In a world of increasing conformity, the modern eccentric can be seen as a contemporary hero and guardian of individualism. This study defines the modern eccentric in twentieth-century French literature and compares the notions of the eccentric in nineteenthand twentieth-century French literature by tracing the eccentric's relationship to time, space, and society. While previous studies have focused on the notion of eccentricity in purely formal terms, The Sunday of Fiction delineates the eccentric as a fully fictional character. This work also completes prior criticism by exploring...
In a world of increasing conformity, the modern eccentric can be seen as a contemporary hero and guardian of individualism. This study defines the mod...
Widely rumored to exist, then circulated in a corrupt form, Jules Verne s final and arguably most daring and hauntingly beautiful novel his own invisible man appears here for the first time in a faithful translation. Readers of English can rediscover the pleasures of Verne s storytelling in its original splendor and enjoy a virtually unknown gem of action, adventure, and style from a master of French literature. Wilhelm Storitz, the son of a famous Prussian scientist (and possessor of his father s secrets even, perhaps, a formula that confers invisibility), vows revenge on the family that...
Widely rumored to exist, then circulated in a corrupt form, Jules Verne s final and arguably most daring and hauntingly beautiful novel his own invisi...
