Wild Unrest

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Wild Unrest

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Author : Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2010-11-05

Wild Unrest written by Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-05 with Social Science categories.

In Wild Unrest, Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz offers a vivid portrait of Charlotte Perkins Gilman in the 1880s, drawing new connections between the author's life and work and illuminating the predicament of women then and now. "The Yellow Wall-Paper" captured a woman's harrowing descent into madness and drew on the author's intimate knowledge of mental illness. Like the narrator of her story, Gilman was a victim of what was termed "neurasthenia" or "hysteria"--a "bad case of the nerves." She had faced depressive episodes since adolescence, and with the arrival of marriage and motherhood, they deepened. In 1887 she suffered a severe breakdown and sought the "rest cure" of famed neurologist S. Weir Mitchell. Her marriage was a troubled one, and in the years that followed she separated from and ultimately divorced her husband. It was at this point, however, that Gilman embarked on what would become an influential career as an author, lecturer, and advocate for women's rights. Horowitz draws on a treasure trove of primary sources to illuminate the making of "The Yellow Wall-Paper": Gilman's journals and letters, which closely track her daily life and the reading that most influenced her; the voluminous diaries of her husband, Walter Stetson, which contain verbatim transcriptions of conversations with and letters from Charlotte; and the published work of S. Weir Mitchell, whose rest cure dominated the treatment of female "hysteria" in late 19th century America. Horowitz argues that these sources ultimately reveal that Gilman's great story emerged more from emotions rooted in the confinement and tensions of her unhappy marriage than from distress following Mitchell's rest cure. Wild Unrest adds immeasurably to our understanding of Charlotte Perkins Gilman, uncovering both the literary and personal sources behind "The Yellow Wall-Paper."

Wild Nights

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Author : Benjamin Reiss
language : en
Publisher: Basic Books
Release Date : 2017-03-07

Wild Nights written by Benjamin Reiss and has been published by Basic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-07 with History categories.

Why the modern world forgot how to sleep Why is sleep frustrating for so many people? Why do we spend so much time and money managing and medicating it, and training ourselves and our children to do it correctly? In Wild Nights, Benjamin Reiss finds answers in sleep's hidden history--one that leads to our present, sleep-obsessed society, its tacitly accepted rules, and their troubling consequences. Today we define a good night's sleep very narrowly: eight hours in one shot, sealed off in private bedrooms, children apart from parents. But for most of human history, practically no one slept this way. Tracing sleep's transformation since the dawn of the industrial age, Reiss weaves together insights from literature, social and medical history, and cutting-edge science to show how and why we have tried and failed to tame sleep. In lyrical prose, he leads readers from bedrooms and laboratories to factories and battlefields to Henry David Thoreau's famous cabin at Walden Pond, telling the stories of troubled sleepers, hibernating peasants, sleepwalking preachers, cave-dwelling sleep researchers, slaves who led nighttime uprisings, rebellious workers, spectacularly frazzled parents, and utopian dreamers. We are hardly the first people, Reiss makes clear, to chafe against our modern rules for sleeping. A stirring testament to sleep's diversity, Wild Nights offers a profound reminder that in the vulnerability of slumber we can find our shared humanity. By peeling back the covers of history, Reiss recaptures sleep's mystery and grandeur and offers hope to weary readers: as sleep was transformed once before, so too can it change today.

A Patch Of Pansies

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Author : Edmund Vance Cooke
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1894

A Patch Of Pansies written by Edmund Vance Cooke and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1894 with categories.

The Poetical Keepsake

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1866

The Poetical Keepsake written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1866 with American poetry categories.

Delius As I Knew Him

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Author : Eric Fenby
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1981

Delius As I Knew Him written by Eric Fenby and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

An intimate portrait of Delius by the man who notated many of the disabled composer's last works. Includes 33 musical examples.

Songs Sacred And Devotional Edited And Selected By J E Carpenter

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Author : Joseph Edwards Carpenter
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1866

Songs Sacred And Devotional Edited And Selected By J E Carpenter written by Joseph Edwards Carpenter and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1866 with categories.

Thomas Wolfe Of Time And The River You Can T Go Home Again Look Homeward Angel

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Author : Thomas Wolfe
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2023-12-26

Thomas Wolfe Of Time And The River You Can T Go Home Again Look Homeward Angel written by Thomas Wolfe and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-12-26 with Fiction categories.

"You Can't Go Home Again" – George Webber has written a successful novel about his family and hometown. When he returns to that town, he is shaken by the force of outrage and hatred that greets him. Family and lifelong friends feel naked and exposed by what they have seen in his books, and their fury drives him from his home. Outcast, George Webber begins a search for his own identity. It takes him to New York and a hectic social whirl; to Paris with an uninhibited group of expatriates; to Berlin, lying cold and sinister under Hitler's shadow. "Look Homeward, Angel" is an American coming-of-age story. The novel is considered to be autobiographical and the character of Eugene Gant is generally believed to be a depiction of Thomas Wolfe himself. Set in the fictional town and state of Altamont, Catawba, it covers the span of time from Eugene's birth to the age of 19. "Of Time and the River" is the continuation of the story of Eugene Gant, detailing his early and mid-twenties. During that time Eugene attends Harvard University, moves to New York City, teaches English at a university there, and travels overseas with his friend Francis Starwick.

Look Homeward Angel Of Time And The River

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Author : Thomas Wolfe
language : en
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date : 2023-11-17

Look Homeward Angel Of Time And The River written by Thomas Wolfe and has been published by Good Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-17 with Fiction categories.

"Look Homeward, Angel" is an American coming-of-age story. The novel is considered to be autobiographical and the character of Eugene Gant is generally believed to be a depiction of Thomas Wolfe himself. Set in the fictional town and state of Altamont, Catawba, it covers the span of time from Eugene's birth to the age of 19. "Of Time and the River" is the continuation of the story of Eugene Gant, detailing his early and mid-twenties. During that time Eugene attends Harvard University, moves to New York City, teaches English at a university there, and travels overseas with his friend Francis Starwick.

The Lover S Gem A Choice Selection Of Poetry By H H P

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1860

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Thomas Wolfe Collected Works

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Author : Thomas Wolfe
language : en
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date : 2023-12-27

Thomas Wolfe Collected Works written by Thomas Wolfe and has been published by Good Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-12-27 with Fiction categories.

"Look Homeward, Angel" is an American coming-of-age story. The novel is considered to be autobiographical and the character of Eugene Gant is generally believed to be a depiction of Thomas Wolfe himself. Set in the fictional town and state of Altamont, Catawba, it covers the span of time from Eugene's birth to the age of 19._x000D_ "Of Time and the River" is the continuation of the story of Eugene Gant, detailing his early and mid-twenties. During that time Eugene attends Harvard University, moves to New York City, teaches English at a university there, and travels overseas with his friend Francis Starwick._x000D_ "You Can't Go Home Again" – George Webber has written a successful novel about his family and hometown. When he returns to that town, he is shaken by the force of outrage and hatred that greets him. Family and lifelong friends feel naked and exposed by what they have seen in his books, and their fury drives him from his home. Outcast, George Webber begins a search for his own identity. It takes him to New York and a hectic social whirl; to Paris with an uninhibited group of expatriates; to Berlin, lying cold and sinister under Hitler's shadow._x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_