[PDF] Heartsnatcher eBook

Author : Boris Vian
Publisher : Dalkey Archive Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 25,59 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781564782991

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Boris Vian s early death robbed French literature of a novelist who was coherent while still modern. Heartsnatcher is an esoteric, surrealistic comedy about guilt, set in a deceptively familiar, almost ordinary locale. New Statesman

Author : Neil Cornwell
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 38,36 MB
Release : 2013-07-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1847796575

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Neil Cornwell's study, while endeavouring to present an historical survey of absurdist literature and its forbears, does not aspire to being an exhaustive history of absurdism. Rather, it pauses on certain historical moments, artistic movements, literary figures and selected works, before moving on to discuss four key writers: Daniil Kharms, Franz Kafka, Samuel Beckett and Flann O'Brien. The absurd in literature will be of compelling interest to a considerable range of students of comparative, European (including Russian and Central European) and English literatures (British Isles and American) – as well as those more concerned with theatre studies, the avant-garde and the history of ideas (including humour theory). It should also have a wide appeal to the enthusiastic general reader.

Author : Bright Summaries
Publisher : BrightSummaries.com
Page : 25 pages
File Size : 45,48 MB
Release : 2015-10-08
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 2806269210

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Unlock the more straightforward side of Froth on the Daydream with this concise and insightful summary and analysis! This engaging summary presents an analysis of Froth on the Daydream by Boris Vian, a surrealist and existentialist novel renowned for its poetic and creative language. It relates how Colin’s existence darkens gradually when his wife catches an illness than can only be cured with flowers. The novel has been translated several times under different titles, as has also been made into three feature films and even an opera. Although Vian was a poet, musician, singer, actor and engineer, he is best remembered for his novels which are highly popular and often studied in schools. Find out everything you need to know about Froth on the Daydream in a fraction of the time! This in-depth and informative reading guide brings you: • A complete plot summary • Character studies • Key themes and symbols • Questions for further reflection Why choose BrightSummaries.com? Available in print and digital format, our publications are designed to accompany you in your reading journey. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. See the very best of literature in a whole new light with BrightSummaries.com!

Author : Dubravka Ugrešić
Publisher :
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 36,40 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781564782984

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In this collection of acerbic essays, Ugresic dissects the nature of the contemporary book industry, which she argues is so infected with the need to create and promote literature that will appeal to the masses--literally to everyone--that if Thomas Mann were writing nowadays, his books wouldn't even be published in the U.S. because they're not sexy enough. A playful and biting critique, Ugresic's essays hit on all of the major aspects of publishing: agents, subagents, and scouts, supermarket-like bookstores, Joan Collins, book fairs that have little to do with books, authors promoted because of sex appeal instead of merit, and editors trying to look like writers by having their photograph taken against a background of bookshelves. Thanks to cultural influences such as Oprah, "The Today Show," and Kelly Ripa, best-seller lists have become just a modern form of socialist realism, a manifestation of a society that generally ignores literature in favor of the next big thing.

Author : Fran Mason
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 587 pages
File Size : 13,80 MB
Release : 2016-12-12
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1442276207

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The main aim of the book has been to include writers, movements, forms of writing and textual strategies, critical ideas, and texts that are significant in relation to postmodernist literature. In addition, important scholars, journals, and cultural processes have been included where these are felt to be relevant to an understanding of postmodernist writing. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Postmodernist Literature and Theater contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 400 cross-referenced entries on postmodernist writers, the important postmodernist aesthetic practices, significant texts produced throughout the history of postmodernist writing, and important movements and ideas that have created a variety of literary approaches within the form. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the postmodernist literature and theater.