6/10/2023 0 Comments The importance of earnest![]() ![]() The refined young ladies turn out to be hard-headed, cold-blooded, efficient and completely self-possessed and the young gentlemen simply crumple in front of them” ( ) to emphasize how the women of the house was expected to stay home to work around the house while taking care of the children. Wilde quotes “But these expectations are completely flouted. Men were the only ones allowed to make political decisions, the “breadwinners” meaning they were the ones that held a job to provide for their families. For example, Cecily and Gwendolen are portrayed as dainty, nice and dependent, making them “attractive and desirable.” However, women who are independent and controlling are portrayed as “unattractive and mean.” In the Victorian Society, men had a greater influence on the world than women did. Wilde views the females in the play stereotypically. In the Victorian Society and even in today’s society, the world is extremely stereotypical against gender. ![]() In “The Importance of Being Earnest,” Oscar Wilde treats humorously serious issues and conflicts, such as class structure, marriage and courtship, as if they are a joke to the Victorian Society. ![]() Wilde expresses comedy through purposely criticizing the aristocratic. “The Importance of Being Earnest” is a trivial comedy for serious people written by Oscar Wilde. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Izumi, I think the Firelord in Legend of Korra also has that name lol. I SHOULDN’T BE TEARING UP AT A BIRTH BUT I AM! Winry giving girl-Aladdin a stern talking to is great. ROY LIKES DOGS! I’m still horribly depressed that Hughes died bUT AWWWWWWW! We’re finally going to meet this mysterious teacher!īLACK HAIRED DUDE! YOU’RE A TRAITOR!! IT’S ONE OF THE SINNERS FUCK! AND HUGHES! NOOOOOOO. The president slipped away from his body guards. *Blinks* Hughes…YOU WERE SUPPOSE TO BE COMIC RELIEF HOW DARE YOU! “Hughes: They would rather shoulder their pain themselves…than cause their loved ones to worry.”. ![]() Light hair: What a relief! You don’t know how hard it was for me to be so polite to someone younger than me!!”. “Edward: And there’s no need to be so polite. “Envy: You sure it’s such a good idea to let this kid live?”. It would have made more sense to put a young Al and Edward since a good portion of this book is telling their backstory. It’s weird that Scar guy isn’t really in this book but he’s on the cover. ![]() 6/10/2023 0 Comments The Pianist by Władysław Szpilman![]() ![]() Here, he connects to all the music he has played throughout his lifetime. When Władysław no longer has access to the piano, he still maintains his bond to music by going over his compositions in his head. This daily routine allows him to feel like a musician and artist. Even when he and his family are relegated to the ghetto, Władysław still practices his passion and profession by playing in the cafes. ![]() So, too, does Władysław use music as an activity that allows him to connect to his artistic identity. Here, music allows her to retain her sense of self. During the siege of Warsaw, an elderly woman insists on playing her piano every day: “No air raids or shelling could induce her to go down to the shelter instead of doing her daily two hours of piano practice before lunch” (37). On a figurative level, music allows Władysław and other characters in the memoir to ascend above their day-to-day existence and maintain a sense of identity. It represents salvation, both figuratively and literally. Music is a transcendent object throughout this memoir. ![]() 6/10/2023 0 Comments Thus spoke zarathustra goodreads![]() ![]() Lampert’s commentary and analysis of Zarathustra is so thorough and detailed. “This is a very valuable and carefully wrought study of a very complex and subtle poetic-philosophical work that provides access to Nietzsche’s style of presenting his thought, as well as to his passionately affirmed values. It makes a significant and original contribution to its field.”―Werner J. “This is the first genuine textual commentary on Zarathustra in English, and therewith a genuine reader’s guide. “A book of scholarship, filled with passion and concern for its text.”―Tracy B. Lampert’s persuasive and thorough interpretation is bound to spark a revival of interest in Zarathustra and raise the standards of Nietzsche scholarship in general.”―Daniel W. Insofar as it solves the riddle of Zarathustra in an unprecedented fashion, this study serves as an invaluable resource for all serious students of Nietzsche’s philosophy. Laurence Lampert’s chapter-by-chapter commentary on Nietzsche’s magnum opus clarifies not only Zarathustra’s narrative structure but also the development of Nietzsche’s thinking as a whole. ![]() ![]() The first comprehensive interpretation of Nietzsche’s Thus Spoke Zarathustra ―an important and difficult text and the only book Nietzsche ever wrote with characters, events, setting, and a plot. ![]() ![]() The genes have forced their way out in Rudolf, who has the dubious honour of being the one Rassendyll in his generation to bear the red hair and long nose of the Ruritanian royals. Before he signs his future away, he decides on one last jolly: a trip to the Central European kingdom of Ruritania, whose royal house has a scandalous adulterous connection with Rudolf’s own family. However, good things come to those who wait…Īn amiable waster, Rudolf Rassendyll promises his sister-in-law that he will finally make something of his life and join the diplomatic service. That was a full year ago, which gives you some idea of how easily I’m distracted where books are concerned. ![]() ![]() Like Scaramouche, this was something that I finally decided to try when I saw that Helen had been reading it (I have to thank Helen for a lot of swashbuckling goodness). It’s a deliciously fast-paced tale of disguise, secret identities, wicked plots, noble heroes and dastardly villains. ![]() Silva from Dorothy & Jack, Xmas 1895’), this wonderful romp hasn’t aged nearly as much as you might expect. ![]() First published in 1894 (my copy was given to ‘Gladys W. This time the book in question is a much-loved classic which I should really have read years ago. It’s high time for another swashbuckler, as a busy period looms at work. ![]() ![]() ![]() Although she has always written stories for herself, Schone was determined to be a painter, and studied art, classics, and world religion at Rockford College in Rockford, Illinois. Schone read her first romance novel, These Old Shades by Georgette Heyer, at age twelve, and began reading erotic novels when she was fifteen. 1954) is a best-selling American author of erotic romance novels. ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) ![]() JSTOR ( August 2012) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).If notability cannot be shown, the article is likely to be merged, redirected, or deleted. Please help to demonstrate the notability of the topic by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention. The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's notability guideline for biographies. ![]() 6/8/2023 0 Comments Fables compendium![]() ![]() Meanwhile, trouble of a different sort brews at the Fables? upstate farm, where nonhuman inhabitants are preaching revolution.and threatening the carefully nurtured secrecy of Fabletown. But when Snow White?s party-girl sister, Rose Red, is apparently murdered, it?s up to Fabletown?s sheriff?the reformed Big Bad Wolf, better known as Bigby?to find the killer. Disguised among the ordinary citizens of modern-day New York City, these magical characters created their own peaceful and secret society called Fabletown. CRAIG RUSSELL, TONY AKINS, DAVID HAHN, BRYAN TALBOT, LINDA MEDLEY, and others (CA) MARK BUCKINGHAMĬollecting the first six story arcs of the Eisner Award-winning modern fairy tale classic in an affordably priced compendium! When a savage creature known only as the Adversary conquered the fabled lands of legends and fairy tales, the famous figures of folklore were forced into exile. After the great War the great crossover This compendium captures all the branching fables that intersect our heroes stories from Jack of Fables and. Customers who viewed this item also viewed Product description About the Author Bill Willingham has been writing, and sometimes drawing, comics for more than 20 years. ![]() This volume compiles everything missing from the first two volumes to complete the fables collection for any fan. (W) BILL WILLINGHAM (A) MARK BUCKINGHAM, LAN MEDINA, STEVE LEIALOHA, CRAIG HAMILTON, P. Fables Compendium Three 5940 Total price: Add all three to Cart Some of these items ship sooner than the others. This compendium captures all the branching fables that intersect our heroes stories - from Jack of Fables and The Literals, to the classic short story Werewolves of the Heartland. ![]() ![]() Set in Mexico City, the novel imagines an alternate present in which the discovery of vampires' existence in the 1970s has fundamentally reshaped the world of the 21st Century. Sorry and check out there rest of my catalogue.Ĭertain Dark Things is not just another vampire novel. People e-mail me several times a month asking where they can buy Certain Dark Things, so I figured I'd leave this message here: it's out of print. ![]() Update: Happy to say Certain Dark Things, which has been out of print for a while now, will come out in a new edition courtesy of Tor in 2021. Update 08/2020: Skeletal page for new edition with a few order links functional. Update 11/20: Review copies are available via Netgalley. Update: 3/21: Cover revealed and excerpt available. It's violent, gritty, and faithful to the spirit of la novela negra. As such, it bears little resemblance to Mexican Gothic or vampire romances. ![]() ![]() ![]() This is a neo-noir set in an alternate Mexico City. Plus, it's a violent neo-noir.įor people who only know me for Mexican Gothic, I should warn you all my books tend to straddle different genres and have a very different feel for one another. One of the five POVs is from a 17 year old (Domingo), but the other POVs are two people in their twenties and two people in their fifties. Warning: I don't know why people on Goodreads insist on classifying this as YA, but it's an adult novel. ![]() 6/8/2023 0 Comments Rusty young books![]() Young and Jack Sundrud wrote and recorded music for children's story videos as the "Session Cats". Young said there could be some one-offs in the future after that, but the band would not be actively touring as before. One of those shows was a performance in a recording studio in front of a live audience for a DVD document of the band's live show. Īt the end of 2013, Young announced his retirement, but it turned out that it was a short-lived retirement.Ī few shows were booked into 2014 including three farewell shows in Florida. ![]() In 2013, Young was inducted into the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame. Young is best known for writing the Poco songs " Rose of Cimarron" and " Crazy Love". After Furay left the group, Young took on more song writing responsibility, along with Paul Cotton and Timothy B. The band's membership fluctuated over the years. Drummer George Grantham and bass player Randy Meisner rounded out the original Poco lineup. ![]() Along with Furay and Messina, Young became a founding member of Poco in 1968 upon the former band's demise. Richie Furay and Jim Messina needed a steel guitarist for the Furay ballad "Kind Woman" on their final album Last Time Around and after Thomas told Young about the opportunity, Young was hired. ![]() In the late 1960s, an acquaintance of Young's, Miles Thomas, became the road manager for Buffalo Springfield. ![]() 6/8/2023 0 Comments We zamyatin![]() Often mistaken as a critique of the Soviet Union, We criticizes the tendency of government in general to repress dissidents and promote stability over human freedom. ![]() It wasn't until over half a century after its publication, in 1988, We was finally published and circulated within the USSR due to the arrival of glasnost and the decline of government censorship. Shortly after We was published in Russian in the journal Volya Rossii ( Russia's Will), causing significant political pressure for Zamyatin. A Czech translation of the novel appeared in a Prague newspaper in 1927, bringing it to the attention of Eastern European intellectuals. The novel had the dubious honor of being the first work banned by the institution. ![]() ![]() Directly following its completion in 1921, We was banned by the censorship bureau. We is the most renowned work of Russian author Yevgeny Zamyatin and one of the most influential dystopian novels of the 20th century.Īlthough the novel was completed in 1921 and published in the US in 1924, it was not published in its country of origin, the USSR, until 1988. ![]() |