Download or read book Catalog of the Theatre and Drama Collections Theatre Collection books on the theatre 9 v written by New York Public Library. Research Libraries and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Narrative Discourse written by Gérard Genette and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 1980 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Genette uses Proust's Remembrance of Things Past as a work to identify and name the basic constituents and techniques of narrative. Genette illustrates the examples by referring to other literary works. His systemic theory of narrative deals with the structure of fiction, including fictional devices that go unnoticed and whose implications fulfill the Western narrative tradition.

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Download or read book The Thirteen written by Honore de Balzac and published by The Floating Press. This book was released on 2014-06-01 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This series of three novellas is unified by an overarching motif: in all three tales, a mysterious secret society known as The Thirteen is at work behind the scenes. The men in the group have pledged eternal loyalty to each other, and if any member ever finds himself in peril, it is the sworn duty of the others to come to his aid. Honore de Balzac uses this premise as a device to explore a wide range of topics, including clashes between different classes of society, doomed romances, and intrigue driven by greed.

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Download or read book Paratexts written by Gerard Genette and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997-03-13 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paratexts are those liminal devices and conventions, both within and outside the book, that form part of the complex mediation between book, author, publisher and reader: titles, forewords, epigraphs and publishers' jacket copy are part of a book's private and public history. In this first English translation of Paratexts, Gérard Genette shows how the special pragmatic status of paratextual declaration requires a carefully calibrated analysis of their illocutionary force. With clarity, precision and an extraordinary range of reference, Paratexts constitutes an encyclopedic survey of the customs and institutions as revealed in the borderlands of the text. Genette presents a global view of these liminal mediations and the logic of their relation to the reading public by studying each element as a literary function. Richard Macksey's foreword describes how the poetics of paratexts interact with more general questions of literature as a cultural institution, and situates Gennet's work in contemporary literary theory.

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Download or read book La Duchesse de Langeais written by Honoré de Balzac and published by . This book was released on 2016-12-11 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: La Duchesse de Langeais est le titre d''un roman d''Honor� de Balzac publi� dans un premier temps en mars 1834 sous le titre de Ne touchez pas la hache1 dans la revue L''�cho de la Jeune France. En 1839, para�t la deuxi�me �dition contenant Ferragus et La Duchesse de Langeais, qui figure sous ce titre pour la premi�re fois. Enfin, en 1843, para�t la troisi�me �dition de l''Histoire des Treize contenant Ferragus, La Duchesse de Langeais et La Fille aux yeux d''or dans La Com�die humaine... La Com�die humaine - �tudes de moeurs. Troisi�me livre, Sc�nes de la vie parisienne - Tome I. Neuvi�me volume de l''�dition Furne 1842... Extrait : ― Seigneur, dit le v�n�rable eccl�siastique, la r�gle est s�v�re. S''il faut une permission de Notre Saint-P�re pour qu''une femme vienne dans une maison de Saint-Bruno, ici m�me rigueur. Il est impossible � un homme d''entrer dans un couvent de Carm�lites D�chauss�es, � moins qu''il ne soit pr�tre et attach� par l''archev�que au service de la Maison. Aucune religieuse ne sort. Cependant LA GRANDE SAINTE (la m�re Th�r�se) a souvent quitt� sa cellule. Le Visiteur ou les M�res Sup�rieures peuvent seules permettre � une religieuse, avec l''autorisation de l''archev�que, de voir des �trangers, surtout en cas de maladie. Or nous sommes un Chef d''Ordre, et nous avons cons�quemment une M�re Sup�rieure au Couvent. Nous avons, entre autres �trang�res, une Fran�aise, la soeur Th�r�se, celle qui dirige la musique de la Chapelle...R�sum� : Le g�n�ral de Montriveau est �pris de la duchesse Antoinette de Langeais, une coquette qui se refuse � lui et qui dispara�t. Aid� par les puissants Treize, sorte de franc-ma�onnerie aux pouvoirs occultes comme Balzac aime � mettre en sc�ne, il la poursuit jusqu''� un monast�re espagnol o� elle s''est r�fugi�e sous le nom de soeur Th�r�se. L�, elle accepte de le recevoir en pr�sence de la m�re sup�rieure � qui elle fait croire que cet homme est son fr�re. Mais, au dernier moment, elle avoue sa faute en m�me temps que son amour longtemps cach� pour Montriveau. Ce d�but am�ne un long retour en arri�re, � l''�poque o� la duchesse menait le monde par le bout du nez, faisant m�nage � part avec son mari et m�prisant ses soupirants. L''esprit des Treize impr�gne le roman, en particulier la sc�ne de violence o� l''on voit Montriveau, conseill� par Ronquerolle, menacer la duchesse de la marquer au front avec une croix de Lorraine rougie au feu.D�di� � Franz Liszt, ce portrait d''une coquette repr�sentative des nobles familles du faubourg Saint-Germain, qui tiennent leur fortune de leurs terres et qui vivent dans le mythe d''une naissance sup�rieure, fut inspir� � Balzac par la Duchesse de Castries avec laquelle il eut une aventure orageuse, et qui l''humilia en se refusant � lui. Balzac en con�ut d''abord une violente rancoeur, puis les relations devinrent plus cordiales apr�s la parution de La Duchesse de Langeais, m�me si la duchesse de Castries y est peinte dans un portrait assez peu flatteur.En indiquant que l''ouvrage a �t� termin� � Gen�ve le 26 janvier 1834, Balzac voulait aussi envoyer un signe � Ewelina Hańska � qui il avait beaucoup parl� de cet ouvrage durant ce mois de janvier pass� non loin d''elle2. L''histoire, qui montre comment l''�crivain s''est veng� des froideurs de la duchesse, aurait servi de mise en garde contre un �ventuel refus amoureux de sa part -- une crainte heureusement dissip�e ce jour-l�..Biographie : Honor� de Balzac, n� Honor� Balzac � Tours le 20 mai 1799 (1er prairial an VII du calendrier r�publicain), et mort � Paris le 18 ao�t 1850 (� 51 ans), est un �crivain fran�ais. Romancier, dramaturge, critique litt�raire, critique d''art, essayiste, journaliste et imprimeur, il a laiss� l''une des plus imposantes oeuvres romanesques de la litt�rature fran�aise, avec plus de quatre-vingt-dix romans et nouvelles parus de 1829 � 1855, r�unis sous le titre La Com�die humaine. � cela s''ajoutent Les Cent Contes drolatiques, ainsi que des romans de jeunesse...

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Download or read book Le Pere Goriot written by Honore de Balzac and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2006-11 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a magnum-opus and one of the most widely read novels written by Balzac. It is a story of a young and eager man, Rastignac, who is determined to succeed at any cost. The novel contains deep sense of family values where a father sacrifices his all means for his two daughters. Moreover, Balzacâe(tm)s portrayal of Parisian aristocracy and human behaviour is conspicuous. Worth-read!

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