![]() rape is not an unserious matter" (Luke and Reeves 18). It is acknowledged, for example, that the Marquise of O., the eponymous protagonist of Kleist's famous story, "has in a certain sense been raped and. To be sure, some recognition of the stakes involved accompanies this familiar turning of the tables, the redirection of critical attention from the apparent misconduct of the culprit to that of his victim. ![]() In conformity with traditional Kleist scholarship, the introduction to a popular English edition of the stories presents both works mentioned above as "revolv entirely around the seeming misconduct of a virtuous young woman" (Luke and Reeves 20). ![]() Central to at least two works by Heinrich von Kleist- Amphitryon (1807) and "The Marquise of O." (1808)-are acts of sexual violation. ![]()
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Heart berries a memoir by terese mailhot6/12/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Having survived a profoundly dysfunctional upbringing only to find herself hospitalized and facing a dual diagnosis of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Bipolar II, Terese Mailhot is given a notebook and begins to write her way out of trauma. Heart Berries is a powerful, poetic memoir of a woman's coming of age on the Seabird Island Indian Reservation in British Columbia. Guileless and refreshingly honest, Terese Mailhot's debut memoir chronicles her struggle to balance the beauty of her Native heritage with the often desperate and chaotic reality of life on the reservation. *Selected by Emma Watson as the Our Shared Shelf Book Club Pick for March/April 2018 *Named one of the most anticipated books of 2018 by: Chatelaine, Entertainment Weekly, ELLE, Cosmopolitan, Esquire, Huffington Post, B*tch, NYLON, BuzzFeed, Bustle, The Rumpus and Goodreads *A New York Public Library Best Book of 2018 *Shortlisted for the 2019 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Nonfiction *Shortlisted for the 2019 Kobo Emerging Writer Prize *Winner of the 2019 Whiting Award for Nonfiction *Winner of the Spalding Prize for the Promotion of Peace and Justice in Literature *Winner of the Blue Metropolis First Peoples Prize *Longlisted for the 2019 RBC Taylor Prize ![]() *Finalist for the 2018 Governor General's Literary Awards *Finalist for the 2018 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction ![]() Blaug economic theory in retrospect6/12/2023 ![]() While the names of the founders and significant contributors of economics may differ from list to list, the suggestion that there is anything of value to economic theory to be found in the speculations of Scholastic philosophers is likely to invite skepticism. Others, more historically ecumenical and less Britannically insular, might look upon the Mercantilists of an earlier age as protoeconomists still others would include the Franco-Hibernian Richard Cantillon and the Physiocrats among the originators of economics. ![]() Many histories of economics, especially if they are anglophone, locate the beginnings of economics with Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations, together with the works of David Ricardo and the Mills, James and John Stuart. Given the standard accounts of the origins of economics, the claim that the Scholastics made a significant contribution to economic theory may seem somewhat surprising, even perverse. ![]() John wyndham the trouble with lichen6/12/2023 ![]() As a child, I was an above average reader, but naturally my reading skills continued to develop through adulthood as well, so the way I read now is obviously superior to the way I read decades ago. It was mainly the fact that I didn’t fully understand it that made me curious to reread it. The only things I remembered about Trouble with Lichen, besides the general premise and a few random details, were that I didn’t like it, didn’t understand it, and couldn’t wait for it to be over. Why would I do such a silly thing with my limited reading time? Well, let’s say it was an experiment. But this time I decided to reread a book I did not enjoy at all. ![]() So far, my rereads have all been books I enjoyed when I first read them. ![]() It has been even more rewarding than I anticipated. ![]() For the past few years I have peppered my reading with rereads from my youth. ![]() 2312 kim stanley robinson review6/11/2023 ![]() Now, another fifty years on, those techniques have been used once again. Brunner’s bravura deployment of a range of techniques openly taken from Dos Passos was tacit recognition that the British New Wave, of which this was a leading example, was a belated incorporation of modernism into science fiction. Thirty year later, John Brunner incorporated those same techniques in a vivid picture of a world bursting with overpopulation, Stand On Zanzibar. The trilogy was immediately recognised as one of the defining works of American Modernism, combining stream of consciousness, newspaper headlines, dramatic shifts in focus and other devices to form a kaleidoscopic portrait of the age. trilogy by John Dos Passos, was published. In 1936, The Big Money, the final volume in the U.S.A. It was first published in Bull Spec 8/9, Spring 2013. This is the review of 2312 that accompanied the interview I reprinted here. ![]() ![]() ![]() Since I reprinted an old review of a Kim Stanley Robinson book yesterday, I thought I’d reprint a more recent review today. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Phil Kaufman's "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (1978), inexplicably described by Pauline Kael as "the American movie of the year," was said to have something to do with Watergate and keeping tabs on those who are not like you. It was widely decoded as an attack on McCarthyism. How many references in the same movie can you have to the war in Iraq and not say anything about it?ĭon Siegel's classic "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (1956) was about alien pods that arrived on Earth, sucked up the essence of human hosts and became duplicates of them - exact copies, except for what made them human. If the first three movies served as parables for their times, this one keeps shooting off parable rockets that fizzle out. Here is a great story born to be creepy, and the movie churns through it like a road company production. "The Invasion" is the fourth, and the least, of the movies made from Jack Finney's classic science fiction novel The Body Snatchers. ![]() ![]() ![]() Drawn into the investigation, Charlotte and the Earl learn of the victim's involvement in a momentous medical discovery. The traces of white powder near his mouth reveal the dark truth-he was murdered. At a symposium at the Royal Botanic Gardens, a visiting botanist suffers a fatal collapse. Quill?ĭespite those concerns, there are soon even more urgent matters to attend to during Charlotte and Wrexford's first public outing as an engaged couple. But will being a wife-and a Countess-make it difficult for her to maintain her independence-not to mention, her secret identity as famed satirical artist A. One advantage of being caught up in a whirl of dress fittings and decisions about flower arrangements is that Charlotte Sloane has little time for any pre-wedding qualms. The upcoming marriage of the Earl of Wrexford and Lady Charlotte Sloane promises to be a highlight of the season, if they can first untangle-and survive-a web of intrigue and murder involving the most brilliant scientific minds in Regency London. ![]() Underworld by meg cabot6/11/2023 ![]() ![]() This is a satisfying read for teens who love mythology, the paranormal, and intrigue, and the cliff-hanger ending will leave readers eager for the next installation." - School Library Journal Praise for Abandon " arguably the queen of contemporary teen novels. Cabot's main characters become more defined while new ones add some spice to the plotline. Cabot delivers." -Publishers Weekly, Praise for Abandon #2: Underworld "In true Cabot fashion, the Abandon books are intense, fast-paced and seriously funny, and her hero makes me want to find a death deity of my own.the Abandon trilogy will tickle your fancy if you love the YA genre, adore paranormal romance and really enjoy a fast-paced, adventurous read with a cliffhanger that will have you pulling out your hair!" - USA Today "This fast-paced sequel is filled with action, romance, revenge, and lots of suspense. ![]() Cabot delivers." -Publishers Weekly, Praise for Meg Cabot: Cabot shows the dark side behind the bling-blingy superficial worlds." " strong, amusing voice, the plot twists, and the possibility of romance will draw mystery and chick-lit readers alike." -ALA Booklist Bag the tiara and get out the gun. ![]() Praise for Meg Cabot: "Cabot shows the dark side behind the bling-blingy superficial worlds." " strong, amusing voice, the plot twists, and the possibility of romance will draw mystery and chick-lit readers alike." -ALA Booklist "Bag the tiara and get out the gun. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Anvil on Head: One of the children, Yorick, has his head "knocked in".Along with that, the deaths are sorted by each of the children's initials in said book. Alphabetical Theme Naming: Each of the twenty-six children in the book are named after a letter in the English Alphabet, and no letter is missed.George is depicted crawling under a rug, which he suffocates under. Almost Out of Oxygen: Implied to have happened to one of the children, George.13 Is Unlucky: 13 boys, 13 girls, 13 rhyming couplets.Even after 50 years since being published, the books has never ceased to go out of print. To this day, despite (or probably because of) its subject matter, The Gashlycrumb Tinies is considered the most popular, as well as the most successful of all of Edward Gorey's works. These range from things like falling down a flight of stairs, choking on peaches, being done in by thugs, drowning in lakes, run through with awls, or even dying of boredom. The book was published in 1963 in a collection of three "Cautionary Tales" called The Vinegar Works.Īll throughout the book, the children meet all kinds of strange and unusual fates, all happening with little to no context. The Gashlycrumb Tinies is a short, macabre book by Edward Gorey recounting the deaths of 26 small children. Gorey, Gorey, what a hell of a way to die. ![]() Rico's Rebound by Reginald K. Write6/10/2023 ![]() This includes the freedom to finally act on the same-sex attraction he’s struggled to suppress and keep hidden all his life. A freshman in his first semester at an HBCU and miles away from home and his devout mother’s scornful eye, he finally has the freedom to be himself. But should he push up on his crush, even if it will inevitably lead to a confrontation with his homophobic teammate? And if they did hook up, will Damion prove to be the man who mends his broken heart, or will he shatter it beyond repair?ĭamion Patterson is facing a dilemma. However, when his teammate’s ruggedly handsome cousin Damion seems to show interest in him, Eddie gradually finds himself questioning his vow to stay solo. After reaching his breaking point, the college junior switched up and vowed to never get in another committed relationship again. ![]() The final straw was catching his boyfriend cheating on him with his best friend. Or at least he used to be until a series of bad experiences soured him on relationships. ![]() |