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Literature & Literary StudiesApril 2023Charles Dickens and Georgina Hogarth
A curious and enduring relationship
by Christine Skelton
Charles Dickens called his sister-in-law Georgina Hogarth his 'best and truest friend'. Georgina saw Dickens as much more than a friend. They lived together for twenty-eight years, during which time their relationship constantly changed. The sister of his wife Catherine, the sharp and witty Georgina moved into the Dickens home aged fifteen. What began as a father-daughter relationship blossomed into a genuine rapport, but their easy relations were fractured when Dickens had a mid-life crisis and determined to rid himself of Catherine. Georgina's refusal to leave Dickens and his desire for her to remain in his household led to rumours of an affair and even illegitimate children. He left her the equivalent of almost £1 million and all his personal papers in his will. Georgina's commitment to Dickens was unwavering but it is far from clear what he did to deserve such loyalty. There were several occasions when he misused her in order to protect his public reputation. Why did Georgina betray her once much-loved sister? Why did she fall out with her family and risk her reputation in order to stay with Dickens? And why did the Dickenses' daughter Katey say it was 'the greatest mistake ever' to invite a sister-in-law to live with a family?
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The ArtsJanuary 2019Negotiating the auteur
Dominique Cabrera, Noémie Lvovsky, Laetitia Masson and Marion Vernoux
by Julia Dobson
This book provides the first detailed analysis of the work of four important contemporary directors whose work falls between the reductive labels of 'auteur cinema' and 'popular cinema'. Their work is contextualised within this timely investigation into the shifting relationship between the privileged status of the auteur and questions of genre, gender and cinematic production in France today. This important contribution to understanding the shifting landscapes of contemporary French film identifies an essential intermediacy in the films of these directors, which works to undo a series of dominant oppositions, generic template and contestation, public collectivity and personal intimacy, to offer a new perspective on the location of the political in contemporary French cinema. The four chapters provide detailed critical analysis of films by Dominique Cabrera, Laetitia Masson, Noémie Lvovsky and Marion Vernoux, and present common thread including the possible construction of social intimacy, the political demystification of romance narratives and the role of nostalgia, to argue that their work uses popular genres in order to challenge dominant cultural representation that resonates beyond the immediate parameters of contemporary French cinema. This book will be of interest to researchers working in French and European cinema, to students of Film Studies and French and Francophone Studies, and to film enthusiasts.
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1986Was hat man dir, du armes Kind getan?
Sigmund Freuds Unterdrückung der Verführungstheorie
by Masson, Jeffrey M
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March 1990Die Welt und die Hose
by Samuel Beckett, Erika Tophoven-Schöningh
Die Brüder Geer und Bram van Velde gehörten zu Becketts Malerfreunden, zu denen auch Tal Coat, Andre Masson und Henri Hayden zählten. Der Text »Die Malerei der van Veldes oder Die Welt und die Hose« spielt auf eine alte Weisheit an: DER KUNDE: Gott hat die Welt in sechs Tagen erschaffen, und Sie schaffen es nicht, mir in sechs Monaten eine Hose zu machen. DER SCHNEIDER: Aber, mein Herr, sehen Sie sich doch die Welt an, und sehen Sie da Ihre Hose! Beckett und Bram van Velde waren von der Lebensauffassung, dem Charakter und der gesellschaftlichen Position her gesehen Geistesverwandte. Bram van Velde schrieb: »Diese Freundschaft mit Beckett ist das wichtigste Ereignis in meinem Leben. Er hatte Augen für meine Arbeitsweise. Und was er in Worten ausdrücken konnte, das tat ich mit meinem Bildern.«
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1991Die Levi-Strauss-Saga
Die märchenhafte Geschichte des Mannes, der die Jeans erfand
by Masson, Irmalotte; Wiese, Ursula von
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