Splendours and Miseries of Courtesans
Splendours and Miseries of Courtesans

Author: Honore De Balzac

Publisher: Independently Published

Published: 2019-04-07

Total Pages: 550

ISBN-13: 9781093153927

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After Father Goriot and Lost Illusions, Splendours et misères des courtisanes completes "Vautrin's trilogy". This hero of the lowlands, a forger and murderer, is also a sublime lover and a poet in his own way, who devotes his Titanic strengths and infernal imagination to the fortune of the man he adores: Lucien de Rubempré. Balzac never cruelly took off againhis masks to a society whose secrets he penetrates compromises. From the underworld and prostitution circles to those of the police and the judiciary, to the highest levels of the State, he makes a merciless diagnosis of widespread gangrene, leading his captivated reader to discover the adventures of desire in the jungle of Paris, with superb energy.

Splendors and Miseries of the Brain
Splendors and Miseries of the Brain

Author: Semir Zeki

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2011-09-23

Total Pages: 263

ISBN-13: 1444359479

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Splendors and Miseries of the Brain examines the elegant and efficient machinery of the brain, showing that by studying music, art, literature, and love, we can reach important conclusions about how the brain functions. discusses creativity and the search for perfection in the brain examines the power of the unfinished and why it has such a powerful hold on the imagination discusses Platonic concepts in light of the brain shows that aesthetic theories are best understood in terms of the brain discusses the inherited concept of unity-in-love using evidence derived from the world literature of love addresses the role of the synthetic concept in the brain (the synthesis of many experiences) in relation to art, using examples taken from the work of Michelangelo, Cézanne, Balzac, Dante, and others

The Splendors and Miseries of Courtesans; Volume 1
The Splendors and Miseries of Courtesans; Volume 1

Author: Hono 1799-1850 Balzac

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2023-07-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781019391631

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This book is a novel by the French writer Honore de Balzac, first published in 1838. The novel explores the lives of several courtesans in Paris in the early 19th century, and is notable for its vivid portrayal of the city's social hierarchy and the characters' struggles to rise above it. 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.

The Splendors and Miseries of Courtesans; Volume 1
The Splendors and Miseries of Courtesans; Volume 1

Author: Hono Balzac

Publisher: Andesite Press

Published: 2017-08-22

Total Pages: 508

ISBN-13: 9781375945820

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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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. 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. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. 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.

Splendours and Miseries: The Roy Strong Diaries, 1967-87
Splendours and Miseries: The Roy Strong Diaries, 1967-87

Author: Roy Strong

Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Published: 2017-08-10

Total Pages: 799

ISBN-13: 1474605346

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'The Alan Clark diaries of cultural politics' Sunday Times 'At every word a reputation dies' A. N. Wilson Roy Strong is best known as the flamboyant former director of two great cultural institutions - the National Portrait Gallery and the Victoria & Albert Museum. In his first volume of diaries, he takes the reader into the heart of his career, revealing himself to be not just a mercurial and brilliant administrator, but also a shrewd observer of the glittering and political milieu into which he was drawn. We encounter David Hockney in his studio, the poignant figure of Cecil Beaton in decline, Nureyev fizzing with ideas and the Philistine Mrs Thatcher among many others, including a bevy of the Royal Family. And throughout the diaries runs the thread of an exceptional marriage, following his elopement with the designer Julia Trevelyan Oman. Splendours and Miseries provides a unique panorama of the world of the arts, fashion and society, taking us from the outrageous Swinging Sixties to the hard-edged glitz of Thatcher's Britain.