My Fantoms

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Publisher : New York Review of Books
ISBN 13 : 159017271X
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis My Fantoms by : Theophile Gautier

Download or read book My Fantoms written by Theophile Gautier and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2008-08-05 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Romantic provocateur, flamboyant bohemian, precocious novelist, perfect poet—not to mention an inexhaustible journalist, critic, and man-about-town—Théophile Gautier is one of the major figures, and great characters, of French literature. In My Fantoms Richard Holmes, the celebrated biographer of Shelley and Coleridge, has found a brilliantly effective new way to bring this great bu too-little-known writer into English. My Fantoms assembles seven stories spanning the whole of Gautier’s career into a unified work that captures the essence of his adventurous life and subtle art. From the erotic awakening of “The Adolescent” through “The Poet,” a piercing recollection of the mad genius Gérard de Nerval, the great friend of Gautier’s youth, My Fantoms celebrates the senses and illuminates the strange disguises of the spirit, while taking readers on a tour of modernity at its most mysterious. ”What ever would the Devil find to do in Paris?” Gautier wonders. “He would meet people just as diabolical as he, and find himself taken for some naïve provincial…” Tapestries, statues, and corpses come to life; young men dream their way into ruin; and Gautier keeps his faith in the power of imagination: “No one is truly dead, until they are no longer loved.”

The Dead Woman in Love

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Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0244241562
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (442 download)

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Download or read book The Dead Woman in Love written by ThŽophile Gauthier and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2020 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1836, Th�ophile Gautier's 'The Dead Woman in Love' is a supernatural tale, recounting the life of the priest named Romuald who falls in love with the beautiful and enigmatic Clarimonde, who the reader later learns to be a vampire. At the beginning of the tale, Romuald is asked whether he has ever loved and to which he responds, "yes." On the day of his Ordination, when he was a young man, he sees a beautiful woman whose hypnotic voice promises to love him and to make him happier than he would be in heaven. Torn between his amorous attraction to her and his Christian beliefs, he finishes the ceremony despite her appeals. However, he is captured by her beauty and he is taken away from his life as a priest to live in Venice with the alluring vampire, who subsists by drinking his blood while he sleeps.

La Morte Amoureuse

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Publisher : Library of Alexandria
ISBN 13 : 1465548084
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (655 download)

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Download or read book La Morte Amoureuse written by Theophile Gautier and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

French Decadent Tales

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Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191645818
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)

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Book Synopsis French Decadent Tales by : Stephen Romer

Download or read book French Decadent Tales written by Stephen Romer and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2013-05-09 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'He had become the dandy of the unpredictable.' A quest for new sensations, and an avowed desire to shock possessed the Decadent writers of fin-de-siècle Paris. The years 1880-1900 saw an extraordinary, hothouse flowering of talent, that produced some of the most exotic, stylized, and cerebral literature in the French language. While 'Decadence' was a European movement, its epicentre was the French capital. On the eve of Freud's early discoveries, writers such as Gourmont, Lorrain, Maupassant, Mirbeau, Richepin, Schwob, and Villiers engaged in a species of wild analysis of their own, perfecting the art of short fiction as they did so. Death and Eros haunt these pages, and a polymorphous perversity by turns hilarious and horrifying. Their stories teem with addicts, maniacs, and murderers as they strive to outdo each other. This newly translated selection brings together the very best writing of the period, from lesser known figures as well as famous names. Provocative and unsettling, these extraordinary, corrosive little tales continue to cast a cold eye on the modern world. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

The Beautiful Vampire

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book The Beautiful Vampire written by Théophile Gautier and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Fantasmagoriana (Tales of the Dead)

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Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1411652916
Total Pages : 157 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (116 download)

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Book Synopsis Fantasmagoriana (Tales of the Dead) by : A.J. Day

Download or read book Fantasmagoriana (Tales of the Dead) written by A.J. Day and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2005-09-27 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was on a 'dark and stormy night', during the summer of 1816 that an eccentic group of English literati gathered at the Villa Diodati. The atmosphere at the Villa was charged by the violent streaks of lightening that licked at the mountain tops and split a black sky. As the wind outside whipped up the surface of lake Leman into a cauldron of waves the occupants of the Villa; Lord Byron, Mary Shelley, Dr John Polidori, Percy Shelley and Claire Clairmont, whipped themselves into a gothic frenzy with recitals of haunting poetry and ghost stories. The stories that they read came from a book, originally written in German, that had recently been translated into French. The book that they read from was called Fantasmagoriana. Fantasmagoriana has a unique place in literary history. This is the first full translation of the stories that inspired Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Dr John Polidori's The Vampyre.

Story of the Eye

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Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0141913673
Total Pages : 149 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)

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Book Synopsis Story of the Eye by : Georges Bataille

Download or read book Story of the Eye written by Georges Bataille and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013-09-26 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bataille’s first novel, published under the pseudonym ‘Lord Auch’, is still his most notorious work. In this explicit pornographic fantasy, the young male narrator and his lovers Simone and Marcelle embark on a sexual quest involving sadism, torture, orgies, madness and defilement, culminating in a final act of transgression. Shocking and sacreligious, Story of the Eye is the fullest expression of Bataille’s obsession with the closeness of sex, violence and death. Yet it is also hallucinogenic in its power, and is one of the erotic classics of the twentieth century.

Birth and Death in Nineteenth-century French Culture

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Publisher : Rodopi
ISBN 13 : 9042022604
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Book Synopsis Birth and Death in Nineteenth-century French Culture by : Society of Dix-Neuviémistes. Annual Conference

Download or read book Birth and Death in Nineteenth-century French Culture written by Society of Dix-Neuviémistes. Annual Conference and published by Rodopi. This book was released on 2007 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume draws contributors from around the globe who represent the full range of approaches to scholarship in nineteenth-century French studies: historical, literary, cultural, art historical, philosophical, and comparative. The theme of the volume - Birth and Death - is one with particular resonance for nineteenth-century French studies, since the nineteenth century is commonly perceived as an age of new life and renovation. It is the epoch that witnessed an efflorescence of industrial and artistic progress, the birth of the individual and the birth of the novel, and the creation of an urban population in the major demographic shift from the rural provinces to Paris. At the same time, however, it is the century of Decadence and degeneration theory, marked by a prominent morbid aesthetic in the artistic sphere and a fascination with criminality, moral decay and the pathologization of racial and sexual minorities in the scientific discourses. It is also the century in which reflection on processes of artistic creation begins to problematize concepts of mimetic representation, the function of the author and the status of the text. In the context of the dialectical quality of nineteenth-century French culture, caught between an obsession with the new and innovative and a paranoid sense of its own encroaching decay, the twin themes of birth and death open onto a variety of issues - literary, social, historical, artistic - which are explored, interrogated and reassessed in the essays contained in this volume.

The Rider of Lost Creek

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Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 0553899643
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (538 download)

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Book Synopsis The Rider of Lost Creek by : Louis L'Amour

Download or read book The Rider of Lost Creek written by Louis L'Amour and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2004-03-30 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lance Kilkenny has a debt to pay, and he isn’t about to let the friend who saved his life go down in a range war. But when Kilkenny tries to stop the fighting, he finds there’s more at stake than land or wire. Whoever is stirring up trouble has big ideas for the Live Oak country—and an army of hired guns to back them up. Nita Riordan, the beautiful and fiery owner of the Apple Canyon Saloon, warns Lance that the mysterious man orchestrating the conflict wants him dead. Lance realizes that if he doesn’t watch his step, he’ll pay the debt he owes with his own blood.

Jettatura

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Publisher : Library of Alexandria
ISBN 13 : 1465548106
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (655 download)

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Download or read book Jettatura written by Theophile Gautier and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 1900-01-01 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Jacques Brel is Alive and Well & Living in Paris

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Publisher : Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780822219057
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (19 download)

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Book Synopsis Jacques Brel is Alive and Well & Living in Paris by : Eric Blau

Download or read book Jacques Brel is Alive and Well & Living in Paris written by Eric Blau and published by Dramatists Play Service, Inc.. This book was released on 2000 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE STORY: The poignant, passionate and profound songs of Belgian songwriter Jacques Brel are brought to vivid theatrical life in this intense musical experience. Brel's legendary romance, humor and moral conviction are evoked simply and directly, with fo

The Psychology of Abortion

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Publisher : Spring Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (97 download)

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Book Synopsis The Psychology of Abortion by : Ginette Paris

Download or read book The Psychology of Abortion written by Ginette Paris and published by Spring Publications. This book was released on 2007-04 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Issues of life and death, love and responsibility are at the core of every religion. That is why the English translation of this book was originally published with the title THE SACRAMENT OF ABORTION, as it shows that the decision to abort may also spring from a religious feeling that it is the "right" thing to do, both physically and spiritually.

Dracula

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Publisher : Harmony
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Dracula by : Leonard Wolf

Download or read book Dracula written by Leonard Wolf and published by Harmony. This book was released on 1997-03-31 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A celebration of the Dracula legend - it's origins, incarnations and impact on Western culture. Written by someone considered to be the World's premier Dracula scholar.

Vampirism

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Publisher : Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Vampirism by : Michael James Dennison

Download or read book Vampirism written by Michael James Dennison and published by Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers. This book was released on 2001 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study of the vampire in literature from the early nineteenth century to the present analyzes its metaphorical characteristics. The vampire is the perfect figure of disorder and entropy, and its dominance as a literary figure/monster, an instigator of chaos of all kinds, makes it worthy of study for readers interested in an emerging theory of literary disorder as well as horror literature. Entropy, the most intriguing root metaphor of our time, and the vampire, figure of decadence, degeneration, and perverse physics, illuminate each other as Michael J. Dennison examines such famous works as Dracula and The Fall of the House of Usher, as well as works that have unjustly fallen into near obscurity.

The Malady of Death

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Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0802190588
Total Pages : 21 pages
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Book Synopsis The Malady of Death by : Marguerite Duras

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Surrealist, Lover, Resistant

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Publisher : ARC Publications
ISBN 13 : 9781906570699
Total Pages : 521 pages
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Download or read book Surrealist, Lover, Resistant written by Robert Desnos and published by ARC Publications. This book was released on 2017 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This extensive and wide-ranging selection comprises the poetry of one of France's most exciting writers of the twentieth century, the surrealist Robert Desnos. Hailed as the 'prophet' of the Surrealist movement by AndrE Breton, Desnos was a hugely influential figure across all art forms at the time, and yet today his work completely underrepresented in the English language, with only his children's poems currently available in English translation. The present volume of nearly 300 poems seeks to redress the balance, moving from youthful, light-hearted material to full-blown surrealism, from poems full of anguish and torment to delightful love poetry, and from whimsical, humorous verses to some of the great poem sequences of the Nazi Occupation period when Desnos was an active resistant.

The Loving Reaper

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ISBN 13 : 9783959592017
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book The Loving Reaper written by Jenny Jinya and published by . This book was released on 2020-07 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: