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literature [2021/09/27 09:51]
rapidplatypus [George Bernard Shaw] |
literature [2021/09/27 09:54]
rapidplatypus [Horselover Fat] |
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| ==== Balzacian woman ==== | ==== Balzacian woman ==== |
| Women played an important role in Balzac's life. He loved for many years and in 1850 married a Polish woman, Ewelina Hańska, in Berdyczów. In his novels, changing the previous literary fashion, he portrayed mature women - that is, women over thirty. This gave rise to the term "Balzacian woman", derived from the title of Balzac's novel "The Woman of Thirty". [([[https://en.inditics.com/what-is-the-balzacian-age-of-a-woman/|Indictis]])] | Women played an important role in Balzac's life. He loved for many years and in 1850 married a Polish woman, Ewelina Hańska, in Berdyczów. In his novels, changing the previous literary fashion, he portrayed mature women — that is, women over thirty. This gave rise to the term "Balzacian woman", derived from the title of Balzac's novel "The Woman of Thirty." [([[https://en.inditics.com/what-is-the-balzacian-age-of-a-woman/|Indictis]])] |
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| ==== Horselover Fat ==== | ==== Horselover Fat ==== |
| The author's first name "Phillip" comes from the Greek "Philippos" meaning literally "horse-loving"; while Dick in German means "fat". Horselover Fat is the main character of the novel Valis by Philip K. Dick, the author's alter ego. In the novel Valis, which is his quasi-biography, Dick appears twice: as Phil, a well-known science fiction author, and as Horselover Fat, suffering from depression and possessed of suicidal mania. [([[https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Philip_K._Dick|New World Encyclopedia]])] | The author's first name "Phillip" comes from the Greek "Philippos" meaning literally "horse-loving;" while Dick in German means "fat." Horselover Fat is the main character of the novel Valis by Philip K. Dick, the author's alter ego. In the novel Valis, which is his quasi-biography, Dick appears twice: as Phil, a well-known science fiction author, and as Horselover Fat, suffering from depression and possessed of suicidal mania. [([[https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Philip_K._Dick|New World Encyclopedia]])] |
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