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  Diary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Bridget Jones's Diary Bridget Jones's Diary is a 2001.
Diary of a Mad Housewife Diary of a Mad Housewife is a Carrie Snodgress.
Diary of a Madman Diary of a Madman (novel) is the name of a novel by Nikolai Gogol.
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 Diary of a Madman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Diary of a Madman (novel) is the name of a novel by Nikolai Gogol.
Diary of a Madman (album) is the name of an album by Ozzy Osbourne.
Diary of a Madman (movie) is the title of a movie (1963) that was Directed by Reginald Le Borg.
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 Diary of a Madman (novel) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Diary of a Madman is a farcical short story by Nikolai Gogol.
His diary records his gradual slide into insanity, where he finally achieves the greatness that has eluded him in real life and imagines that he is the king of Spain.
The Diary of a Madman (note the 'the' in this title) is a short story published in 1885 by Guy de Maupassant.
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 Madman   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
He Flew Like a Madman He Flew Like A Madman is fictional book by the Harry Potter series of books.
Madman (comics) Madman is an anti-hero portrayed in comic books put out by the American publisher Dark Horse Comics.
Madman Muntz Earl "Madman" Muntz was a legendary merchandiser of used cars and cheap home electronics in the 1940s and 5...
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 St. Petersburg: Dostoevsky and Gogol   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
While his first novel has many elements of a Gogolian fable (a poor, educated, lonely clerk with a vague past, unrequited love, taking place within the immortal city of St. Petersburg, death), his treatment of the subject matter, the interpretation of characters’ emotions, and the overall effect produced by the young writer are markedly different.
Appearing from Diary of a Madman are the themes of madness, the commitment to a mental institution, and the peculiar epistolary forms of delusion (letters from the dog, Medzhi, in Diary and from the beauty, Klara, in The Double).
In Diary of a Madman, it is on Nevsky that the narrator observes the two dogs chatting, relating to the Nevsky as ‘surreal and absurd,’ as well as the Nevsky as ‘focal point of action.’ Propischin also takes an “incognito(296)” stroll down Nevsky on the “Date none.
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 Diary of a Madman
The bottom line is that it is harder today to sell a novel (especially a first novel) to a major publisher than it was fifteen years ago.
Oh, novels were still being bought and published, but the vast majority of those were by writers who had been in the field for twenty years or more or those lucky enough to have broken in at the right time.
Larger houses have largely done away with the amount of midlist novels they publish monthly, which is why Leisure and Kensington are among the only houses in New York worth the attention of a beginning writer with a completed novel.
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 Amazon.com: Books: Diary: A Novel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
As her husband languishes in a coma, Misty begins this diary of spooky doings on the resort island of Waytansea that are somehow related to the couple.
But this isn't any ordinary diary of mundane daily events; it is rather a plunge into Palahniuk's world of fantasy, science fiction, and horror.
A diary from the main character to her husband for him to read if he ever comes out of his coma.
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 Gale - Free Resources - Glossary of Literary Terms - D to E   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
As private documents, diaries are supposedly not intended for an audience, but some, such as those of Samuel Pepys and Anais Nin, are known for their high literary quality.
The Diary of Anne Frank is an example of a well-known diary discovered and published after the author's death.
Epistolary Novel: A novel in the form of letters.
www.gale.com /free_resources/glossary/glossary_de.htm   (3746 words)

  
 The Maritime Heritage Project: Gold Rush Books, 19th Century Reading, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Mark Twain
This historical novel follows the true story of Mary Patten, wife of Joshua Patten, Captain of the extreme clipper Neptune's Car, and their dangerous trip from New York to San Francisco.
A diary of the vessels built in California's coves and harbors.
This children's historical novel is based on true events that happened in San Francisco in 1853.
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 Original Cinema posters, lobby cards from various movies.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Note that this poster was stamped DOM which means it was printed for use within the United States (there would also have been posters stamped FOR for use outside the United States).
A one-sheet for the thriller, Diary of a Hitman.
Diary of a Madman, the 1963 Reginald Le Borg horror thriller starring Vincent Price, Nancy Kovack, Chris Warfield, Elaine Devry, Ian Wolfe, Stephen Roberts, and Lewis Martin.
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 The Cult - ChuckPalahniuk.net
Several Chuck Palahniuk novels feature biting satire on the fate of the working poor in America and the myth of a classless society.
Chuck has said, on few occasions, that if he ever wasn't a writer, he'd like to be a teacher, instructing students on the craft of 'Minimalism.' He has even romanticized about starting his own writing colony in an old castle in Oregon.
Doubleday has promised me that, for Chuck's next novel, Haunted, it will be his biggest tour yet, with lots of new cities and countries added on.
www.chuckpalahniuk.net /author/faq.php   (4177 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Books: Diary of a Madman and Other Stories   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
I walked into Standford University bookstore on Sunday afternoon and saw the translation of 'Diary of a Madman'.
Comparing it to Gogol's story of "Diary of a Madman" it is interesting how Lu xun explores the reality in such a different way from Gogol and still cuts one side of humanity open to the readers.
It's nothing like any novels written by Chinese Americans because you feel the sense of China in his stories while you can relate to all the characters' mental pain and suffer through his gorgeous language.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0824812786   (526 words)

  
 Diary Of A Madman, A Short Story - Page 1
Well, if you're not familiar with Toronto, you won't know where I'm talking about, but it's definitely a Madman's diary that I found.
I assume that he counted the moons ever since he was born because he didn't trust calendars or something like that.
He is currently revising his first novel and preparing to send it out for publication.
www.3ammagazine.com /short_stories/fiction/diary_of_a_madman/page1.html   (1450 words)

  
 Lu Xun - Lu Hsün
In 1918 Lu Xun published his famous story "K'uangjen jih-chi" (Diary of a Madman), which took its title deliberately from Nikolay Gogol.
The narrator, who thinks he is held captive by cannibals, sees the oppressive nature of tradition as a "man-eating" society.
"Diary of a Madman" has been called China's first Western-style story.
www.kirjasto.sci.fi /luxun.htm   (1411 words)

  
 Diary of a Madman: The Tao of Davey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Diary of a Madman: The Tao of Davey
Should things work out then I will try and prevent this diary from descending into a modern day real-life version of a Mills and Boon novel.
Leire, my lovely Spanish friend (the other one is in Ireland for a wedding) invited me to the kitchen to make coffee and she gave me a Mr Kipling apple pie as she is concerned about how little I eat.
www.20six.co.uk /nextEntries/14hufv21vh5ez   (1145 words)

  
 Netsurfer Books 06.07   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
McMurtry is a great hand at the nuances of human relationships and he provides the rich and unexpected details that move a novel from a good story to the plane of fascination for the reader.
This novel exceeds historic fiction, since it conveys the perspective of the characters in the context of the time in which it is set.
Though Heinlein may be best known for his immensely popular and influential Stranger in a Strange Land, this novel is without a doubt one of his very best and by extension one of the very best classic sci-fi works.
www.netsurf.com /nsb/sub/v06/nsb.06.07.html   (8861 words)

  
 Literature
Among the issues to be addressed are the peculiar narrative logic of the Gogolian absurd, the phantasmagoric city of St. Petersburg, and the interrelationship of the demonic, divine and ethical in the satiric context.
The last novel we will be reading, The Manuscript in Saragossa by Jan Potocki, the work of a Polish author, written in French, taking place in Spain and having as main protagonists Christians, Moslems and Jews, illustrates the cultural breadth, intellectual fervor and depth of inquiry that marks the nineteenth century.
Not only is the novel not dead as a vital art form, but it appears to be in a period of dynamic development.
inside.bard.edu /academic/courses/fall96/lit.htm   (3970 words)

  
 The Simmons Papers - Philipp Blom
(...) At times, the novel threatens to become another diary of a madman a succession of disconnected musings or another lament by one who, craving stasis and certainty, has barricaded himself against the real world.
Philipp Blom's small novel follows in a long tradition of academic fiction, an invention vaguely framed in reality, with true and false attributions..
Purporting to be the manuscript of an important philosopher, P.E.H Simmons, a document that has supposedly already achieved a certain notoriety, Blom has his fun with any number of philosophical and linguistic digressions.
www.complete-review.com /reviews/blomp/simmons.htm   (728 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Books: The Madman's Diary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Racina (Secret Weekend) firmly establishes the killer's interest in Native American lore and the history of the California desert lands, but the cryptic and ultimately misleading diary entries he intersperses throughout are distracting and interrupt the narrative's fast-paced momentum.
I have read all of his novels and I think they are wonderful masterpieces of suspenseful literary work with an excess usage of mystery, intrigue, and adventure.
Overall, "The Madman's Diary" is a wonderful work of fiction that all mystery fans need to read.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0451203615?v=glance   (1551 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Books: Diary of a Madman (Russian Texts)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Nevertheless he is painfully aware of the social gap between himself and his Director and, even more so, between himself and Sophie, the Director's daughter.
Poprischin's frustrated love for Sophie drives him into madness, the stages of which are catalogued in diary form.
This edition is based on the latest critical edition of the text to be published in Russia and follows the 1835 version of the text.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/1853994723   (831 words)

  
 eye - REEL LIFE: Diary of a madman, part 2 - 07.28.94   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Last week I introduced you to Gogol, an obscure Toronto filmmaker whose production diary I stumbled upon in a county archive.
Tomorrow we start "principal photography" on The Greatest Story Ever Told, Part 2 and, my only confidante, I feel a strange pressure in the area surrounding my radial arteries, as if something or someone is squeezing my wrists.
Whale Music, based on the Governor-General award-winning novel by Paul Quarrington about a burnt-out rock star, will open the 1994 Toronto International Film Festival.
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 Elijah Bruce's Blog: A Diary of a Madman and his pet grasshopper Larry - Lulu.com
Elijah Bruce's Blog: A Diary of a Madman and his pet grasshopper Larry
Elijah Bruce in Elijah Bruce's Blog: A Diary of a Madman and his pet grasshopper Larry
Although I would like to keep my blog updated daily, I'm in the throes of writing my second novel, so my attention is focused on that.
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 Pacific and Asian Studies
Shu-ying Tsau, “The Rise of ‘New Fiction,’” in Milena Dolezelova-Velingerova ed., The Chinese Novel at the Turn of the Century.
Xiaobing Tang, “‘Diary of a Madman’ and a Chinese Modernism”, in Tang, Chinese Modern: The Heroic and the Quotidian.
“New Year’s Sacrifice”, Diary of a Madman pp.
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 Diary of a Madman and Other Stories (Penguin Classics) - Hotel Resource Book Store   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Diary of a Madman and Other Stories (Penguin Classics) - Hotel Resource Book Store
The DIARY OF A MAD MAN is an insightful story by Gogol that is full of humor, sadness, tragedy and hope.
The literary style is first class and fully exposes the inner turmoil of a man with a conflict in his soul.
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 Amazon.co.uk: Books: Diary of a Madman (Classics S.)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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"The Diary Of A Madman", first published in 1834, belongs amongst Gogol's St. Petersburg stories.
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 Gogol Discussion
Diary of a Madman and Other Stories (Penguin Classics)
what does anyone think about 'diary of a madman'
can any one find any sense in t e diary of a madman.
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 Internet Book List :: Book Information: Diary of a Madman and Other Stories
Book Information: Diary of a Madman and Other Stories
Diary of a Madman and Other Stories (1960) [collection]
Original title: The Diary of a Madman and Other Stories
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 Original film posters, lobby cards from horror movies.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
This is an Italian Quatro from Dracula, the 1979 John Badham horror film starring Frank Langella, Laurence Olivier, and Donald Pleasence.
Starring Fred Astaire, Melvyn Douglas, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., John Houseman, Craig Wasson and directed by John Irvin from a novel by Peter Straub.
Starring Gabriel Byrne, Julian Sands, Natasha Richardson, Myriam Cyr and directed by Ken Russell.
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