Had Balzac been a less masterful novelist, the disreputably profligate fraud in him might have overwhelmed his artistry. Still, the other Balzac, the artist, is tainted by his well-earned reputation for what has been called artistic license or dishonesty...
The French novelist Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) was the first writer to use fiction to convey the total social scene prevailing within one country at a particular period in its history. Commonly regarded as the founder of social realism, he also...
Country Doctor may refer to: The Country Doctor (film), a 1909 film directed by D.W. Griffith "A Country Doctor (story)", a short story written in 1919 by Franz Kafka Le Médecin de campagne (English: The Country Doctor), a novel by Honoré de...
A worry that haunts many or even most foreign-bound travelers is the possibility of becoming seriously ill or suffering a bad accident while away. In an emergency, where do you find a doctor - especially in places where much of the medical care may...
Former Gov. Buddy Roemer and a group of concerned Louisiana citizens have chimed in on efforts to improve rural health care in Louisiana and to attract country doctors to practice in underserved areas. In a letter to business leaders, Roemer said a new...
In the following essay, Tobias examines the character of the doctor in “Ein Landarzt” in order to analyze his purpose of and the question of to whose sickbed is he called.
