day-Lewis took a break from acting and worked for a time as a cobbler’s apprentice in…
- In the Navy (film by Lubin [1941])
Abbott and Costello: …included Hold That Ghost (1941), In the Navy (1941), Pardon My Sarong (1942), Lost in a Harem (1944), and The Naughty Nineties (1945). Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)—in which they battled the famous Universal characters of Frankenstein’s monster, Dracula, and the Wolfman—is generally regarded as their best film.
- In the Net of the Stars (work by Flint)
F.S. Flint: Flint’s first volume of poetry, In the Net of the Stars (1909), was a collection of love lyrics, clearly showing the influence of Keats and his contemporary Percy Bysshe Shelley. The same year, he and a group of young poets, all dissatisfied with the state of English poetry, began working…
- In the Palace of the Movie King (novel by Calisher)
Hortense Calisher: The novel In the Palace of the Movie King (1993) follows a dissident Russian movie director who finds himself in New York City, while In the Slammer with Carol Smith (1997) describes a world of mental illness and homelessness in Spanish Harlem. Sunday Jews (2003) explores issues…
- In the Penal Colony (novella by Kafka)
In the Penal Colony, novella by Franz Kafka, written in 1914 and published in German as In der Strafkolonie in 1919. An allegorical fantasy about law and punishment, it was also viewed as an existential comment on human torment and on strict devotion to an ambiguous task. The tale is
- In the Penal Settlement (novella by Kafka)
In the Penal Colony, novella by Franz Kafka, written in 1914 and published in German as In der Strafkolonie in 1919. An allegorical fantasy about law and punishment, it was also viewed as an existential comment on human torment and on strict devotion to an ambiguous task. The tale is
- In the Pond (novella by Ha Jin)
Ha Jin: Literary works: …of fiction include the novella In the Pond (1998), the novel The Crazed (2002), and the short-story collections The Bridegroom (2000) and A Good Fall (2009).
- In the Realms of the Unreal (work by Darger)
outsider art: Definition of terms: …Chicago whose more-than-15,000-page illustrated novel In the Realms of the Unreal came to public notice only after his death. Outsider art further benefited from the addition at the end of the 20th century of figures such as the impressive fibre artist Judith Scott, who had Down syndrome and was deaf;…
- In the Rukh (story by Kipling)
Mowgli: …appeared in Kipling’s story “In the Rukh” (1892; collected in Many Inventions, 1893). In this story he is an adult who, from time to time, refers to his unusual childhood.
- In the Shadow of Man (work by Goodall)
Jane Goodall: …aspects of her work, notably In the Shadow of Man (1971). She summarized her years of observation in The Chimpanzees of Gombe: Patterns of Behavior (1986). Goodall continued to write and lecture about environmental and conservation issues into the early 21st century. In 2002 she became a UN Messenger of…
- In the Shadow of No Towers (work by Spiegelman)
Art Spiegelman: …is my muse,” Spiegelman published In the Shadow of No Towers (2004), a collection of broadsheet-sized meditations on mortality and the far-reaching consequences of that day. In 2008 he released Breakdowns: Portrait of the Artist as a Young %@&*!, which repackaged his long out-of-print Breakdowns collection as part of a…
- In the Shadow of the Glen (play by Synge)
J.M. Synge: …and basing his one-act plays In the Shadow of the Glen (first performed 1903) and Riders to the Sea (1904) on islanders’ stories. In 1905 his first three-act play, The Well of the Saints, was produced.
- In the Shadow of the Wind (novel by Hébert)
Anne Hébert: …Les Fous de Bassan (1982; In the Shadow of the Wind; filmed 1987), which won France’s Prix Fémina, one of the narrators is a murdered teenage girl. The novel L’Enfant chargé de songes (1992; Burden of Dreams) won her a third Governor General’s Award. Also in 1992, Hébert saw the…
- In the Skin of a Lion (novel by Ondaatje)
Canadian literature: Fiction: Ranging from 1920s Toronto (In the Skin of a Lion, 1987) to Italy during World War II (The English Patient, 1992; Booker Prize) and Sri Lanka wracked by civil war (Anil’s Ghost, 2000), Ondaatje’s lyrical, elliptical narratives spotlight a small coterie of people drawn together by a mystery that…
- In the Slammer with Carol Smith (novel by Calisher)
Hortense Calisher: …in New York City, while In the Slammer with Carol Smith (1997) describes a world of mental illness and homelessness in Spanish Harlem. Sunday Jews (2003) explores issues of identity in an eclectic family, which includes an art expert, an atheistic rabbi, an anthropologist, and an agnostic Irish Catholic. In…
- In the South Seas (work by Stevenson)
Robert Louis Stevenson: Life in the South Seas: …on the South Seas (In the South Seas, 1896; A Footnote to History, 1892) are admirably pungent and perceptive. He was writing first-rate journalism, deepened by the awareness of landscape and atmosphere, such as that so notably rendered in his description of the first landfall at Nuku Hiva in…
- In the Spirit of Crazy Horse (work by Matthiessen)
Peter Matthiessen: His book In the Spirit of Crazy Horse (1983), about the conflict between federal agents and the American Indian Movement at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, in 1973, was the subject of a prolonged libel suit that blocked all but an initial printing and was not settled until…
- In the Studio (painting by Chase)
William Merritt Chase: , In the Studio (1880–83). His mature style is notable for its bold and spontaneous brushwork and other marks of virtuoso execution.
- In the Time of the Butterflies (novel by Alvarez)
Julia Alvarez: Alvarez’s second novel, In the Time of the Butterflies (1994), is a fictional account of the lives of the Dominican Mirabal sisters, who were involved in the underground movement to overthrow Trujillo and his government. Her other novels include In the Name of Salomé (2000), Saving the World…
- In the Valley of Elah (film by Haggis [2007])
Tommy Lee Jones: …an Iraq War veteran, in In the Valley of Elah (2007).
- In the Wake of Poseidon (album by King Crimson)
King Crimson: Formation and early success: …period, releasing the studio albums In the Wake of Poseidon (1970), Lizard (1970), Islands (1971), Larks’ Tongues in Aspic (1973), Starless and Bible Black (1974), and Red (1974).
- In the Wee Small Hours (album by Sinatra)
Frank Sinatra: The Capitol years: …team made for Capitol—such as In the Wee Small Hours (1955), Songs for Swingin’ Lovers! (1956), and Only the Lonely (1958)—are masterpieces.