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"The Repairer of Reputations" is a short story published by Robert W. Chambers in the collection The King in Yellow in 1895. The story is an example of Chambers' horror fiction, and is one of the stories in the collection which contains the motif of the Yellow Sign and the King in Yellow.
"The Repairer of Reputations" – a story of egotism and paranoia which carries the imagery of the book's title. "The Mask" – a dream story of art, love, and uncanny science. "In the Court of the Dragon" – a man is pursued by a sinister church organist who is after his soul.
[5] [6] [7] Chambers wrote Special Messenger (1909), Ailsa Paige (1910) and Whistling Cat (1932), novels set during the American Civil War. [7] Chambers also wrote Cardigan (1901), a historical novel for younger readers, set at the outbreak of the American Revolution. [6] [7] Chambers later turned to writing romantic fiction to earn a living.
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The characters in the novel express credulity at the very concept of a "repairer of reputations" (rather than simply at Mr.Wilde's obviously imagined success at it). To me this is ironic given that (if one disregards Mr.Wilde's use of mafia-like tactics) the job seems to be essentially that of a spin doctor — Preceding unsigned comment added ...
The content is presented as a series of questions pertaining to the subject of the particular chapter of the books. Amid the questions, pictures and photographs, there are details from established comic strips and complete comic strips, occasionally with its dialogue adjusted to the chapter's theme.
Going After Cacciato is an anti-war novel written by Tim O'Brien and first published by Delacorte Press in 1978. The novel is set during the Vietnam War.It is told from the third person limited point of view of an American soldier, Paul Berlin.
Weinstein joined the faculty at Brown University in 1968, shortly before the adoption of the New Curriculum. He worked to bring students to the Department of Comparative Literature through promoting interdisciplinary collaboration and the study of non-Western literature. [7] He was promoted to Associate Professor in 1973 and Full Professor in 1978.