Bastards at Work: Universal Lessons on Bullying from Contemporary French Storytelling

364 Pages·2021·29.618 MB·English

by  Martin Goodman

Bastards at Work

Bastards
at Work
Universal Lessons on Bullying from
Contemporary French Storytelling
Martin Goodman
Peter Lang
Oxford • Bern • Berlin • Bruxelles • New York • Wien
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Names: Goodman, Martin, author.
Title: Bastards at work : universal lessons on bullying from contemporary French
storytelling / Martin Goodman.
Description: Oxford ; New York : Peter Lang, [2021] | Includes
bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021018533 (print) | LCCN 2021018534 (ebook) | ISBN
9781800794740 (paperback) | ISBN 9781800794757 (ebook) | ISBN
9781800794764 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: French fiction—21st century—History and criticism. |
Bullying in the workplace—France. | Bullying in popular
culture—France. | Bullying—Social aspects. | Work environment in
literature. | Conflict management.
Classification: LCC PQ683 .G66 2021 (print) | LCC PQ683 (ebook) | DDC
843/.9209355—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021018533
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021018534
ISBN 978-1-80079-474-0 (print)
ISBN 978-1-80079-475-7 (ePDF)
ISBN 978-1-80079-476-4 (ePub)
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The tradition recounted in several thousand years of literature does
not lessen the shocking impact of modern encounters with cruelty
represented by harassment. Like countless dramatists and novelists,
I have always wondered at the brutality human beings can show to
each other for no apparent reason. Yet knowing the reason can make
the cruelty seem even more pathetic and tragic, especially when other,
more humane ways to achieve the same ends are readily available.
– Carroll M. Brodsky, The Harassed Worker, p. vii

By the same author: The Bastard in le Bureau: Universal Lessons from
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