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Hidden Gems

English Literature, 2021
Although readers are more likely to dwell upon particularly funny, surprising, or disturbing moments in David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest, the novel contains many instances of breathtaking poeticism. A close reading of a few such lines, hidden gems
Shapiro, Mary
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On the Matters of The Plastic People of the Universe and DG 307

Labyrinth: An International Journal for Philosophy, Value Theory and Sociocultural Hermeneutics, 2017
An essay of Jan Patočka on Dostoevsky's short story "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man".
Jan Patočka
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Pourquoi les morts sont-ils si extravagants?

Carnets, 2012
“Why the dead are so extravagant?” In the Dialogue genre, “dialogue of the dead” is a minor sub- genre, often originating in the anonymous and clandestine literature, is indeed, an extravagant avatar, full of oddities and paradoxes.
João Domingues
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Nobody Cares, Lah!" The Phenomenon of Flaming on YouTube in Malaysia

Journal of Business and Social Review in Emerging Economies, 2016
Objective: The purpose of this paper is to investigate what motivates people to provide malicious comments on YouTube in Malaysia. This study will also question the differences between how flaming is constructed in each video classification and how are ...
Revathy Amadera Lingam, Norizah Aripin
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The Ridiculous performance of Taylor Mac [PDF]

, 2012
Taylor Mac is a contemporary actor and playwright who carries on the tradition of Charles Ludlam's (1943-87) Ridiculous Theatre for the twenty-first century.
Edgecomb, Sean F.
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Confondre les sages : échos évangéliques dans un conte facétieux de Straparola

Fééries, 2021
In the 5th tale of the 9th Night from The Pleasant Nights (1553), the evangelical reference is utterly explicit, regarding a scheme used by people of Bergamo against learned Florentines.
Patricia Eichel-Lojkine
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Stratégies de salariés face à l’introduction de nouvelles méthodes de management

La Nouvelle Revue du Travail, 2013
The text builds on an anthropological survey conducted within a state-owned enterprise to show how the introduction of new management methods restricts employees' autonomy and imprisons them within models.
Michel Feynie
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On Ignoring Risk [PDF]

, 2018
This paper explores the political impact of protest actions that explicitly make use of performance practices in their execution, and takes the activist work of Margaretta D’Arcy as the central object of analysis.
Duggan, Patrick
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Смех (в) „фантастической трилогии” Федорa Достоевского

Studia Rossica Posnaniensia
Among the works included in A writer’s diary by Fyodor Dostoevsky, literary scholars point out the “fantastic trilogy” – The dream of a ridiculous man, A gentle creature, and Bobok.
Natália Muránska
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Corne Ducale et Sainte-Chaussette dans la relation de voyage d’Evliyâ Çelebi

Cahiers Balkaniques, 2013
In the Seyahatnâme we find two references for a relic kept in Urfa at an uncertain date, stockings or sock of Jesus. This reference is related to the headdress characteristic of the Venitian Doge, the corno ducale, ridiculous according to Evliyâ because ...
Jean-Louis Bacqué-Grammont
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