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1 online resource (1 audio file (5hr., 19 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Cast |
Read by Paul Boehmer. |
| Summary |
If you think today's profiteers are diabolical, blink again. It is the summer of 1914. As the world teeters on the brink of the Great War, a callow American painter, Francis Wyndham, arrives at a renowned European insane asylum, where he begins offering art therapy under the auspices of Alessandro Caligari-sinister psychiatrist, maniacal artist, alleged sorcerer. And determined to turn the impending cataclysm to his financial advantage, Dr. Caligari will-for a price-allow governments to parade their troops past his masterpiece: a painting so mesmerizing it can incite entire regiments to rush headlong into battle. The Asylum of Dr. Caligari is a timely tale that is by turns funny and erotic, tender and bayonet-sharp-but ultimately emerges as a love letter to that mysterious, indispensable thing called art. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Psychiatric hospitals -- Fiction.
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Art therapy -- Fiction.
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Artists -- Fiction.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction.
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Magicians -- Fiction.
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| Genre |
Fantasy fiction.
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| Added Author |
Boehmer, Paul.
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hoopla digital.
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| Added Title |
Asylum of Doctor Caligari |
| ISBN |
9781541429314 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1541429311 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT11947298 |
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