"A very solid achievement, a book that deserves to be ready by anyone interested in modern French literature""The Financial Times. "McCarthy has written the best account of Celine's life and books we have had" New Review While this work in no way tries to rehabilitate Celine, by its sobriety and fairness it offers us, for the first time, a dispassionate portrait of one of the most enigmatic literary figures of the century.

Celine: A Biography

MCCARTHY, PATRICK

Biographies & Memoirs

Penguin??Books

McCarthy (European studies, Johns Hopkins U.) was in the process of analyzing the Italian government of Paolo Berlusconi when it fell in December 1994. (One can be startled without being surprised.) In the first full account in English of Berlusconi's rise and fall, he examines the role of clientalism, the machinations of the Mafia, the corporate direction of Fiat, the edicts of the Vatican, and the organization of the Italian soccer league. If Italian politics is this complicated even to explain, no wonder noone can actually do it very well. Includes a historical perspective and profiles of the people mentioned. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

The Crisis of the Italian State: From the Origins of the Cold War to the Fall of Berlusconi

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

In the first full length English language account of the Clean Hands Crisis of the Italian government, Patrick McCarthy finds the roots of Berlusconis rise and fall in the practices of clientalism, the machinations of the Mafia, the corporate direction of Fiat, the edicts of the Vatican, and even the organization of the Italian soccer game.

The Crisis of the Italian State: From the Origins of the Cold War to the Fall of Berlusconi and Beyond

Business & Money

Economics

St. Martin's: Griffin

In 1981, in uneasy alliance with the Communists and amidst a storm of revolutionary rhetoric, the French Socialist party came to power for the first time since the founding of the Fifth Republic. The only full-length study of the subject yet written, this book looks at the realities beyond the rhetoric--how the Left came to power, what the Socialists achieved in the way of social change, where they failed to diverge from policies associated with the Right, and what lasting impact their brief tenure is likely to have on French and European politics.

The French Socialists in Power, 1981-1986: (Contributions in Political Science)

Praeger

Although better known today for such classic and influential science fiction novels as Last and First Men, Odd John, Star Maker and Sirius, Olaf Stapledon also wrote eight other science fiction books, seven volumes of philosophy and social criticism, and hundreds of reviews, lectures, and articles. Common to all his works is a moral vision that is characterized by ecstatic joy and revolutionary zeal, though tempered by detachment and skepticism. This is the first book collection of original essays devoted entirely to Stapledon. Where previous critical interpretation has concentrated on individual works by the author, these essays deal with larger issues in Stapledon's writings and with his relationship to such forces as Marxism and literary modernism.
The articles develop new avenues for the exploration of Stapledon's work, focusing on philosophical, linguistic, political, and structural elements, and showing how Stapledon's non-fictional writing may illuminate aspects of the fiction. In addition, the book includes Stapledon's hitherto unpublished manuscript Letters to the Future as well as a primary and secondary bibliography. An important contribution to the study of science fiction and fantasy, The Legacy of Olaf Stapledon will be of interest to scholars and students of Stapledon and of the genre.

The Legacy of Olaf Stapledon: Critical Essays and an Unpublished Manuscript (Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction and Fantasy)

Literature & Fiction

Greenberg, Martin

Elkins, Charles

History & Criticism

The End Of Postwar Politics In Italy: The Landmark 1992 Elections

History

Pasquino, Gianfranco

Europe

Routledge

Interweaves discussion and evaluation of Camus' work with an account of the events of his life, providing a concise yet subtle analysis of how his experiences influenced his work

Camus

Random House, Inc.

Camus: The Stranger (Landmarks of World Literature (New))

Patrick McCarthy analyzes The Stranger, one of the vital texts of existentialism and twentieth-century literature, in the context of French and French-Algerian history and culture. McCarthy examines how the work undermines traditional concepts of fiction and explores parallels and contrasts between Camus's work and that of Jean-Paul Sartre. Providing students with a useful companion to The Stranger, this second edition features a revised guide to further reading and a new chapter on Camus and the Algerian War. First Edition Hb (1988): 0-521-32958-2 First Edition Pb (1988): 0-521-33851-4

Cambridge University Press

Camus: The Stranger (Landmarks of World Literature)

Patrick McCarthy places The Stranger in the context of a French and French-Algerian history and culture, examines the way the work undermines traditional concepts of fiction, and explores the parallels (and more importantly the contrasts) between Camus and Sartre. His account provides a useful companion to The Stranger for students and general readers.

Patrick McCarthy places The Stranger in the context of a French and French-Algerian history and culture, examines the way the work undermines traditional concepts of fiction, and explores the parallels (and more importantly the contrasts) between Camus and Sartre. His account provides a useful companion to The Stranger for students and general readers.

Contemporary

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Celine: A Biography

The Crisis of the Italian State: From the Origins of the Cold War to the Fall of Berlusconi

The Crisis of the Italian State: From the Origins of the Cold War to the Fall of Berlusconi and Beyond

The French Socialists in Power, 1981-1986: (Contributions in Political Science)

The Legacy of Olaf Stapledon: Critical Essays and an Unpublished Manuscript (Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction and Fantasy)

The End Of Postwar Politics In Italy: The Landmark 1992 Elections

Camus

Camus: The Stranger (Landmarks of World Literature (New))

Camus: The Stranger (Landmarks of World Literature)

Camus: The Stranger (Landmarks of World Literature)