Charles Bovary Country Doctor

Author : Jean Améry
Publisher : New York Review of Books
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781681372518

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Charles Bovary, Country Doctor by Jean Améry Pdf

Fans of Flaubert's Madame Bovary will want to read this reimagination of one of literature's most famous failures, Charles Bovary. Part fiction, part philosophy, Charles Bovary, Country Doctor is also a book about love. Charles Bovary, Country Doctor is one of the most unusual projects in twentieth-century literature: a novel-essay devoted to salvaging poor bungler Charles Bovary, the pathetic, laughable, cuckolded husband of Madame Bovary and the heartless creation of Gustave Flaubert. As a once-promising novelist who was tortured by the Nazis and survived a year in Auschwitz, author Jean Améry had a particular sympathy for the lived experience of vulnerability, affliction, and suffering, and in this book—available in English for the first time—he asserts the moral claims of Dr. Bovary. What results is a moving paean to the humanity of Charles Bovary and to the supreme value of love.

Author : Gustave Flaubert
Publisher : Bantam Classics
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1982-06-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780553213416

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Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert Pdf

This exquisite novel tells the story of one of the most compelling heroines in modern literature--Emma Bovary. "Madame Bovary has a perfection that not only stamps it, but that makes it stand almost alone; it holds itself with such a supreme unapproachable assurance as both excites and defies judgement." - Henry James Unhappily married to a devoted, clumsy provincial doctor, Emma revolts against the ordinariness of her life by pursuing voluptuous dreams of ecstasy and love. But her sensuous and sentimental desires lead her only to suffering corruption and downfall. A brilliant psychological portrait, Madame Bovary searingly depicts the human mind in search of transcendence. Who is Madame Bovary? Flaubert's answer to this question was superb: "Madame Bovary, c'est moi." Acclaimed as a masterpiece upon its publication in 1857, the work catapulted Flaubert to the ranks of the world's greatest novelists. This volume, with its fine translation by Lowell Bair, a perceptive introduction by Leo Bersani, and a complete supplement of essays and critical comments, is the indispensable Madame Bovary.

Author : Jean Amery
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1999-07-22
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0253335639

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On Suicide by Jean Amery Pdf

On Suicide is neither a defense of suicide nor an invitation to assisted suicide, but an analysis of the state of mind of those who are suicidal and who actually do commit suicide. It is also a strident defense of the freedom of the individual and a plea for the recognition of the fact that we belong to ourselves before belonging to another person, or an institution, nation, or religion, and that our right to choose to end our life can have priority over social entanglements and biological destiny. Book jacket.

Author : Gustave Flaubert
Publisher : Amaryllis - an imprint of Manjul Publishing House
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2022-12-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789391242541

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Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert Pdf

“Never touch your idols: the gilding will stick to your fingers.” Madame Bovary tells the tragic tale of Emma Rouault, a beautiful but idealistic young woman who marries a second-rate country doctor, Charles Bovary, in the hopes of leading a life of adventure and luxury, like in the romance novels she loves to read. But she finds herself sorely disappointed with her dull existence. Even the birth of their daughter brings Emma little joy. In a last-ditch effort to do something adventurous and exciting, she begins an affair with a wealthy local man, Rodolphe Boulanger, and therein begins her downfall.

Author : Yochai Ataria,Amit Kravitz,Eli Pitcovski
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-13
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9783030280956

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Jean Améry by Yochai Ataria,Amit Kravitz,Eli Pitcovski Pdf

This volume explores themes originating from the work of Jean Améry (1912–1978), a Holocaust survivor and essayist—mainly, ethics and the past, torture and its implications, death and suicide. The volume is interdisciplinary, bringing together contributions from philosophy, psychology, law, and literary studies to illuminate each of the topics from more than one angle. Each essay is a novel contribution, shedding new light on the relevant subject matter and on Jean Améry's unique perspective. The ensuing picture is rich and multifaceted, uncovering unforeseen traits of Amery's thought, and surprising correlations that have so far been under-researched. It invites further studies of the Holocaust and its consequences to take their cue from non-neutral first person reflections.

Author : Dennis Smith
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351189293

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Civilized Rebels by Dennis Smith Pdf

Civilized Rebels compares in depth four very well-known literary and political figures, who all opposed arrogant regimes and became prisoners. Through comparative biographies of Oscar Wilde, Jean Améry, Nelson Mandela and Aung San Suu Kyi, it explores the long-term process of the retreat of the West from global power since the late nineteenth century, relating this to the decline and fall of the British Empire and the trauma surrounding Brexit. Drawing on rich empirical materials to examine themes of forced displacement, war, poverty, imprisonment and the threat of humiliation, the book reveals how these highly civilized rebels penetrated their opponents’ mind-sets, while also providing a sophisticated analysis of how their struggles fitted into the larger world picture. Methodologically and theoretically innovative, and written in a lively and accessible style, Civilized Rebels will appeal to scholars across a range of disciplines, with interests in globalization, historical international relations, postcolonial and subaltern studies, comparative biographical studies, European studies, the sociology of emotions and historical sociology.

Author : Mario Vargas Llosa
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2011-03-04
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781429922357

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The Perpetual Orgy by Mario Vargas Llosa Pdf

The Perpetual Orgy is Mario Vargas Llosa's brilliant analysis of Gustav Flaubert's masterpiece Madame Bovary. In this remarkable book, "we not only enjoy a dazzling explication, but experience a master discoursing at the top of his form on the craft of the novel" (Robert Taylor, The Boston Globe). It is a tribute to The Perpetual Orgy that it sends the reader back to Flaubert's work with renewed interest.

Author : Richard Schmitt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2018-05-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429970931

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Alienation And Freedom by Richard Schmitt Pdf

This book provides detailed descriptions of how lives are narrowed by alienation. It also provides some alternative views on alienation. The book shows that the deformation of personality, characteristic of alienation, takes many different forms.

Author : Jean Amery
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2009-03-23
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0253211735

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At the Mind's Limits by Jean Amery Pdf

Jean Amery (1921-1978) was born in Vienna and in 1938 emigrated to Belgium, where he joined the Resistance. He was caught by the Germans in 1943, tortured by the SS, and survived the next two years in the concentration camps. In five autobiographical essays, Amery describes his survival--mental, moral, and physical--through the enormity and horror of the Holocaust.

Author : Solomon Posen
Publisher : Radcliffe Publishing
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Medicine in literature
ISBN : 1857757793

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The Doctor in Literature: Private life by Solomon Posen Pdf

This is a structured, annotated and indexed anthology dealing with the personality and the behaviour of doctors, and doctor-patient relationships - ideal for medical humanities courses.

Author : Ulrich Raulff
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017-05-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780241257616

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Farewell to the Horse by Ulrich Raulff Pdf

THE SUNDAY TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 'A beautiful and thoughtful exploration of the role of the horse in creating our world' James Rebanks 'Scintillating, exhilarating ... you have never read a book like it ... a new way of considering history' Observer The relationship between horses and humans is an ancient, profound and complex one. For millennia horses provided the strength and speed that humans lacked. How we travelled, farmed and fought was dictated by the needs of this extraordinary animal. And then, suddenly, in the 20th century the links were broken and the millions of horses that shared our existence almost vanished, eking out a marginal existence on race-tracks and pony clubs. Farewell to the Horse is an engaging, brilliantly written and moving discussion of what horses once meant to us. Cities, farmland, entire industries were once shaped as much by the needs of horses as humans. The intervention of horses was fundamental in countless historical events. They were sculpted, painted, cherished, admired; they were thrashed, abused and exposed to terrible danger. From the Roman Empire to the Napoleonic Empire every world-conqueror needed to be shown on a horse. Tolstoy once reckoned that he had cumulatively spent some nine years of his life on horseback. Ulrich Raulff's book, a bestseller in Germany, is a superb monument to the endlessly various creature who has so often shared and shaped our fate.

Author : Ulrich Raulff
Publisher : Liveright Publishing
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02-13
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781631494338

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Farewell to the Horse: A Cultural History by Ulrich Raulff Pdf

A surprising, lively, and erudite history of horse and man, for readers of The Invention of Nature and The Soul of an Octopus. Horses and humans share an ancient, profoundly complex relationship. Once our most indispensable companions, horses were for millennia essential in helping build our cities, farms, and industries. But during the twentieth century, in an increasingly mechanized society, they began to disappear from human history. In this esoteric and rich tribute, award-winning historian Ulrich Raulff chronicles the dramatic story of this most spectacular creature, thoroughly examining how they’ve been muses and brothers in arms, neglected and sacrificed in war yet memorialized in paintings, sculpture, and novels—and ultimately marginalized on racetracks and in pony clubs. Elegiac and absorbing, Farewell to the Horse paints a stunning panorama of a world shaped by hooves, and the imprint left on humankind. “A beautiful and thoughtful exploration. . . . Farewell to the Horse is a grown-up, but also lyrical and creative, history book, and I very much enjoyed it.”— James Rebanks, author of the New York Times bestseller The Shepherd’s Life

Author : Costica Bradatan
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2023-01-03
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780674287365

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In Praise of Failure by Costica Bradatan Pdf

Squarely challenging a culture obsessed with success, an acclaimed philosopher argues that failure is vital to a life well lived, curing us of arrogance and self-deception and engendering humility instead. Our obsession with success is hard to overlook. Everywhere we compete, rank, and measure. Yet this relentless drive to be the best blinds us to something vitally important: the need to be humble in the face of life’s challenges. Costica Bradatan mounts his case for failure through the stories of four historical figures who led lives of impact and meaning—and assiduously courted failure. Their struggles show that engaging with our limitations can be not just therapeutic but transformative. In Praise of Failure explores several arenas of failure, from the social and political to the spiritual and biological. It begins by examining the defiant choices of the French mystic Simone Weil, who, in sympathy with exploited workers, took up factory jobs that her frail body could not sustain. From there we turn to Mahatma Gandhi, whose punishing quest for purity drove him to ever more extreme acts of self-abnegation. Next we meet the self-styled loser E. M. Cioran, who deliberately turned his back on social acceptability, and Yukio Mishima, who reveled in a distinctly Japanese preoccupation with the noble failure, before looking to Seneca to tease out the ingredients of a good life. Gleefully breaching the boundaries between argument and storytelling, scholarship and spiritual quest, Bradatan concludes that while success can make us shallow, our failures can lead us to humbler, more attentive, and better lived lives. We can do without success, but we are much poorer without the gifts of failure.

Author : Adrian M. K. Thomas,Arpan K. Banerjee
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-09
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780191669705

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The History of Radiology by Adrian M. K. Thomas,Arpan K. Banerjee Pdf

In 1890, Professor Arthur Willis Goodspeed, a professor of physics at Pennsylvania USA was working with an English born photographer, William N Jennings, when they accidentally produced a Röntgen Ray picture. Unfortunately, the significance of their findings were overlooked, and the formal discovery of X-rays was credited to Wilhelm Roentgen in 1895. The discovery has since transformed the practice of medicine, and over the course of the past 130 years, the development of new radiological techniques has continued to grow. The impact has been seen in virtually every hospital in the world, from the routine use of ultrasound for pregnancy scans, through to the diagnosis of complex medical issues such as brain tumours. More subtly, X-rays were also used in the discovery of DNA and in military combat, and their social influence through popular culture can be seen in cartoons, books, movies and art. Written by two radiologists who have a passion for the history of their field, The History of Radiology is a beautifully illustrated review of the remarkable developments within radiology and the scientists and pioneers who were involved. This engaging and authoritative history will appeal to a wide audience including medical students studying for the Diploma in the History of Medicine of the Society of Apothecaries (DHMSA), doctors, medical physicists, medical historians and radiographers.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Materia medica
ISBN : UOM:39015010956426

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American Druggist and Pharmaceutical Record by Anonim Pdf