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The Ivory Tower is an unfinished novel by Henry James, posthumously published in 1917.The novel is a brooding story of Gilded Age America. It centers on the riches earned by a pair of dying millionaires and ex-partners, Abel Gaw and Frank Betterman, and their possibly corrupting effect on the people around them.
An Ivory Tower at St. John's College, Cambridge. The first modern usage of "ivory tower" in the familiar sense of an unworldly dreamer can be found in a poem of 1837, "Pensées d'Août, à M. Villemain", by Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, a French literary critic and author, who used the term "tour d'ivoire" for the poetical attitude of Alfred de Vigny as contrasted with the more socially ...
Ivory tower refers to a world or atmosphere where intellectuals engage in pursuits that are disconnected from the practical concerns of everyday life. Ivory Tower or The Ivory Tower may also refer to: Ivory Tower (Antarctica), a peak in Antarctica; The Ivory Tower, an unfinished novel by Henry James
The film, Ivory Tower, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was theatrically distributed in 2014 by Samuel Goldwyn Films and Participant Media. After airing on CNN, the film was nominated for a News & Documentary Emmy for outstanding business and economic reporting. [9]
Between 1999 and 2002 Sexton created and wrote the children's science fiction comedy-drama The Ivory Tower, produced and directed by Jacqui Corcoran, for RTÉ Radio. [11] It ran for four seasons, clocking up 103 half-hour episodes.
The Ivory Tower [1] (German: Der Elfenbeinturm) [2] is a 1992 German film by Matthias Drawe set in Berlin and the surrounding forests of Brandenburg. Plot [ edit ]
"The Ivory Tower" is the second episode of the first season of the HBO television series Boardwalk Empire, which originally aired September 26, 2010. The episode was written by series creator and executive producer Terence Winter and directed by executive producer Tim Van Patten .
Ivory Tower is a 2014 American documentary film written, directed and produced by Andrew Rossi. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The film premiered in competition category of U.S. Documentary Competition program at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 18, 2014.