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Monthly Archives: October 2010
This way to the Exposition
The view of the Exposition from Trocadero. From where Sasha and René enter in the novel, the Star of Peace would have been behind them, and this is the view they would have had before them. Note the Nazi Germany … Continue reading
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The expatriate experience for women
“Expatriation becomes a form of the Bildungsroman or pilgrimage, in which women undertake a displacement and reterritorialization in order to construct personal and creative identities. What is interesting in the Parisian context is that, whereas male writers predominantly retain their … Continue reading
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Good Morning Midnight
Jansen’s self-awareness in Jean Rhys’ Good Morning Midnight, or rather “self obsession,” as stated in the introduction, is set within a narrative of oppositions as well as comparisons. The way she places herself in relation to the city and the … Continue reading
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The Cérébrale
Through Sophia Jansen, Jean Rhys questions the value of a broken woman. Would it be possible for her to ever recover, to ever again occupy a valid space in society? Sophia Jansen’s name is only expressed once or twice in … Continue reading
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Good Morning Midnight
Please read parts 1-2 for Thursday and 3-4 for Tuesday. Thanks!
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Love to All the Chaps
In the real world, Ernest Hemmingway’s relationship with the fairer sex was contentious at best. From an early age, Hemmingway associated feminine influence with the painful constraints of civilized society. He professed to hate his mother, who he resented for … Continue reading
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The Sun Also Rises
The idea of masculinity seems to be questioned and take many forms in Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises. To begin, Hemingway’s prose is short, quick, terse and too the point; it is considered to be written in a very masculine … Continue reading
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The bookshop that thinks it’s a hotel
Just in time for our Shakespeare & Company outings, the Independent has a feature on the shop. At Shakespeare & Co, there’s not enough space for a stockroom, so it’s a constant merry-go-round of books bought and books sold; tourists … Continue reading
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The Sun Also Rises Response
In The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway chronicles the lives of several expatriates and their lives in Paris and Spain. Their movement through the city is inextricably linked to Susan Stanford Freidman’s theory of the modern character as one who … Continue reading
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Open mic night at Shakespeare and Co, Friday, 29th October, at 8:30 pm
In case any of you or your friends are interested… WORD the first open mic/slam/improvisation night upstairs in the library at Shakespeare and Company. Featuring musician extraordinaire Thos Henley & poet Rufo Quintavalle. Everyone weelcome to watch or participate! Chaired … Continue reading
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