Author: Auguste comte de Villiers de L'Isle-Adam
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252069550
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
"Take one inventive genius indebted to the friend who saved his life; add an English aristocrat hopelessly consumed with a selfish and spiritually bankrupt woman; stir together with a Faustian pact to create the perfect woman--and voilà! Tomorrow's Eve is served. Robert Martin Adams's graceful translation is the first to bring to English readers this captivating fable of a Thomas Edison-like inventor and his creation, the radiant and tragic android Hadaly. Adams's introduction sketches the uncompromising idealism of the proud but penurious aristocrat Jean Marie Mathias Philippe Auguste, Count Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, a friend and admired colleague of Charles Baudelaire, Stèphane Mallarmé, and Richard Wagner. Villiers dazzles us with a gallery of electronic wonders while unsettling us with the implications of his (and our) increasingly mechanized and mechanical society. A witty and acerbic tale in which human nature, spiritual values, and scientific possibilities collide, Tomorrow's Eve retains an enduring freshness and edge." --Descripción del editor.
Tomorrow's Eve
Author: Auguste comte de Villiers de L'Isle-Adam
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252069550
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
"Take one inventive genius indebted to the friend who saved his life; add an English aristocrat hopelessly consumed with a selfish and spiritually bankrupt woman; stir together with a Faustian pact to create the perfect woman--and voilà! Tomorrow's Eve is served. Robert Martin Adams's graceful translation is the first to bring to English readers this captivating fable of a Thomas Edison-like inventor and his creation, the radiant and tragic android Hadaly. Adams's introduction sketches the uncompromising idealism of the proud but penurious aristocrat Jean Marie Mathias Philippe Auguste, Count Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, a friend and admired colleague of Charles Baudelaire, Stèphane Mallarmé, and Richard Wagner. Villiers dazzles us with a gallery of electronic wonders while unsettling us with the implications of his (and our) increasingly mechanized and mechanical society. A witty and acerbic tale in which human nature, spiritual values, and scientific possibilities collide, Tomorrow's Eve retains an enduring freshness and edge." --Descripción del editor.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252069550
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
"Take one inventive genius indebted to the friend who saved his life; add an English aristocrat hopelessly consumed with a selfish and spiritually bankrupt woman; stir together with a Faustian pact to create the perfect woman--and voilà! Tomorrow's Eve is served. Robert Martin Adams's graceful translation is the first to bring to English readers this captivating fable of a Thomas Edison-like inventor and his creation, the radiant and tragic android Hadaly. Adams's introduction sketches the uncompromising idealism of the proud but penurious aristocrat Jean Marie Mathias Philippe Auguste, Count Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, a friend and admired colleague of Charles Baudelaire, Stèphane Mallarmé, and Richard Wagner. Villiers dazzles us with a gallery of electronic wonders while unsettling us with the implications of his (and our) increasingly mechanized and mechanical society. A witty and acerbic tale in which human nature, spiritual values, and scientific possibilities collide, Tomorrow's Eve retains an enduring freshness and edge." --Descripción del editor.
Villiers de L'Isle Adam
Author: Robert Du Pontavice de Heussey
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Languages : en
Pages : 302
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Pages : 302
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The Life of Villiers de L'Isle-Adam
Author: Alan William Raitt
Publisher: Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Biography of Auguste, comte de Villiers de L’Isle-Adam, in full Auguste-Jean-Marie-Mathias-Philippe, comte de (count of) Villiers de L’Isle-Adam, French poet, dramatist, and short-story writer whose work reflects a revolt against naturalism and a combination of Romantic idealism and cruel sensuality. His hatred of the mediocrity of a materialistic age and his compelling personality made a considerable impression on later writers.
Publisher: Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Biography of Auguste, comte de Villiers de L’Isle-Adam, in full Auguste-Jean-Marie-Mathias-Philippe, comte de (count of) Villiers de L’Isle-Adam, French poet, dramatist, and short-story writer whose work reflects a revolt against naturalism and a combination of Romantic idealism and cruel sensuality. His hatred of the mediocrity of a materialistic age and his compelling personality made a considerable impression on later writers.
Contes Cruels
Author: Auguste De Villiers De L'Isle-Adam
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781015756397
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781015756397
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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.
The Academy
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 448
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 448
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The Athenaeum
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Languages : en
Pages : 872
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Languages : en
Pages : 872
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The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art
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Languages : en
Pages : 740
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Pages : 740
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The Yellow Book
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Category : Aestheticism (Literature)
Languages : en
Pages : 464
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Category : Aestheticism (Literature)
Languages : en
Pages : 464
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Villiers de L'Isle-Adam
Author: William Thomas Conroy
Publisher: Boston : Twayne Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 176
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Publisher: Boston : Twayne Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
The Critic
Author: Jeannette Leonard Gilder
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 628
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Languages : en
Pages : 628
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