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    Dia has always been inspired by literature in writing their songs. In 2005‚ they released an album called Something Real which contains twelve tracks that are all inspired by literary works like John Steinbeck’s “East of Eden”‚ “Rebecca” by Daphne du Maurier‚ and Vladimir Nabokov’s “Mary”. The song “Hug Me” however‚ did not make it to this album. It appeared on the next one called Here‚ here and here and it is the only song in that album that is inspired by a literary work namely “Brave New World”

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    Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of identity. Routledge Caplan‚ P.‚ (1987) The Cultural Construction of Sexuality Choi‚ P and Nicolson‚ P. (1994) Female Sexuality: Psychology‚ Biology and Social Context. Harvester Wheatsheaf Foster‚ M.‚ (1992) Daphne du Maurier‚ London: Chatto and Windus Foucault‚ M. (1979) The history of sexuality‚ vol 1: An introduction. Penguin Foucault‚ M (1985) The uses of pleasure: The history of sexuality‚ vol 2 Freud‚ S.‚ (1955) The Psychogenesis of a case of homosexuality in

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    a more symbolic reading of Chiaroscuro in the novel as a whole. THE THIEF AND THE PAINTER According to Bachelar‚ fire encompasses contradictions: heaven and hell‚ good and evil‚ hot and cold‚ love and hatred‚ etc. On page 23 of « La Psychanalyse du Feu » it is written: “Parmi tous les phénomènes‚ il [le feu] est vraiment le seul qui puisse recevoir aussi nettement les deux valorisations: le

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    Popular 50 Books To Read Before You Die Shelf (showing 1-50 of 4‚019) Life of Pi (Paperback) by Yann Martel (shelved 19 times as 50-books-to-read-before-you-die) avg rating 3.82 — 510‚931 ratings — published 2001 Want to Read Rate this book The Great Gatsby (Paperback) by F. Scott Fitzgerald (shelved 19 times as 50-books-to-read-before-you-die) avg rating 3.76 — 1‚212‚918 ratings — published 1925 Want to Read Rate this book The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Paperback) by

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    eyes of both female protagonists in Jamaica Inn and Rebecca. Uncle Joss dominates the two females in his life‚ Mary and Patience‚ both mentally and physically in Jamaica Inn‚ using his power in a patriarchal society to threaten and control them. Du Maurier shows this control that men have over women with Mary’s comparison‚ “that in some sense they were here like mice in a trap‚ unable to escape‚ with him playing with them like a monstrous cat” (Jamaica Inn 25). This demonstrates how men have complete

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    Encyclopedia of Gothic Literature Encyclopedia of Gothic Literature MARY ELLEN SNODGRASS Encyclopedia of Gothic Literature Copyright © 2005 by Mary Ellen Snodgrass All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means‚ electronic or mechanical‚ including photocopying‚ recording‚ or by any information storage or retrieval systems‚ without permission in writing from the publisher. For information contact: Facts On File‚ Inc. 132 West

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    12. Cynthia Voigt‚ “Homecoming”‚ New York‚ 1981. 13. Ellen Schwamm‚ “How he saved her”‚ New York‚ 1983. 14. Jane Austen‚ “Persuasion”‚ Bantam Books‚ New York‚ 1984. 15. W. Somerset Maugham‚ “The Moon and Sixpence”‚ Raduga‚ M.‚ 1984. 16. Daphne du Maurier‚ “Rebecca”‚ Cornwell‚ (England:country)‚ 1990.

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    Springtime of the Year (1974)‚ Air and Angels (1991)‚ and most recently‚ The Service of Clouds (1998). The Woman in Black (1983)‚ a Victorian ghost story‚ was successfully adapted for stage and television and Mrs de Winter (1993) is a sequel to Daphne du Maurier ’s Rebecca. Susan Hill is also the author of two volumes of memoir‚ The Magic Apple Tree: A Country Year (1982)‚ about her life in rural Oxfordshire during the 1970s‚ and Family (1989)‚ in which she writes about her early life in Scarborough

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    (Mansfield) Танцы еще не начались.] | (b)by an infinitive [It is no good hiding our heads under our wings. (Galsworthy)-Бесполезно прятать голову под крыло.] | (c)by деепричастие[And without waiting for her answer he turned and left us. (Da Maurier)- И‚ не дожидаясь ее ответа‚ он повернулся и вышел.] | (d)by a subordinate clause [Не regretted now having come. (Galsworthy)- Теперь он сожалел‚ что пришел.] | The tense distinctions of the gerund 1. The Indefinite Gerund Active and Passive

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    org (under crime: prostitution: attitudes toward) accessed 16 September 2007.  Eliza Lynn Linton‚ The Girl of the Period at http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/nael/victorian/topic_2/linton.htm‚ accessed 16 September 2007.  George du Maurier‚ English Society‚ New York‚ 1897‚ at http://www.victorianweb.org/art/illustration/dumaurier/22.html‚ accessed 15 September

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