The play brought fame to the 23-year-old Jarry, and he immersed himself in the fiction he had created.

When Giulio died unexpectedly of a throat abscess in 1915, Enrico was distraught, and immersed himself in scientific study to distract himself.

Fortunately for Herbert, Uppark had a magnificent library in which he immersed himself, reading many classic works, including Plato's Republic, and More's Utopia.

Madelung has immersed himself in the hadith literature and has made his own selection and evaluation of tradition.

Remi also immersed himself in literature, in particular enjoying the novels of British and American authors, such as Huckleberry Finn, Treasure Island, Robinson Crusoe and The Pickwick Papers.

He immersed himself both into the academic and cultural life of pre-war Czechoslovakia and established close relationships with a number of Czech poets and literary figures.

Upon moving to Vienna in January 1925, Adorno immersed himself in the musical culture which had grown up around Schoenberg: in addition to his twice-weekly sessions with Berg, Adorno continued his studies on piano with Eduard Steuermann and befriended the violinist Rudolf Kolisch.

In August 1953, Foucault and Barraqué went on a holiday to Italy, where the philosopher immersed himself in Untimely Meditations ( 1873 – 1876 ), a collection of four essays authored by the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche ( 1844 – 1900 ).

He also immersed himself in Chateaubriand, E. T. A. Hoffmann, James Fenimore Cooper and his compatriots Victor Hugo, Alfred de Vigny, Alfred de Musset and Gérard de Nerval.

Weiser had no prior knowledge of the financial world and immersed himself in researching the world of stock trading, junk bonds, and corporate takeovers.

Matisse immersed himself in the work of others and went into debt from buying work from painters he admired.

As a result, he immersed himself in " the history of the Jews, their trials, prophecies, and disasters ", notes Wullschlager.

Physically unable to participate in many activities typically enjoyed by men of his age, Toulouse-Lautrec immersed himself in art.

Though still a nominal member of the band, Joey Covington had immersed himself in the production of his own album with Peter Kaukonen and Black Kangaroo on Grunt ; consequently, John Barbata ( formerly of The Turtles and CSNY ) played on most of the album and continued on for the promotional tour that followed.

After dictating his last words to a scribe, and with a circle of friends attending him in his home, he immersed himself in a warm bath, which was expected to speed blood flow and ease his pain.

Rabbi Schneerson's mother said her son never attended any Soviet school, though he took the exams as an external student and did well on them According to Avrum Ehrlich, he immersed himself in Jewish studies while simultaneously qualifying for Russian secondary school.

It was said that Kubrick immersed himself in Kahn's book On Thermonuclear War.

Stone immersed himself in research with the help of Hamburg.

He thus immersed himself in Greek and Latin literature, acquired the ability to recall entire pages verbatim weeks after reading them, became fluent in Italian, English and German and even published Règles et méthodes faciles pour apprendre la langue anglaise ( Easy rules and methods for learning English ).

In October, his application to practice law in Cuba was refused, and thence immersed himself in radical efforts, such as for the Comité Revolucionario Cubano de Nueva York ( Cuban Revolutionary Committee of New York ).

For many years, he immersed himself into history of the Reformation, but only one part of his writings, dealing with the Reformation at Geneva, was published.

At Stellenbosch, he learned High Dutch, German, and Ancient Greek, and immersed himself further in literature, the classics, and Bible studies.

" Instead he studied oratory at Temple University in Philadelphia and enrolled in the Wharton School of Business of the University of Pennsylvania, where he immersed himself in the emerging science of economics.

Upon his return to the United States, Miller moved to Chicago where he immersed himself in the city's blues scene.

Musselwhite immersed himself completely in the musical life, living in the basement of, and occasionally working at Jazz Record Mart ( the record store operated by Delmark Records founder Bob Koester ) with Big Joe Williams and working as a driver for an exterminator, which allowed him to observe what was happening around the city's clubs and bars.

Once there, they discover the city's vibrant hip-hop scene and become immersed in the culture — and the drama that goes along with it.

Darwin had long been immersed in the literary forms and practices of specialist science, and made effective use of his skills in structuring arguments.

Instead of accepting this charge, however, Lin immersed himself in the Confucian texts and literary culture which his Christian upbringing and English language education had denied him.

It is possible that Weever considered a career in the church himself but after receiving his degree on 16 April 1598 he appears to have left Cambridge and travelled to London, where he immersed himself in the literary scene.

Baker immersed herself in the cultural and political milieu of Harlem in the 1930s.

The crowd is drawn in with It features live performances and cultural presentations, which allow visitors, spectators and participants to become immersed in the dragon boat family.

Contrasting with the backwards and authoritarian government of General Juan Carlos Onganía, Buenos Aires was undergoing a cultural blossoming based on new art expressions ; the new generation, among sons of the middle class, were immersed in an effervescence that would not reappear in Argentina until 1983.

A wet clutch is immersed in a cooling lubricating fluid which also keeps the surfaces clean and gives smoother performance and longer life.

Weber Sr .' s involvement in public life immersed his home in both politics and academia, as his salon welcomed many prominent scholars and public figures.

For director Ashby, this was his second film about the 1960s since his 1975 film Shampoo: where in ' Shampoo ' he dealt with the beautiful people of the 1960s immersed in the good life and not thinking about Vietnam, Coming Home found others dealing with the horrors of the war and its tragic after effects.

In southern India, the ashes are immersed in the river Kaveri at Paschima vahini in Srirangapattana at a stretch where the river flows from east to west, depicting the life of a human being from sunrise to sunset.

* Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, founder of Gaudiya Vaishnavism, immersed into deeper and deeper stages of ecstasy towards Krishna during the last 24 years of his life.

On his personal life, Speer remarked that Eva Braun had told him, in the middle of 1943, that Hitler was too busy, too immersed, and too tired to have sex with her.

" The medieval Flemish mystic John of Ruysbroeck likewise held that true conscience has four aspects that are necessary to render a man just in the active and contemplative life: " a free spirit, attracting itself through love "; " an intellect enlightened by grace ", " a delight yielding propension or inclination " and " an outflowing losing of oneself in the abyss of ... that eternal object which is the highest and chief blessedness ... those lofty amongst men, are absorbed in it, and immersed in a certain boundless thing.

Tyagaraja, who was totally immersed in his devotion to Lord Rama and led the most spartan way of life without bothering in the least for the comforts of the world, did not take any steps to systematically codify his vast musical output.

Ford became immersed in her life in Grand Rapids and did not return to New York City.

Nānu moved to his hermitage deep inside the hilly forests of Maruthwāmala, where he led an austere life immersed in meditative thought and yoga and subjected himself to extreme sustenance rituals.

As the son of an officer in the Qing Imperial Army, Feng spent his youth immersed in the military life.

Humphries has spent much of his life immersed in music, literature and the arts.

There are periods of Alkan's life about which little is known, other than that he was immersed in the study of the Bible and the Talmud.

For the role, Leto immersed himself in the runner's life, meeting with members of the family and Prefontaine's friends.

It may be that this concept seems particularly abstruse because it is associated not so much with a way of knowing as with a way of being, for we have seen the justification underlying claims to knowledge of this type is necessarily immersed in a certain form of life ... a kind of nondualistic knowledge is present wherever a particular epistemic act is embedded in an intuitive awareness of the unique context through which two apparently discrete phenomena are intimately related, as is usually the case, for example, when we speak of a cause and its effect.

Blue becomes frustrated and loses himself as he becomes immersed in the life of Black.

Weber Sr .' s engagement with public life immersed the family home in politics, as his salon received many prominent scholars and public figures.

Hiller immersed himself in the rich musical life of the town, and gradually adopted music as his sole profession.

She is the only member of the family who could read, and she often immersed herself in novels, neglecting the mundane life around her.

As Jacob becomes more immersed in the secular life of Kohor's house, Laneah becomes more interested in the humble faith he is forsaking.

Out of curiosity and a bit of false bonhomie, Jack agrees and we see that he, Holly and Lya ( a Fleet psychologist and Holly's girlfriend ) spend several sessions " immersed " first hand in the life of Felix on Banshee and on board ship.

Due to Silliman's size, the college is able to house its freshmen in the college instead of on Yale's Old Campus, allowing first year students to immediately become immersed in the vibrant student life in Silliman.

At a very early stage of his life Chattopadhyaya immersed himself in the left nationalist movement by joining the Association of Progressive Writers, which was formed in 1936.