Promiscuous [[electronic resource] ] : Portnoy's complaint and our doomed pursuit of happiness / / Bernard Avishai

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910462032203321
• Autore: Avishai Bernard
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2012
• ISBN: 1-280-57149-7; 9786613601094; 0-300-17811-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (224 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): LebowitzBrian E
• Disciplina: 813/.54
• Soggetti: Satire, American - History and criticism; Jews in literature; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Prologue Teaching Notes -- 1. A Novel in the Form of a Confession The Enigma of Portnoy, Who Is Not Roth -- 2. Really Icky Portnoy as Satirist -- 3. "The Best Kind": Portnoy as the Object of Satire -- 4. Punch Line: Psychoanalysis as the Object of Satire -- Conclusion You Are Not True -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The publication of Portnoy's Complaint in 1969 provoked instant, powerful reactions. It blasted Philip Roth into international fame, subjected him to unrelenting personal scrutiny and conjecture, and shocked legions of readers-some delighted, others appalled. Portnoy and other main characters became instant archetypes, and Roth himself became a touchstone for conflicting attitudes toward sexual liberation, Jewish power, political correctness, Freudian language, and bourgeois disgust. What about this book inspired Richard Lacayo of Time to describe it as "a literary instance of shock and awe," and the Modern Library to list it among the 100 best English-language novels of the twentieth century? Bernard Avishai offers a witty exploration of Roth's satiric masterpiece, based on the prolific novelist's own writings, teaching notes, and personal interviews. In addition to discussing the ; book's timing, rhetorical gambit, and sheer virtuousity, Avishai includes a chapter on the Jewish community's outrage over the book and how Roth survived it, and another on the author's scorching treatment of psychoanalysis. Avishai shows that Roth's irreverent novel left us questioning who, or what, was the object of the satire. Hilariously, it proved the serious ways we construct fictions about ourselves and others.

Australian Mine Ventilation Conference 2017

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911007261403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Brisbane, Australia : , : Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, , 2017
• ISBN: 1-5231-6110-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Soggetti: Mine dusts; Demand controlled ventilation systems
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages) and index.
• Sommario/riassunto: This years' Australian Mine Ventilation Conference, held in Brisbane, Australia, from 28-30 August, aimed to remedy the deficiencies in our current knowledge around management of health and safety risks. Its aim was to encourage the exchange of knowledge and operational experiences in mine ventilation management and to enable debate of time honoured standards, and associated practical and implementable controls. The immediate benefits from the biannual conference were definitive in that it provided a large and representative group of delegates from all spheres a space to meet, talk, listen and think about the administrative, technical and engineering problems with mine ventilation management. The suggestions, practices and recommendations made during the conference need to be scrutinised with further discussions, to both debate their intentions and their logic ; for innovative operational practices, and to improve mine health and safety for all.