This paper attempts to look into some of Samuel Johnson＇s Lives of the English Poets （1925） and find out the common feature these biographical texts share. The close reading and detailed analysis demonstrate that S...This paper attempts to look into some of Samuel Johnson＇s Lives of the English Poets （1925） and find out the common feature these biographical texts share. The close reading and detailed analysis demonstrate that Samuel Johnson manages to redeem and restore the biographical subjects＇ （the poets＇） life, honor, and status in their different but similar biographies; that is, each biography is a redemptive text in its own way. In specific, the credible life story is re-presented with selected biographical materials, the poets＇ lives together with their achievements are reevaluated under Johnson＇s corrective observation, and Johnson＇s empathy with the poets reestablishes the reader＇s understanding of the poets＇ literary careers.展开更多
Cheng-Zhong Xu received his BS and MS degrees from Nanjing University in 1986 and 1989, respectively, and Ph.D. degree from the University of Hong Kong in 1993, all in computer science. He is currently a professor in ...Cheng-Zhong Xu received his BS and MS degrees from Nanjing University in 1986 and 1989, respectively, and Ph.D. degree from the University of Hong Kong in 1993, all in computer science. He is currently a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of Wayne State University,展开更多
Historical literature has both the nature of history and literature.The content is vast,the thoughts are rich.Plus,it has many values such as literature,history and philosophy.They also have accumulated a profound nat...Historical literature has both the nature of history and literature.The content is vast,the thoughts are rich.Plus,it has many values such as literature,history and philosophy.They also have accumulated a profound national culture.Various language teaching materials in the basic education stage are often carefully selected from the classic biography and the quality is fruitful.Learning these works while understanding history can enhance students’“construction and application of language”,“development and promotion of thinking”,“appreciation and creation of aesthetics”and“understanding and inheritance of culture”as core literacy has important meaning.However,there are misunderstandings in the teaching content of current historical works such as the teaching of historical essays,the narration of narrative analysis,the interpretation of historical reading,the lack of literary aesthetics,the analysis of facial analysis,the labelling and other errors directly lead to a boring and less interesting classroom teaching of historical works.Therefore,classroom teaching is difficult for students to produce affinity in Chinese history literature[1].The classroom teaching of historical literature urgently needs to return to the regression standard of living in order to restore the historical life situation and construct experiential teaching content.Thus,only in this way can it be possible to build a foundation for understanding and let students walk into historical works.This article takes an excerpt from the“Records of the Grand Historian?Xiang Yu Exposition”in the“The Feast at Hong Gate”which stated,“he calls for me,a brotherhood was form”as an example,how to appreciate the character language by restoring the historical life situation with a life perspective.展开更多
Adeline Virginia Woolf,an English novelist and essayist,is regarded as one of the pioneer of stream-of-consciousness novel.In fact,her innovative spirit is reflected not only in the stream of consciousness novels,but ...Adeline Virginia Woolf,an English novelist and essayist,is regarded as one of the pioneer of stream-of-consciousness novel.In fact,her innovative spirit is reflected not only in the stream of consciousness novels,but also in her writing of new biography.Roger Fry,as Woolf’s only serious biography,contains the documentary features of biography and also expresses her experiment in biography writing.She manages to give full play to the writer’s subjectivity and uses her unusual narrative strategies so as to complete her poetic expression and endow the biography more literariness.展开更多
Yun-chang Wang,a Chinese mycologist and pathologist,was born in Neihuang county of Henan province.After his graduation from Agricultural College of Peiping University,he became an assis- tant researcher in Botany Inst...Yun-chang Wang,a Chinese mycologist and pathologist,was born in Neihuang county of Henan province.After his graduation from Agricultural College of Peiping University,he became an assis- tant researcher in Botany Institute of Peiping Insti- tute.In 1936,he started his study in Belgium and two years later was granted a doctorate by 1' Universitéde Louvain.Since 1939,he has succes- sively taught in Zhejiang University,Sichuan Uni- versity,Northwest Agricultural College。展开更多
Professor Yves GLOCK was born on September 5,1950 in Moyeuvre Grande,in the east of France. On July 1968 he finished in Toulouse school-leaving examination leading to university entrance qualification. From 1969 to 19...Professor Yves GLOCK was born on September 5,1950 in Moyeuvre Grande,in the east of France. On July 1968 he finished in Toulouse school-leaving examination leading to university entrance qualification. From 1969 to 1973 he followed the courses of the University of Medicine in Paul Sabatier University of Toulouse(Gold medals,1971,1972).展开更多
Biography is a direct and extensive way to know the representation of well known peoples, however, for common people, there is poor knowledge for them to be recognized. In recent years, information extraction （IE） t...Biography is a direct and extensive way to know the representation of well known peoples, however, for common people, there is poor knowledge for them to be recognized. In recent years, information extraction （IE） technologies have been used to automatically generate biography for any people with online information. One of the key challenges is the entity linking （EL） which can link biography sentence to corresponding entities. Currently the used general EL systems usually generate errors originated from entity name variation and ambiguity. Compared with general text, biography sentences possess unique yet rarely studied relational knowledge （RK） and temporal knowledge （TK）, which could sufficiently distinguish entities. This article proposed a new statistical framework called the knowledge enhanced EL （KeEL） system for automated biography construction. It utilizes commonsense knowledge like PK and TK to enhance Entity Linking. The performance of KeEL on Wikipedia data was evaluated. It is shown that, compared with state-of-the-art method, KeEL significantly improves the precision and recall of Entity Linking.展开更多
Liang-shu Lu Professor-Engineer Liang-shu Lu was born in Shanghai in November 1924.In January 1947,he graduated from the School of Agriculture of Nanking University.Lu,an expert in wheat breeding and cultivation,is al...Liang-shu Lu Professor-Engineer Liang-shu Lu was born in Shanghai in November 1924.In January 1947,he graduated from the School of Agriculture of Nanking University.Lu,an expert in wheat breeding and cultivation,is also an influential scientist in展开更多
Yuan-zhang Liu,Ph.D.Research Professor The Institute of Mathematics and System Sciences at The Academy of Sciences of ChinaBorn in China,Liu received his higher education in both Japan and the U.S.in mechanical engine...Yuan-zhang Liu,Ph.D.Research Professor The Institute of Mathematics and System Sciences at The Academy of Sciences of ChinaBorn in China,Liu received his higher education in both Japan and the U.S.in mechanical engineering,economics,and operations management(OM).After building this knowledge foundation,he studied quality control(QC)from Professor Eugene Grant and total quality management(TQM)from Professor Kaoru Ishikawa in the early 1950s.He has been devoting himself to the promotion of total quality management in China for more than fifty years.His contributions over the past fifty years have been unprecedented,helping China to build the foundations展开更多
Guang-ming Zhai Petroleum GeologistProfessor-engineer and vice chairman of the Expert Committer of the Advisory Center of China National Petroleum Corporation Professor Guang-ming Zhai was born in Yichang City of Hube...Guang-ming Zhai Petroleum GeologistProfessor-engineer and vice chairman of the Expert Committer of the Advisory Center of China National Petroleum Corporation Professor Guang-ming Zhai was born in Yichang City of Hubei Province in October 1926.He graduated from the Department of Geology of展开更多
Shou-bo Xu Professor and Doctoral Supervisor Beijing Jiaotong University Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering Professor Shou-bo Xu was born in Shaoxing of Zhejiang Province in September 1931.He graduated from ...Shou-bo Xu Professor and Doctoral Supervisor Beijing Jiaotong University Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering Professor Shou-bo Xu was born in Shaoxing of Zhejiang Province in September 1931.He graduated from Nanjing Institute of Technology(Southeast University since 1988)in1955,and then Energy Research Institute in the Soviet Union Academy of Sciences in1960 with a degree of Sub-Doctor in Technology and Science.As a famous economist展开更多
Qing-rui Xu Professor&Doctoral Supervisor Zhejiang University Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering Professor Qing-rui Xu was born in Changzhou City of Jiangsu Province in January1930.He graduated from Jiao...Qing-rui Xu Professor&Doctoral Supervisor Zhejiang University Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering Professor Qing-rui Xu was born in Changzhou City of Jiangsu Province in January1930.He graduated from Jiao Tong University(the predecessor of Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Xi’an Jiaotong University)in 1951,and from the Graduate School of Renmin University of China in 1955.He started teaching in Zhejiang University展开更多
Rewi Alley(Dec 2,1897-Dec27,1987),a well-known New Zealand writer,educator and social reformer,was born in the small town of Springfield in Canterbury,New Zealand.As a young man,Alley fought in World War I,after which...Rewi Alley(Dec 2,1897-Dec27,1987),a well-known New Zealand writer,educator and social reformer,was born in the small town of Springfield in Canterbury,New Zealand.As a young man,Alley fought in World War I,after which he returned to New Zealand and engaged展开更多
Purpose： The late Don R. Swanson was well appreciated during his lifetime as Dean of the Graduate Library School at University of Chicago, as winner of the American Society for Information Science Award of Merit for ...Purpose： The late Don R. Swanson was well appreciated during his lifetime as Dean of the Graduate Library School at University of Chicago, as winner of the American Society for Information Science Award of Merit for 2000, and as author of many seminal articles. In this informal essay, I will give my personal perspective on Don＇s contributions to science, and outline some current and future directions in literature-based discovery that are rooted in concepts that he developed.Design/methodology/approach： Personal recollections and literature review. Findings： The Swanson A-B-C model of literature-based discovery has been successfully used by laboratory investigators analyzing their findings and hypotheses. It continues to be a fertile area of research in a wide range of application areas including text mining, drug repurposing, studies of scientific innovation, knowledge discovery in databases, and bioinformatics. Recently, additional modes of discovery that do not follow the A-B-C model have also been proposed and explored （e.g. so-called storytelling, gaps, analogies, link prediction, negative consensus, outliers, and revival of neglected or discarded research questions）. Research limitations： This paper reflects the opinions of the author and is not a comprehensive nor technically based review of literature-based discovery. Practical implications： The general scientific public is still not aware of the availability of tools for literature-based discovery. Our Arrowsmith project site maintains a suite of discovery tools that are free and open to the public （http：//arrowsmith.psych.uic.edu）, as does BITOLA which is maintained by Dmitar Hristovski （http：// http：//ibmi.mf.uni-lj.si/bitola）, and Epiphanet which is maintained by Trevor Cohen （http：//epiphanet.uth.tme.edu/）. Bringing user-friendly tools to the public should be a high priority, since even more than advancing basic research in informatics, it is vital that we ensure that scientists actually use discovery tools and that these are actually able to help them make experimental discoveries in the lab and in the clinic. Originality/value： This paper discusses problems and issues which were inherent in Don＇s thoughts during his life, including those which have not yet been fully taken up and studied systematically.展开更多
Poul Erik Andersen is a Professor and Interventional Radiologist at the University of Southern Denmark,Odense and Odense University Hospital,Denmark.His innovative and expertise is primarily in vascular interventions ...Poul Erik Andersen is a Professor and Interventional Radiologist at the University of Southern Denmark,Odense and Odense University Hospital,Denmark.His innovative and expertise is primarily in vascular interventions where he has introduced and developed many procedures at Odense University Hospital.His significant experience and extensive scientific work has led to many posts in the Danish Society of Interventional Radiology,the European Society of Radiology and the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe,where he is a fellow and has passed the European Board of Interventional Radiology-The European qualification in Interventional Radiology.展开更多
The Male Pill* traces the kaleidoscopic history Ofhormonal methods of contraception for men,exploringwhy such methods have been so long in coming whenthose for women have been available for nearly 40 years.The common ...The Male Pill* traces the kaleidoscopic history Ofhormonal methods of contraception for men,exploringwhy such methods have been so long in coming whenthose for women have been available for nearly 40 years.The common features of pituitary endocrine control,whereby gonadotropin withdrawal switches off the func-tion of both zonads, could surely have led to the parallel展开更多
In the villages of Anono and Blockhaus,inserted in the district of Abidjan,three religious communities,notably Harrist,Catholic,and Methodist are socially accepted and recognized in the village space.These churches ar...In the villages of Anono and Blockhaus,inserted in the district of Abidjan,three religious communities,notably Harrist,Catholic,and Methodist are socially accepted and recognized in the village space.These churches are adopted because they allow religious,cultural,and Christianized practices to coexist within their religious spaces.Social rules and sanctions operate there as a control mechanism for their sustainability.However,several faithful of these local churches are swarming for the benefit of the so-called“Evangelical”churches.This break is regarded by the collective memory as an act of deviance which involves stigma.We try to explore in what follows,20 biographical journeys of the faithful who abandon locally recognized churches.It is from the life story,the main data collection tool that we will first demonstrate the social situations of their affiliation to these churches(past experiences).Secondly,we will describe the social conditions of their disaffiliation(lived experiences)and thirdly,we will identify identity reconstruction strategies(experiences to be lived).They constitute an adaptive response to the process of social stigmatization maintained by the local chiefdom and large families.展开更多
Truth of fiction might sound like a paradox, at least within the Platonic doxa. But perhaps there is no truth without fiction; Plato＇s own myths would testify to this necessary combination of ＂history＂ and ＂story...Truth of fiction might sound like a paradox, at least within the Platonic doxa. But perhaps there is no truth without fiction; Plato＇s own myths would testify to this necessary combination of ＂history＂ and ＂story＂ （histoire, storia, Geschichte, etc.）. Still, it might be not enough simply to affirm the necessity of fictional narrative for an historical account. In some cases, it would be difficult to accept a fictional aspect of historical testimony. Jorge Semprdn claims, on the other hand, that only fiction is able to communicate a traumatic, ＂unbearable＂ experience such as the one of prison camps. He refers to the work of Fyodor Dostoevsky as his model. My paper analyzes this testimonial aspect of Dostoevsky＇s Notes, especially the Notes from a Dead House. It shows, the particularity of this work, which combines an intense personal experience with a fictional elaboration, a quasi-novelistic setting, plot, and characters. I claim that in a sense such a combination might be considered as a model for literature in general, for its testimonial value, for its truth.展开更多
文摘This paper attempts to look into some of Samuel Johnson＇s Lives of the English Poets （1925） and find out the common feature these biographical texts share. The close reading and detailed analysis demonstrate that Samuel Johnson manages to redeem and restore the biographical subjects＇ （the poets＇） life, honor, and status in their different but similar biographies; that is, each biography is a redemptive text in its own way. In specific, the credible life story is re-presented with selected biographical materials, the poets＇ lives together with their achievements are reevaluated under Johnson＇s corrective observation, and Johnson＇s empathy with the poets reestablishes the reader＇s understanding of the poets＇ literary careers.
文摘Cheng-Zhong Xu received his BS and MS degrees from Nanjing University in 1986 and 1989, respectively, and Ph.D. degree from the University of Hong Kong in 1993, all in computer science. He is currently a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of Wayne State University,
文摘Historical literature has both the nature of history and literature.The content is vast,the thoughts are rich.Plus,it has many values such as literature,history and philosophy.They also have accumulated a profound national culture.Various language teaching materials in the basic education stage are often carefully selected from the classic biography and the quality is fruitful.Learning these works while understanding history can enhance students’“construction and application of language”,“development and promotion of thinking”,“appreciation and creation of aesthetics”and“understanding and inheritance of culture”as core literacy has important meaning.However,there are misunderstandings in the teaching content of current historical works such as the teaching of historical essays,the narration of narrative analysis,the interpretation of historical reading,the lack of literary aesthetics,the analysis of facial analysis,the labelling and other errors directly lead to a boring and less interesting classroom teaching of historical works.Therefore,classroom teaching is difficult for students to produce affinity in Chinese history literature[1].The classroom teaching of historical literature urgently needs to return to the regression standard of living in order to restore the historical life situation and construct experiential teaching content.Thus,only in this way can it be possible to build a foundation for understanding and let students walk into historical works.This article takes an excerpt from the“Records of the Grand Historian?Xiang Yu Exposition”in the“The Feast at Hong Gate”which stated,“he calls for me,a brotherhood was form”as an example,how to appreciate the character language by restoring the historical life situation with a life perspective.
基金this paper is funded by 2020 The Subject of Philosophy and Social Sciences in Heilongjiang Province:Studies on Narrative Representation and Aesthetics of Woolf’s“New Biography”(20WWB062).
文摘Adeline Virginia Woolf,an English novelist and essayist,is regarded as one of the pioneer of stream-of-consciousness novel.In fact,her innovative spirit is reflected not only in the stream of consciousness novels,but also in her writing of new biography.Roger Fry,as Woolf’s only serious biography,contains the documentary features of biography and also expresses her experiment in biography writing.She manages to give full play to the writer’s subjectivity and uses her unusual narrative strategies so as to complete her poetic expression and endow the biography more literariness.
文摘Yun-chang Wang,a Chinese mycologist and pathologist,was born in Neihuang county of Henan province.After his graduation from Agricultural College of Peiping University,he became an assis- tant researcher in Botany Institute of Peiping Insti- tute.In 1936,he started his study in Belgium and two years later was granted a doctorate by 1' Universitéde Louvain.Since 1939,he has succes- sively taught in Zhejiang University,Sichuan Uni- versity,Northwest Agricultural College。
文摘Professor Yves GLOCK was born on September 5,1950 in Moyeuvre Grande,in the east of France. On July 1968 he finished in Toulouse school-leaving examination leading to university entrance qualification. From 1969 to 1973 he followed the courses of the University of Medicine in Paul Sabatier University of Toulouse(Gold medals,1971,1972).
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (61035004)
文摘Biography is a direct and extensive way to know the representation of well known peoples, however, for common people, there is poor knowledge for them to be recognized. In recent years, information extraction （IE） technologies have been used to automatically generate biography for any people with online information. One of the key challenges is the entity linking （EL） which can link biography sentence to corresponding entities. Currently the used general EL systems usually generate errors originated from entity name variation and ambiguity. Compared with general text, biography sentences possess unique yet rarely studied relational knowledge （RK） and temporal knowledge （TK）, which could sufficiently distinguish entities. This article proposed a new statistical framework called the knowledge enhanced EL （KeEL） system for automated biography construction. It utilizes commonsense knowledge like PK and TK to enhance Entity Linking. The performance of KeEL on Wikipedia data was evaluated. It is shown that, compared with state-of-the-art method, KeEL significantly improves the precision and recall of Entity Linking.
文摘Liang-shu Lu Professor-Engineer Liang-shu Lu was born in Shanghai in November 1924.In January 1947,he graduated from the School of Agriculture of Nanking University.Lu,an expert in wheat breeding and cultivation,is also an influential scientist in
文摘Yuan-zhang Liu,Ph.D.Research Professor The Institute of Mathematics and System Sciences at The Academy of Sciences of ChinaBorn in China,Liu received his higher education in both Japan and the U.S.in mechanical engineering,economics,and operations management(OM).After building this knowledge foundation,he studied quality control(QC)from Professor Eugene Grant and total quality management(TQM)from Professor Kaoru Ishikawa in the early 1950s.He has been devoting himself to the promotion of total quality management in China for more than fifty years.His contributions over the past fifty years have been unprecedented,helping China to build the foundations
文摘Guang-ming Zhai Petroleum GeologistProfessor-engineer and vice chairman of the Expert Committer of the Advisory Center of China National Petroleum Corporation Professor Guang-ming Zhai was born in Yichang City of Hubei Province in October 1926.He graduated from the Department of Geology of
文摘Shou-bo Xu Professor and Doctoral Supervisor Beijing Jiaotong University Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering Professor Shou-bo Xu was born in Shaoxing of Zhejiang Province in September 1931.He graduated from Nanjing Institute of Technology(Southeast University since 1988)in1955,and then Energy Research Institute in the Soviet Union Academy of Sciences in1960 with a degree of Sub-Doctor in Technology and Science.As a famous economist
文摘Qing-rui Xu Professor&Doctoral Supervisor Zhejiang University Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering Professor Qing-rui Xu was born in Changzhou City of Jiangsu Province in January1930.He graduated from Jiao Tong University(the predecessor of Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Xi’an Jiaotong University)in 1951,and from the Graduate School of Renmin University of China in 1955.He started teaching in Zhejiang University
文摘Rewi Alley(Dec 2,1897-Dec27,1987),a well-known New Zealand writer,educator and social reformer,was born in the small town of Springfield in Canterbury,New Zealand.As a young man,Alley fought in World War I,after which he returned to New Zealand and engaged
基金supported by NIH grants R01LM010817 and P01AG039347
文摘Purpose： The late Don R. Swanson was well appreciated during his lifetime as Dean of the Graduate Library School at University of Chicago, as winner of the American Society for Information Science Award of Merit for 2000, and as author of many seminal articles. In this informal essay, I will give my personal perspective on Don＇s contributions to science, and outline some current and future directions in literature-based discovery that are rooted in concepts that he developed.Design/methodology/approach： Personal recollections and literature review. Findings： The Swanson A-B-C model of literature-based discovery has been successfully used by laboratory investigators analyzing their findings and hypotheses. It continues to be a fertile area of research in a wide range of application areas including text mining, drug repurposing, studies of scientific innovation, knowledge discovery in databases, and bioinformatics. Recently, additional modes of discovery that do not follow the A-B-C model have also been proposed and explored （e.g. so-called storytelling, gaps, analogies, link prediction, negative consensus, outliers, and revival of neglected or discarded research questions）. Research limitations： This paper reflects the opinions of the author and is not a comprehensive nor technically based review of literature-based discovery. Practical implications： The general scientific public is still not aware of the availability of tools for literature-based discovery. Our Arrowsmith project site maintains a suite of discovery tools that are free and open to the public （http：//arrowsmith.psych.uic.edu）, as does BITOLA which is maintained by Dmitar Hristovski （http：// http：//ibmi.mf.uni-lj.si/bitola）, and Epiphanet which is maintained by Trevor Cohen （http：//epiphanet.uth.tme.edu/）. Bringing user-friendly tools to the public should be a high priority, since even more than advancing basic research in informatics, it is vital that we ensure that scientists actually use discovery tools and that these are actually able to help them make experimental discoveries in the lab and in the clinic. Originality/value： This paper discusses problems and issues which were inherent in Don＇s thoughts during his life, including those which have not yet been fully taken up and studied systematically.
文摘Poul Erik Andersen is a Professor and Interventional Radiologist at the University of Southern Denmark,Odense and Odense University Hospital,Denmark.His innovative and expertise is primarily in vascular interventions where he has introduced and developed many procedures at Odense University Hospital.His significant experience and extensive scientific work has led to many posts in the Danish Society of Interventional Radiology,the European Society of Radiology and the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe,where he is a fellow and has passed the European Board of Interventional Radiology-The European qualification in Interventional Radiology.
文摘The Male Pill* traces the kaleidoscopic history Ofhormonal methods of contraception for men,exploringwhy such methods have been so long in coming whenthose for women have been available for nearly 40 years.The common features of pituitary endocrine control,whereby gonadotropin withdrawal switches off the func-tion of both zonads, could surely have led to the parallel
文摘In the villages of Anono and Blockhaus,inserted in the district of Abidjan,three religious communities,notably Harrist,Catholic,and Methodist are socially accepted and recognized in the village space.These churches are adopted because they allow religious,cultural,and Christianized practices to coexist within their religious spaces.Social rules and sanctions operate there as a control mechanism for their sustainability.However,several faithful of these local churches are swarming for the benefit of the so-called“Evangelical”churches.This break is regarded by the collective memory as an act of deviance which involves stigma.We try to explore in what follows,20 biographical journeys of the faithful who abandon locally recognized churches.It is from the life story,the main data collection tool that we will first demonstrate the social situations of their affiliation to these churches(past experiences).Secondly,we will describe the social conditions of their disaffiliation(lived experiences)and thirdly,we will identify identity reconstruction strategies(experiences to be lived).They constitute an adaptive response to the process of social stigmatization maintained by the local chiefdom and large families.
文摘Truth of fiction might sound like a paradox, at least within the Platonic doxa. But perhaps there is no truth without fiction; Plato＇s own myths would testify to this necessary combination of ＂history＂ and ＂story＂ （histoire, storia, Geschichte, etc.）. Still, it might be not enough simply to affirm the necessity of fictional narrative for an historical account. In some cases, it would be difficult to accept a fictional aspect of historical testimony. Jorge Semprdn claims, on the other hand, that only fiction is able to communicate a traumatic, ＂unbearable＂ experience such as the one of prison camps. He refers to the work of Fyodor Dostoevsky as his model. My paper analyzes this testimonial aspect of Dostoevsky＇s Notes, especially the Notes from a Dead House. It shows, the particularity of this work, which combines an intense personal experience with a fictional elaboration, a quasi-novelistic setting, plot, and characters. I claim that in a sense such a combination might be considered as a model for literature in general, for its testimonial value, for its truth.
