Romance of the Three Kingdoms Original title：三国演义（San Guo Yan Yi） Country： China Language：Chinese Author: Guanzhong Luo(14th century) Genre: History Novel Publication Date: 14th century Pages: 5760 Brief: This book is one of “Four Great Classical Novels” of Chinese literature; it is the first river novel writes by chapters in China .It is a Chinese historical novel based upon events in the turbulent years near the end of the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms era of China‚ starting in 169
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As a member of the first generation to be born into todays “tech savvy” society‚ I found Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari to be a very enlighten look at dating and social interactions in the technological age. He covers a variety of topics‚ from how dating has changed in the past 100 years to how it differs in Europe‚ Asia and Latin America‚ and how online dating sites like OkCupid and Tinder have changed the how we meet people in todays society. He goes on to discuss how not only how we meet people
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Women in the Romance Era Most Romantics believed in love‚ freedom‚ respect for nature‚ and equality for all. The majority of these writers believed in freedom for slaves‚ but what about women? It seems that if we go by what we know about the Romantics that the automatic answer to this question is yes. However‚ it was not always so. The notions of equality for women and the submission of women can be seen in William Blake’s‚ Visions of the Daughters of Albion and William Wordsworth’s‚ The Solitary
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Alex DuBout Professor Stout ENGL 1301-8301 13 February 2013 The Lover: Blinded Romance A well-known famous French work of literature titled The Lover‚ written by Marguerite Duras‚ tells a forbidden love story between her as a young girl and a considerably older and wealthy man. The work was published as a book in 1984 which was later produced into a film in 1991. Ever since the reckless affair that Duras had with the rich man‚ the image of their love never dissipated from her
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most widely known for his amusing persona in various sitcoms. What many people do not know about Aziz Ansari is that he is the son of Indian immigrants‚ has a bachelor’s degree in Business from New York University‚ and wrote his own novel‚ Modern Romance. There is no doubt that Aziz Ansari has had a successful career in Hollywood. However‚ outside of Hollywood Ansari is an intellectual with
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the red fox (Vulpes vulpes)‚ the green iguana (Iguana iguana)‚ the common honey bee (Apis mellifera)‚ and the human being (Homo sapien). It is a miraculous phenomenon as to how these beasts‚ as well as others relate and differ in the fields of romance and general romantic encounters. Mating is an essential and instinctive occurrence for all concerned. However‚ feelings of affection and the dying art of platonic love can be just as crucial and indispensable as the reproduction process. Which of
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Minimal Wave The romance of the future‚ replaced by the romance of the past Minimal wave is a genre that is used to describe electronic and minimal forms of New Wave‚ Coldwave‚ Synthpop and Post-punk. It is a new phenomenon as the word minimal wave was not used until only 10 years ago‚ when a woman named Veronika Wasika founded the label Minimal Wave. Minimal wave was mostly made in the 1980s when synthesizers and drum-machines became accessible to the general public. The tracks recorded are usually
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Cyber-Romance Rachel Ivancic Thomas University Cyber Romances or social relationships are connections developed by two or more people involving constant communication and interaction. The majority of people‚ who are involved in online romances‚ usually end up exploring these ventures offline. The budding of these interactions are when people find new contacts after accessing the net and social network‚ cf. (Wellman & Gulia‚ 1999). New relationships that occur online are often considered
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Damien Hirst is no stranger to playing with morbid themes based on death‚ human self-destruction‚ and a somewhat forced mortality. “You try to avoid death‚ but it’s such a big thing that you can’t. That’s the frightening thing‚ isn’t it?” He often stresses that people are generally too concerned about what’s going on in between- nobody takes into consideration the start or the end‚ and just are happy to remain floating somewhere in the middle of these two points. In his early career he spent time
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Impact of Romance Fiction on Society Humans are a sentimental race‚ they require love to live a fulfilling life. Love stories like Romeo Juliet‚ etc. have inspired us. Romantic Fiction has been in existence since times immemorial. The popular romance novel is a story of two individuals with emphasis on romantic love and their subsequent relationship‚ complete with a happy ending. Oscar Wilde’s famous words “Life imitates art‚” forces us to acknowledge that fiction shapes our lives. We are taught
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