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Tinnitus can be a terrible affliction, both for the individual, and
also for friends and family. Hyperacusis, acute sensitivity to
noise, can also seriously interfere with everyday life. These
conditions are common in adults and may affect children, too. The
good news is that prospects for recovery have never been better,
thanks to advances in scientific understanding and therapy. There
are techniques that can be used to help minimize the distressing
effects of these disorders, which can range from lack of sleep and
irritability, to loss of concentration and confidence. Living with
Tinnitus and Hyperacusis looks at strategies for coping and
includes a complete self-help programme. Topics include; causes and
mechanisms of tinnitus and hyperacusis, the impact of these hearing
disorders, effective treatments, relaxation and sound therapy,
relieving the stress of tinnitus and hyperacusis and avoiding
relapse.
'This book offers real hope' David Stockdale, CEO, British Tinnitus
Association Tinnitus can be a difficult and distressing condition
to manage, and many people with tinnitus are currently left to fend
for themselves. Misophonia is an increasingly recognized, and
equally distressing, condition which is likewise often overlooked
by the medical profession, despite the acute anxiety it generates
in those experiencing it. However, prospects for recovery have
never been better, based on recent advances in psychology, auditory
neuroscience and medicine. Because tinnitus, hyperacusis and
misophonia present very differently and idiosyncratically from
individual to individual, self-help techniques can often be
effective in minimizing the distress caused by these disorders,
which can range from lack of sleep and irritability, to loss of
concentration and confidence. The latest edition of Living with
Tinnitus and Hyperacusis looks at strategies for living with
tinnitus, hyperacusis and misophonia, and includes a complete
programme for recovery. It features the latest research from the
fields of psychology, neuroscience and medicine to offer a full
overview of the causes, impact, and most effective treatments
available. It has practical advice on relaxation and sound therapy
as well as insights into relieving the stress of auditory
conditions.
This volume explores the characteristics of the art and literature
of the Second Empire in France; it examines the attitudes and
positioning of artists and writers of the period in relation to a
regime of dubious legitimacy, and the ways in which that regime
exploited to its advantage the artistic capital available to it. --
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Germinal (Paperback)
Emile Zola; Translated by Raymond N. MacKenzie; Introduction by David Baguley
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R339
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Coal mines have become rare, but the miners of Germinal are
immortal. This new edition of the novel, with a translation by
Raymond MacKenzie, is an exquisite tribute to their work, their
misery and their eventual revolt. In his introduction, David
Baguley--one of the most respected authorities on the work of
Zola--brilliantly illuminates the genetic, historical and aesthetic
aspects of the novel. His lucid, sensitive and critical gaze
highlights the real secrets of the work: its underlying
anthropological and social investigation, the dark power of the
tragic imagination and the brightness of symbolic and mythic
intuitions. --Henri Mitterand, Professor Emeritus, Columbia
University
This is the final volume of an annotated bibliography of French
literature. It includes some of France's greatest writers, such as
Balzac, Flaubert and Zola. Chapters are devoted either to
individual writers, background and general studies, or a particular
movement or genre.
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Germinal (Hardcover)
Emile Zola; Translated by Raymond N. MacKenzie; Introduction by David Baguley
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R1,026
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Coal mines have become rare, but the miners of Germinal are
immortal. This new edition of the novel, with a translation by
Raymond MacKenzie, is an exquisite tribute to their work, their
misery and their eventual revolt. In his introduction, David
Baguley--one of the most respected authorities on the work of
Zola--brilliantly illuminates the genetic, historical and aesthetic
aspects of the novel. His lucid, sensitive and critical gaze
highlights the real secrets of the work: its underlying
anthropological and social investigation, the dark power of the
tragic imagination and the brightness of symbolic and mythic
intuitions. --Henri Mitterand, Professor Emeritus, Columbia
University
This historical and critical study of Zola's Fecondite contributes
much to an understanding of how the novel came to be written and of
its achievements. Like Travail and Verite, the later books in the
series Les Quatre Evangiles, Fecondite has not previously received
significant critical attention. This study reveals and interprets
the less obvious aspects of the work, its biblical and mythical
themes, its sources and genesis. It also adds to our knowledge of
Zola's later works through the examination of various ideological
currents-particularly the impact of Malthusianism, its proponents
and adversaries, and who among them Zola read in preparing this
book. Fecondite deals with the particular problem of France's
declining birth-rate at the end of the nineteenth century and, more
generally, with the problem of decadence and cultural renewal. By
the time that he wrote Fecondite, Zola had abandoned his naturalist
aesthetic of scientific objectivity, if not also his working
methods as a novelist. This study shoes how his didactic concerns
continually asserted themselves in the structure and the use of
rhetorical techniques in Fecondite. Specialists in Zola, and others
more generally interested in the French culture of the late
nineteenth century, as well as the particular demographic problems
that Zola treats in the work, and the relationship of literature to
primitive mythology, should find this study of particular interest.
This book offers a variety of approaches to Zola's masterpiece,
published amid considerable controversy in 1876-7. L'Assommoir (the
tale of a Parisian washerwoman who after a hard life turns to drink
and dies in abject poverty) is analysed as a social and political
novel, as a representative work of literary naturalism, and in the
context of its repercussions in the history of the novel. Professor
Baguley investigates its complex and sometimes ambiguous themes,
its literary structures and its technical innovativeness. He
provides a synthesis of the best research and criticism of the
novel together with insights into its interpretation. The
biographical and historical context is given, and there is a guide
to further reading.
This is the first major study of naturalist fiction as a distinct
literary genre. It focuses mainly on French naturalist literature,
analysing a number of key works in detail, but also draws examples
from other national traditions, particularly from the English
novel. Professor Baguley questions and revises many traditional
assumptions on important theoretical issues such as the nature of
literary history, the concepts of 'realism' and 'naturalism', and
the relations between science and literature. He demonstrates the
prevalence of certain recurrent generic patterns, themes and
techniques in the general body of naturalist literature, ranging
from disquieting tragic developments to the most outrageous ironic
and parodic effects. He argues persuasively that, far from being a
mere record of the external aspects of reality, naturalist fiction
is a literature of 'scandalous' provocation which employs the
strategies of realist art to convey a profoundly disturbing vision
of that reality.
This is the first major study of naturalist fiction as a distinct literary genre. The author focuses mainly on French naturalist literature, but also draws examples from other national traditions, particularly from the English novel. Professor Baguley questions many traditional assumptions on important theoretical issues such as the nature of literary history, the concepts of "realism" and "naturalism," and the relations between science and literature. He also analyzes a number of key works in detail. He demonstrates that, far from merely recording the external aspects of reality, naturalist fiction employs the strategies of realist art to convey a profoundly disturbing vision of that reality.
Zola scholars and those whose work in other fields-literary,
historical, sociological, or artistic-brings them into contact with
Zola and his works have long felt the need for a survey for the
large corpus of writings on this important, widely read author.
This bibliography provides just such a survey, admirably complete
and intelligently organized. Aided in his research by several
collaborators and by a number of libraries throughout the world,
David Baguley has compiled some 8000 items covering the period from
the first reviews of Zola's early works to 1970. Although his work
does not pretend to be exhaustive, it contains extensive coverage
of studies in English, German, Polish, and Spanish, as well as
French, as essential items in many other languages. The entries are
arranged chronologically by years and, within each year,
alphabetically by author. An introduction outlines aims,
principles, and uses. Researchers will also find helpful the list
of unpublished theses on Zola from various countries, the index of
authors' names and names appearing in titles and notes, and the
index of themes. The latter uses the number assigned to each of the
entries to facilitate speedy location of materials on particular
topics-e.g. Germinal studies, Zola and the theatre, the Dreyfus
case, and so on. Wherever appropriate, annotation has been provided
that indicates the language, content, importance, and viewpoint of
the items. This bibliography will be an indispensable reference
guide for Zola scholarship.
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