These correspondents, as if fresh from a postcolonial literature class, are uncomfortable with the notion that Walcott might suffer both vanity and ambivalence, might indulge in both conceit and irony; but they're more interested in cleansing his personality than in hearing his complexity.
Albeit in fragmented fashion, they capture Nixon in all his complexity: lonely, vindictive and deceitful, gauche and insecure to the point of paranoia, yet also displaying the odd flash of empathy, and an unarguable if perverse strategic brilliance.
It's rare that events coincide to give us one moment in time when a man like Turing can be celebrated in all his complexity.
There is something risible about the painting, but, however unintentionally, it also represents Nixon in all his complexity.
"Looking for Lincoln," to be shown on most PBS stations Wednesday night, is his exploration of Lincoln in all his complexity.
One man stands revealed in all his complexity and contradiction, and (as Mr. Morris discovered) the other is nowhere to be found.
The author's intention was to render Luther in all his complexity and to show German readers that his message had been abused in the past, particularly by the Nazis, who had used it to promote anti-Semitism.
For those who find their faith in that form of religion, I'm sure Moore's article will not sit well, as the man she reveals in all his complexity will not easily fit their image of a religious leader.
