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This 1982 book offers an evaluation of one of Flaubert's major and most controversial novels. Dr Green begins by discussing the nineteenth-century debate about the relation between history and fiction, and examines Flaubert's distinctive responses to it. Then, through a detailed study of the manuscript plans for Salammbô, she shows how Flaubert worked to develop a new kind of historical novel. She shows the balance in his work between careful historical research and imaginative reconstruction; she charts how he modified, amplified, or omitted certain elements in the sources, and suggests his reasons for doing so. The result is a case history of the historical novelist's imagination at work, and one which indicates illuminating perspectives with this area of research. Instead of escaping into a vanished world of the past, Flaubert drew on contemporary French social, political, and economic issues in his recreation of a distant and decadent civilisation nearing its end.

The French Second Empire (1852-70) was a time of exceptionally rapid social, industrial and technological change. French literature also underwent fundamental changes during this period as writers embraced ‘modernity’ and incorporated new technologies, fashions and inventions into their work. Focusing on cultural areas such as exhibitions, transport, food, dress and photography, ‘Changing France’ shows how apparently trivial aspects of modern life provided Second Empire writers with a versatile means of thinking about deeper issues. This volume brings literature and material culture together to reveal how writing itself changed as writers recognised the extraordinarily rich possibilities of expression opened up to them by the changing material world.

The French Second Empire (1852-70) was a time of exceptionally rapid social, industrial and technological change. French literature also underwent fundamental changes during this period as writers embraced ‘modernity’ and incorporated new technologies, fashions and inventions into their work. Focusing on cultural areas such as exhibitions, transport, food, dress and photography, ‘Changing France’ shows how apparently trivial aspects of modern life provided Second Empire writers with a versatile means of thinking about deeper issues. This volume brings literature and material culture together to reveal how writing itself changed as writers recognised the extraordinarily rich possibilities of expression opened up to them by the changing material world.

From hand-knitted mittens to exquisitely embroidered confections and Bluetooth-enabled gloves that function like a mobile phone, the extraordinary variety of gloves is a tribute to human ingenuity. So, too, is the diversity of their often contradictory cultural associations. Gloves have been linked to honour, status and identity, but also to decadence and deceit. Their powers have extended to marriage, magic and even murder.This beautifully illustrated history of gloves draws on examples from across the world to explore their cultural significance. Anne Green explores gloves both as material objects with their own fascinating history, and as fictional creations from folktale, literature and film. That rich heritage lies behind the recent resurgence of gloves as items of high fashion.

In 1951 a two year old infant Sheila Jones was diagnosed at Birmingham Children's Hospital (BCH) with a rare condition Phenylketonuria (PKU). There was no treatment but, not accepting this, her distraught mother Mary persevered until she found help from three pioneering doctors at BCH: Dr Horst Bickel, Dr John Gerrard and Dr Evelyn Hickmans. In the hospital laboratory they worked tirelessly to prepare a special formula and Sheila was the first person in the world to receive dietary treatment for PKU. Until now, little has been known about the life of Sheila, and her family in Birmingham, and the hardships and sacrifices they endured. It is a remarkable story of a brave little girl, her brothers, and her courageous and tenacious mother. Sheila's contribution is immense; it led to the introduction of newborn screening and worldwide treatment for PKU. It is a great sadness that Sheila herself was unable to benefit long term but her legacy is a triumph for all those with PKU. This is Sheila's story until her death in Birmingham in 1999 and will be important to people with PKU, their families, health professionals and readers interested in the history of medicine.

It's My Fair Lady in Paris in this long-lost, wildly entertaining, highly acclaimed bestseller, finally back in print for the first time in over 90 years.Vivacious but penniless Barbara Winship leaves Savannah to live in 1930s Paris with the Selbys, her lovable middle-aged Aunt and Uncle from the Old South, who've managed to fit in comfortably with the French bourgeoise... and are determined to see that their niece does, too. But she's a beautiful charmer, and if they aren't careful, it's their lives that are going to change."A delightful book. It is written with zest, with the greatest of gaiety and good will. The whole story is rollicking and real....very refreshing and very human." New York Times"Let us thank Anne Green for proving a book may be written of American life in Paris away from the pattern of Ernest Hemingway. She has written with a simplicity of heart, quaint humor, and the power to see and feel the drama of the panorama which passes before her." Oakland Tribune"Much of the charm of the book likes in the author's gusto for whimsy. The best-drawn character in the book is Aunt Virginia, with her sudden enthusiasms, her keen sense of humor. Add to the qualities a kind heart and nimble tongue, and you have as loveble a character as may be found in modern fiction." Muskogee Times"Green has created her own world and it isn't like any other cosmos in contemporary fiction. Thoroughly delightful and unusual comedy." Saturday Review of Literature"Excellent writing and witty satire." New York World"Should be in the bon voyage basket of anyone going abroad." Chicago Daily News"It a clever novel. It is a darn sight cleverer than anything you can say about it." Philadelphia Record"This book rises to distinction, buoyed up by its very uncommon wit and the weight and meaning of its wit." New York Sun"No mere critic can capture on paper the exact effervescent quality that is to be found in an Anne Green story. There is a madcap quality that is irresistible." Palm Beach Post"A mirth-provoking surprise. Combines humor with wisdom in a blend of iridescent charm. Such writing is rare." Philadelphia Inquirer"A light-hearted and engaging tale. Green achieves a delightful interplay of national traits. The resultant mixture is fine and subtle comedy." Dayton Herald"A witty, sparkling account of life in Paris as lived by Americans there -- extremely entertaining. Green writes with a combination of naivete and sophistication." Savannah Press"Reveals an astonishingly subtle insight into the follies and foibles of utterly human folk and influences us to love them for, and despite, those very follies and foibles." Winston-Salem Journan & Sentinel"Green writes with a gay insouciance that is an engaging novelty in this day of savage realism and biting satire." Detroit Free Press"A delightful novel. It sparkles in description as well as conversation." Richmond Times-Dispatch"A first novel, by an apparently sophisticated author, It's exuberance is at times almost too much for it, but is always infectious. It has gusto, gaiety, humor." Time Magazine"Gay innocence enlivens The Selbys. One feels that the author must have lived much of this simple gayety herself and enjoyed it all immensely, to be able to report so many of its homely and fetching details." The Atlantic"An exceeding clever and interesting first novel," Evening Star"Charm and gayety and a facile wit, combined with a rare ability at characterization, mark this much-talked-of novel, to which I have come belatedly, so much so, that any praise of Miss Green's achievement is only another drop in a veritable sea of approval." Dayton Times