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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 ...
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.
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.
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 Ivory Tower is a tall building with distinct white walls and blue-shuttered windows. [1] The Ivory Tower was constructed using British Architectural style of the 20th century with a T-shape with a bare stone on the extreme top, a large bell housed in four arches and have a large gents of Leicester clock on the entrance.
Ubisoft Ivory Tower's first game, The Crew, was announced through Ubisoft, acting as its publisher, in June 2013, [47] and released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One in December 2014. [48] On 5 October 2015, as The Crew reached 3 million players, Ubisoft announced that they had acquired Ivory Tower for an undisclosed ...
Inside the Ivory Tower is a ranking of the world's best university programs in international relations.The ranking is published by the Foreign Policy magazine in collaboration with the Teaching, Research, and International Policy (TRIP) Project at the College of William & Mary.
Ivory Tower is a 2010 Canadian feature film and the directorial debut of Adam Traynor, a musician from the German-based hip-hop group Puppetmastaz. The film was co-written by Canadian pianist and rapper Gonzales and French director and screenwriter Céline Sciamma .