Allen - French 1

The polemic excited by Batouala’s controversial Preface has conditioned an enduring, near-universal acceptance of a disjunction of Preface and novel. This is the first book to challenge that premise……続きを見る

Comme un homme pense de James Allen est un classique de la philosophie du développement personnel. Ce court ouvrage explore l'idée que nos pensées façonnent notre réalité. Allen démontre que la maît……続きを見る

Out of the libertine literary tradition of eighteenth-century France emerged over a dozen memoir novels of female libertines who eagerly take up sex work as a means of escape from the patriarchal co……続きを見る

The reputation of the Marquis de Sade is well-founded. The experience of reading his works is demanding to an extreme. Violence and sexuality appear on almost every page, and these descriptions are ……続きを見る

In dark or desperate times, the artwork is placed in a difficult position. Optimism seems naïve, while pessimism is no better. During some of the most demanding years of the 20th century two distinc……続きを見る

Maurice Blanchot's writings have played a critical role in the development of 20th-century French thought, but the implicit tension in this role has rarely been addressed directly. Reading Blanchot ……続きを見る

An overview of Proust's development as a writer and an in-depth study of his major novel, In Search of Lost Time Understanding Marcel Proust includes an overview of Marcel Proust's development as a ……続きを見る

More than a book about food alone, French Food uses diet as a window into issues of nationality, literature, and culture in France and abroad. Outstanding contributors from cultural studies, literar……続きを見る