Marcel Proust, Sa Vie, Son Oeuvre was originally published in 1925 by Simon Kra in Paris. In 1927 Alfred A. Knopf published an English translation by Hamish and Sheila Miles in New York. Pierre-Quint augmented the French edition in 1928 and 1936, and this was published by the Editions du Sagittaire, who retain the French copyright. The present edition reprints the Miles translation together with the author's later additions, translated here for the first time by Kurt Weinberg, and a new preface by Germaine Brée, placing the biography in its historical context. An archive of Pierre-Quint's papers and books was established in 1981 at the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris. Not for sale in the British Commonwealth, excepting Canada.

Marcel Proust: His Life and Work: Translated by Hamish and Sheila Miles and Kurt Weinberg

Literature & Fiction

Pierre-Quint, Léon

History & Criticism

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This pathbreaking study confirms for the first time the existence of a real historical entity called the Parnell Myth. It probes deeper than the romantic story of the «lost leader» to find the myth's roots in Parnell's role as representative of Irish nationalist aspirations. It identifies the myth's principal characteristics - including motifs, symbols, and a central theme and central symbol - and explains how they give the myth its unity, coherence, and a significance beyond the story itself. The study demonstrates that dignity and self-respect were fully as vital components of the national question as independence, that the independence at stake was more fundamental than most politicians - or revolutionaries - appreciated, and that the question of independence persisted long after the Irish Free State had been established.

The Parnell Myth and Irish Politics 1891-1956 (American University Studies)

History

Murphy, William Michael

Europe

The objective of this book is to focus on trends in tourism and out-of-home recreation within the framework of modern human existence. The author generalizes not only his own observations, experiences, and research but also the research of others included in the extensive international literature in many languages. Tourism and recreation are undoubtedly increasing their importance in the world and more attention should be paid to these phenomena.

World Trends in Tourism and Recreation (American University Studies)

Engineering & Transportation

Mieczkowski, Zbigniew

Transportation

The first book-length study of Prototype Flapper Zelda Fitzgerald, wife of Jazz Age Laureate F. Scott Fitzgerald, in over twenty years (since Nancy Milford's 1970 biography, Zelda), this is the poignant tale of a young, gifted Southern Belle from a prominant Montgomery, Alabama family, driven to mental disintegration as the result of a marriage promoted by the media's lure for the attainment of the American Dream for Women - a luxurious life of leisure afforded by a prosperous husband. Interviews with friends and relatives of the Fitzgeralds' (including their only child, Scottie), as well as with Zelda's last psychiatrist, illuminate this tragedy and suggest how the untimely demise of both Fitzgeralds might have been prevented.

Zelda Fitzgerald and the Failure of the American Dream for Women (American University Studies)

Hartnett, Koula Svokos

From genetically modified food to weapons of mass destruction, we live in an age of intense debate about technology’s place in our culture. While the technologies have changed, these debates go back hundreds of years, and their assumptions have become deeply entrenched in our culture. Culture and Technology is an essential guide to the fascinating history of these debates, and offers new perspectives that give readers the tools they need to make informed decisions about the role of technology in our lives. In clear and compelling language, Slack and Wise untangle and expose the cultural assumptions that underlie our thinking about technology, stories so deeply held we often don’t recognize their influence. The book considers the perceived inevitability of technological advance and our myths about progress. It also looks at sources of resistance to these stories from the Luddites of the 19th century to the Unabomber in our own time. Slack and Wise help readers sift through the confusions about culture and technology that arise in their own everyday lives. This book is a must read for anyone who cares about the place of technology in our lives. It is a primer for beginners, and an invaluable resource for those who have pondered these issues before.

Culture and Technology: A Primer

Wise, J. MacGregor

Slack, Jennifer Daryl

Biographies & Memoirs

Although the fields of chaos and complexity are important in a number of disciplines, they have not yet been influential in education. This book remedies this dilemma by gathering essays by authors from around the world who have studied and applied chaos and complexity theories to their teaching. Rich in its material, recursive in its interweaving of themes, conversational in its relationships, and rigorous in its analysis, the book is essential reading for undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals who deal with these important topics.

Chaos, Complexity, Curriculum, and Culture: A Conversation (Complicated Conversation)

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

This book describes the development of Proust’s treatment of material objects from his earliest work Les Plaisirs et les jours to his mature novel À la recherche du temps perdu. It examines the literary influences on Proust’s way with objects in the light of certain critical texts and reconsiders the significance of Ruskin. As the movement from unreflective and spontaneous representation to a meta-narrative of consciousness is traced, some questions as to the banality of the ‘banal object’ arise. The meta-narrative finds resonance in a peculiarly Proustian pictoriality which has been largely unnoticed. It resides in descriptions where objects appear simultaneously or at different times as things in paintings and in the real. By exploring connections between Proust’s pictoriality and his reflections on ‘matière’ and ‘surface’, the author suggests a radical approach to the modernism of À la recherche du temps perdu.

The Material Object in the Work of Marcel Proust (Modern French Identities, V. 40)

Baldwin, Thomas

The Romantic novelist George Sand - friend of Balzac, Hugo, and Liszt, and lover of Musset and Chopin - wrote this novel in 1834 in Paris and Venice, during her tumultuous affair with Musset. Through this story of a princess, the absolute ruler of an imaginary kingdom, Sand explores issues of leadership by women, male jealousy, and the problems faced by women who want both political power and committed relationships. The Private Secretary (Le Secrétaire intime) speaks to the concerns of contemporary women who want to «have it all», and is appropriate for courses in women’s studies as well as French literature in translation.

The Private Secretary (Le Secrétaire intime): Translated by Lucy M. Schwartz

SAND, GEORGE

This is a volume on problems and new solutions in the field of intercultural learning and development. Although it seems to be intuitively quite clear what is meant by intercultural learning and development, it quickly becomes vague and hard to grasp. Many isolated and diverse studies have been conducted, but demonstrate only minor effectiveness. A more promising framework, based on socio-cultural and historical activity theory and mindful identity negotiation, is presented here. It is tested for intervention purposes and empirically evaluated by means of a design experiment. This volume is addressed to professors, students, and professional practitioners, whether working in educational research or in practical course design and implementation in different fields, such as general education, business studies, management training, workplace learning, or in studies on diversity and modern language teaching.

Intercultural Learning As Identity Negotiation

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Weber, Susanne

Psychology & Counseling

Media Queered is a groundbreaking assessment of minorities and the media. Authorities including Larry Gross, Edward Alwood, Lisa Henderson, and Marguerite Moritz join several new scholars to examine four aspects of visibility: history, expertise, popularity, and technology. To supplement this research, media practitioners including journalists working in the gay and mainstream press contribute a unique series of interludes. The first is by Studs Terkel, who interviewed founders of the U.S. homophile movement. Written for scholars, students, and instructors of media and gender studies, Media Queered is also accessible for general readers intrigued by the recent flowering of queer characters, themes, and images in popular culture.

Media Queered: Visibility and its Discontents

Arts & Photography

Business of Art

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