Download or read book The Tragedy and Comedy of Life written by Plato and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2009-04 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With The Tragedy and Comedy of Life, Seth Benardete completes his examination of Plato's understanding of the beautiful, the just, and the good. Benardete first treated the beautiful in The Being of the Beautiful (1984), which dealt with the Theaetetus, Sophist, and Statesman; and he treated the just in Socrates Second Sailing (1989), which dealt with the Republic and sought to determine the just in its relation to the beautiful and the good. Benardete focuses in this volume on the good as discussed in the Philebus, which is widely regarded as one of Plato's most complex dialogues. Traditionally, the Philebus is interpreted as affirming the supposedly Platonic doctrine that the good resides in thought and mind rather than in pleasure or the body. Benardete challenges this view, arguing that Socrates vindicates the life of the mind over against the life of pleasure not by separating the two and advocating a strict asceticism, but by mixing pleasure and pain with mind in such a way that the philosophic life emerges as the only possible human life. Socrates accomplishes this by making use of two principles - the limited and the unlimited - and shows that the very possibility of philosophy requires not just the limited but also the unlimited, for the unlimited permeates the entirety of life as well as the endless perplexity of thinking itself. Benardete combines a probing and challenging commentary that subtly mirrors and illumines the complexities of this extraordinarily difficult dialogue with the finest English translation of the Philebus yet available. The result is a work that will be of great value to classicists, philosophers, and political theorists alike.

Download or read book New Critical Approaches to the Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway written by Jackson J. Benson and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2013-07-12 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With an Overview by Paul Smith and a Checklist to Hemingway Criticism, 1975–1990 New Critical Approaches to the Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway is an all-new sequel to Benson’s highly acclaimed 1975 book, which provided the first comprehensive anthology of criticism of Ernest Hemingway’s masterful short stories. Since that time the availability of Hemingway’s papers, coupled with new critical and theoretical approaches, has enlivened and enlarged the field of American literary studies. This companion volume reflects current scholarship and draws together essays that were either published during the past decade or written for this collection. The contributors interpret a variety of individual stories from a number of different critical points of view—from a Lacanian reading of Hemingway’s “After the Storm” to a semiotic analysis of “A Very Short Story” to an historical-biographical analysis of “Old Man at the Bridge.” In identifying the short story as one of Hemingway’s principal thematic and technical tools, this volume reaffirms a focus on the short story as Hemingway’s best work. An overview essay covers Hemingway criticism published since the last volume, and the bibliographical checklist to Hemingway short fiction criticism, which covers 1975 to mid-1989, has doubled in size. Contributors. Debra A. Moddelmog, Ben Stotzfus, Robert Scholes, Hubert Zapf, Susan F. Beegel, Nina Baym, William Braasch Watson, Kenneth Lynn, Gerry Brenner, Steven K. Hoffman, E. R. Hagemann, Robert W. Lewis, Wayne Kvam, George Monteiro, Scott Donaldson, Bernard Oldsey, Warren Bennett, Kenneth G. Johnston, Richard McCann, Robert P. Weeks, Amberys R. Whittle, Pamela Smiley, Jeffrey Meyers, Robert E. Fleming, David R. Johnson, Howard L. Hannum, Larry Edgerton, William Adair, Alice Hall Petry, Lawrence H. Martin Jr., Paul Smith

Download or read book Short Stories from the Nineteenth Century written by David Stuart Davies and published by Wordsworth Editions. This book was released on 2000 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of classic featuring tales by Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, RL Stevenson, Bram Stoker, Anthony Trollope and many others.

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Download or read book Short Stories of the Tragedy and Comedy of LIfe written by Guy De Maupassant and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this collection of short stories, the great French author explores the many facets of human experience, from joy to sorrow, hope to despair. With a keen eye for detail and a deep understanding of the complexities of the human heart, de Maupassant portrays a wide array of characters and situations, revealing the beauty and tragedy of life in equal measure. Fans of classic literature will not want to miss this haunting and masterful collection. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Download or read book Short Stories written by Theodore Dreiser and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-07-12 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five powerful stories: "Free," the story of a man trying, as his wife lies dying, to understand why he never found happiness in marriage plus "The Second Choice," "Married," "Nigger Jeff," and "The Lost Phœbe."

Download or read book A Short History of the Girl Next Door written by Jared Reck and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2017 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After years of pining for the girl next door, 15-year-old Matthew Wainwright must deal with Tabby dating a popular senior just when he needs her most in this fiercely funny and heart-wrenching debut novel.

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Download or read book Rabbits for Food written by Binnie Kirshenbaum and published by Soho Press. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master of razor-edged literary humor Binnie Kirshenbaum returns with her first novel in a decade, a devastating, laugh-out-loud funny story of a writer’s slide into depression and institutionalization. It’s New Year’s Eve, the holiday of forced fellowship, mandatory fun, and paper hats. While dining out with her husband and their friends, Kirshenbaum’s protagonist—an acerbic, mordantly witty, and clinically depressed writer—fully unravels. Her breakdown lands her in the psych ward of a prestigious New York hospital, where she refuses all modes of recommended treatment. Instead, she passes the time chronicling the lives of her fellow “lunatics” and writing a novel about what brought her there. Her story is a brilliant and brutally funny dive into the disordered mind of a woman who sees the world all too clearly. Propelled by razor-sharp comic timing and rife with pinpoint insights, Kirshenbaum examines what it means to be unloved and loved, to succeed and fail, to be at once impervious and raw. Rabbits for Food shows how art can lead us out of—or into—the depths of disconsolate loneliness and piercing grief. A bravura literary performance from one of our most indispensable writers.

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Download or read book The Complete Works of Anthony Trollope Novels Short Stories Plays Articles Essays Travel Sketches Memoirs written by Anthony Trollope and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2017-11-15 with total page 30758 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Musaicum Books presents to you this carefully created volume of "The Complete Works of Anthony Trollope: Novels, Short Stories, Plays, Articles, Essays, Travel Sketches & Memoirs". This ebook has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Anthony Trollope (1815–1882) was one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. Novels: An Eye for an Eye An Old Man's Love Ayala's Angel Barchester Towers Can You Forgive Her? Castle Richmond Cousin Henry Doctor Thorne Doctor Wortle's School Framley Parsonage Golden Lion of Granpère Harry Heathcote of Gangoil He Knew He Was Right Is He Popenjoy? John Caldigate Kept in the Dark La Vendée Lady Anna Linda Tressel Marion Fay Miss Mackenzie....

Download or read book The Complete Works Novels Short Stories Plays Articles Essays Travel Sketches and Memoirs written by Anthony Trollope and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2017-07-31 with total page 30758 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Novels: An Eye for an Eye An Old Man's Love Ayala's Angel Barchester Towers Can You Forgive Her? Castle Richmond Cousin Henry Doctor Thorne Doctor Wortle's School Framley Parsonage Golden Lion of Granpr̈e Harry Heathcote of Gangoil He Knew He Was Right Is He Popenjoy? John Caldigate Kept in the Dark La Vendě Lady Anna Linda Tressel Marion Fay Miss Mackenzie Mr. Scarborough's Family Nina Balatka Orley Farm Phineas Finn Phineas Redux Rachel Ray Ralph the Heir Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite The American Senator The Belton Estate The Bertrams The Claverings The Duke's Children The Eustace Diamonds The Fixed Period The Kellys and the O'kellys The Landleaguers The Last Chronicle of Barset The Macdermots of Ballycloran The Prime Minister The Small House at Allington The Struggles of Brown, Jones and Robinson The Three Clerks The Vicar of Bullhampton The Warden The Way We Live Now Short Stories and Tales Plays: Did He Steal it? The Noble Jilt Travel Articles: How the 'Mastiffs' went to Iceland North America South Africa The West Indies and the Spanish Main Essays and Studies: Life of Cicero Lord Palmerston Thackeray A Walk in a Wood An Obituary Notes on Jane Austen's 'Emma' On Anonymous Literature On Dallas' 'Clarissa' On English Prose Fiction as Rational Amusement On the Higher Education of Women The Civil Service as a Profession The Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne The National Gallery The Young Women at the London Telegraph Office The Commentaries of Caesar Sketches: Clergymen of the Church of England Hunting Sketches London Tradesmen Travelling Sketches An Autobiography Notes on Trollope by Leo Tolstoy Anthony Trollope by Henry James Studies in Early Victorian Literature by Frederic Harrison.

Download or read book Approaches to Teaching the Works of Anton Chekhov written by Michael C. Finke and published by Modern Language Association. This book was released on 2016-02-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chekhov's works are unflinching in the face of human frailty. With their emphasis on the dignity and value of individuals during unique moments, they help us better understand how to exist with others when we are fundamentally alone. Written in Russia at the end of the nineteenth century, when the country began to move fitfully toward industrialization and grappled with the influence of Western liberalism even as it remained an autocracy, Chekhov's plays and stories continue to influence contemporary writers. The essays in this volume provide classroom strategies for teaching Chekhov's stories and plays, discuss how his medical training and practice related to his literary work, and compare Chekhov with writers both Russian and American. The volume also aims to help instructors with the daunting array of new editions in English, as well as with the ever-growing list of titles in visual media: filmed theater productions of his plays, adaptations of the plays and stories scripted for film, and amateur performances freely available online.

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of the American Short Story written by Abby H. P. Werlock and published by Infobase Learning. This book was released on 2015-04-22 with total page 3225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two-volume set that presents an introduction to American short fiction from the 19th century to the present.