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Foregone Conclusions
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Author : Michael André Bernstein
language : en
Publisher: University of California Press
Release Date : 2018-04-20
Foregone Conclusions written by Michael André Bernstein and has been published by University of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-20 with Philosophy categories.
We are continually trying to make sense of our world through the stories we tell and are told, but in our search for coherence, we often sacrifice our freedom and the rich randomness of life. In this passionate and lucid book, Michael André Bernstein challenges our practice of "foreshadowing," in which we see our lives as moving toward a predetermined goal or as controlled by fate. Foreshadowing, he argues, demeans the variety and openness that exist in even the most ordinary moments of life. And it is precisely ordinary life, with its random, haphazard, and contradictory choices, that Bernstein celebrates in his call for "sideshadowing"—an alternative practice that reminds us that every present is dense with possible futures. Bernstein sees the Holocaust as the prime example of how our tendency to "foreshadow" and "backshadow" misrepresents history. He argues eloquently against politicians and theologians who posit the Holocaust as foreordained and who depict its victims as somehow complicit with a fate that they should have been able to foresee. Instead, Bernstein proposes a radically new understanding of the relationship between the Holocaust and earlier Jewish experience, transforming how we read and write both individual and communal history. Foregone Conclusions is an extraordinarily wide-ranging book, both in its scope and in its broader intellectual and moral implications. From the latest biographies of Kafka to the peace accords between Israel and the PLO, from the role of cultural diversity in universities to the Crown Heights riots, Bernstein warns us against passively accepting our identities as being shaped primarily by historical or personal victimization. His book liberates us from stereotyped patterns of understanding the relationship between our lives as individuals and as members of racial, sexual, and historic/ethnic communities. Berstein ultimately opens a powerful new way to understand the principles governing how we read and write narratives--whether historical, personal, or literary. In striking original juxtapositions and critical evaluations of Marcel Proust, Robert Musil, and Aharon Appelfeld, Bernstein sugests the need for a new literary model based on the prosaics of daily life. Bernstein speaks directly and persuasively to many of the most pressing issues in Jewish history, Holocaust studies, literary criticism, and cultural history. Foregone Conclusions is a provocative and poignant attempt to find coherence in our world without accepting either ineluctable destiny of pure coincidence. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1994.
A Foregone Conclusion
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Author : William Dean Howells
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1875
A Foregone Conclusion written by William Dean Howells and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1875 with Venice (Italy) categories.
Yes, I think he has; but I know as little about the matter as you do. He sat down beside her, and picking up a twig from the gravel, pulled the bark off in silence. Then, Miss Vervain, he said, knitting his brows, as he always did when he had something on his conscience and meant to ease it at any cost, I'm the dog that fetches a bone and carries a bone; I talked Don Ippolito over with you, the other day, and now I've been talking you over with him. But I've the grace to say that I'm ashamed of myself.
A Foregone Conclusion
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Author : William Dean Howells
language : en
Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag
Release Date : 2020
A Foregone Conclusion written by William Dean Howells and has been published by Jazzybee Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with Fiction categories.
For many readers, this story belongs to Mr. Howells' most perfect pieces of work. In saying this, these people are not unmindful of the delicious humor and exquisite descriptions of " A Chance Acquaintance," of Kitty's breezy freshness and Mr. Arbuton's typical Bostonism. But Mr. Howells has lived in Venice till the melancholy beauty of its decay has so taken possession of him that he can describe all phases of its life more perfectly than any other English writer; and against a background of palaces and canals' he creates a picture of the drama of love, ever old, yet ever new, which causes a soul to dwell among the shadows of that great past. The American mother and daughter wandering forlorn in foreign lands, in quest of the health for the elder which never is found, the artist consul, the priest wearily going through the round of offices which are a lie to him, and dreaming over his inventions, till he wakes to find himself in love with the young girl whom he has taught Italian, the group of lesser characters, from gondolier to canonico, briefly drawn, but instinct with life, are delineated with the same subtle skill of portraiture, keen irony, and delicious pen, which makes a new book of Mr. Howells' a literary event. The atmosphere of the " Queen of the Sea " hangs over all. Those who know Venice inhale its unique beauty again from these pages, and those who have never floated on those still waters, away from the common world, can see its very spirit reflected here, as the outlines of its buildings and the hues of its skies are imaged in the canals below them.
A Foregone Conclusion
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Author : W. D. Howells
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2024-01-27
A Foregone Conclusion written by W. D. Howells and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-01-27 with Fiction categories.
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
A Foregone Conclusion
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Author : William Dean Howells
language : en
Publisher: IndyPublish.com
Release Date : 2008-11-01
A Foregone Conclusion written by William Dean Howells and has been published by IndyPublish.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-11-01 with Fiction categories.
A Foregone Conclusion Classic Reprint
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Author : W. D. Howells
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2015-07-16
A Foregone Conclusion Classic Reprint written by W. D. Howells and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-16 with Fiction categories.
Excerpt from A Foregone Conclusion Don Ippolito paused, apparently searching for his voice, before he inquired, Is it here that the Consul of America lives? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Foregone Conclusions
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Author : Donna O'Sullivan
language : en
Publisher: Saskatoon : Primary Press
Release Date : 1983
Foregone Conclusions written by Donna O'Sullivan and has been published by Saskatoon : Primary Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with categories.
A Forgone Conclusion
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Author : William Dean Howells
language : en
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Release Date : 2023-07-18
A Forgone Conclusion written by William Dean Howells and has been published by Legare Street Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-18 with categories.
Join protagonist Donatello as he navigates European society in pursuit of love and fortune. Written with careful attention to character development and social commentary, A Foregone Conclusion is a masterful work of fiction that will keep you engaged until the very end. 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.
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Author : Thomas Farber
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
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Author : William Dean Howells
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2023-11-15
A Foregone Conclusion written by William Dean Howells and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-15 with Fiction categories.
Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.