alessandro manzoni, denise levertov, limns, mourns, inveighs, chastens, declaims, philosophizes, narrates, exhumes, lionizing, canonizes, condoles, extolls, reveres, alla nazimova, sermonizes, last respects, buries, salutes, laments, lauds, grieves, henpecking, denounces, francois mauriac, juxtaposes, interweaves, extols, ghostwrites, deprecates, idealizes, praises, jessica mitford, elizabeth taylor, speaks, franz werfel, criticizes, invokes, writes, decries, intones, idolizes, existentialist philosophy, hymned, explicates, excoriates, ruminates, reanimates, strews, prefiguring, alexander woollcott, dissects, mary wollstonecraft shelley, exalts, alludes, describes, bemoans, expounds, artur rubinstein, wanda landowska, muses, sings, personifies, artur schnabel, prester john, sentimentalize, incarnating, remembered, assails, declares, verbalizes, reminds, derides, admires, crucifies, knut hamsun, mocks, observes, recounts, pontificates, requiescat, memorializing, consecrates, book review, giuseppe mazzini, ford madox ford, portrays, proclaims, bewails, preaches, purveys, transfiguring, simone weil, percy bysshe shelley, chides, belabors, weeps, relives, despairs, resuscitates, say farewell