'Le Fantome de l'Opera": le charme de la supercherie

Article Abstract:

Gaston Leroux's 'Le Fantome de l'Opera' contains purports to explain the supernatural events of the well-known legend but actually prolongs the mystery of the ghost. Although the narrative is ironic and purports to explain the legend, it also has anti-cultural and non-rational elements which are characteristic of the supernatural tale. The love-dream of the phantom, for example, is portrayed ironically as the dream of a bourgeois marriage. The text of the article is in French.

Criticism and interpretation, Le Fantome de l'Opera (book), Leroux, Gaston

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Vermin in boils: what if it were true?

Article Abstract:

Stories about vermin breeding in human flesh have been circulating since the late 1960s. Generally spiders, ants or beetles are portrayed as breeding in a boil, flesh or a swollen areas of the body. Often the plots of such tales are framed in terms of conservative values and the outcome sanctions why these values are enforced.

Psychological aspects, Pests, Sick, Sick persons, Myths and legends

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God Rest Ye, Weary Poles

Article Abstract:

The political situation in Poland at Christmas 1983 is reviewed. Martial law has been lifted. Although life is placid outwardly, there is still an underground.

Poland, Politics

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