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Salon de 1763 Denis Diderot, écrivain, philosophe et encyclopédiste français (1713-1784) Ce livre numérique présente «Salon de 1763», de Denis Diderot, édité en texte intégral. Une table des matières dynamique permet...

De 1754 à 1762 parut à Paris un recueil littéraire qui, sous le nom de Journal étranger, fut rédigé d’abord par Grimm, puis successivement par Toussaint, l’abbé Prévost, Fréron, Deleyre, Arnaud et Suard. Ces deux derniers, tous deux...

Salon de 1759 Denis Diderot, écrivain, philosophe et encyclopédiste français (1713-1784) Ce livre numérique présente «Salon de 1759», de Denis Diderot, édité en texte intégral. Une table des matières dynamique permet...

While scholars have long associated the group of nineteenth-century French and English writers and artists known as the decadents with alienation, escapism, and withdrawal from the social and political world, Matthew Potolsky offers an alternative reading of the movement. In The Decadent Republic...

In the tradition of Aesop, the fables in this entertaining collection also impart practical, moral advice. Included are a trio of tales in verse as well as prose favorites such as "Sleeping Beauty," and "Little Red Riding Hood." English translations appear on pages facing the original French. The most complete edition available in English.

This book analyses Irene Némirovsky’s literary production in its relationship to the literary and cultural context of the inter-war period in France. It examines topics of central importance to our understanding of the literary field in France in the period, such as: the close relationship between...

The cultural battle known as the Quarrel of the Ancients and Moderns served as a sly cover for more deeply opposed views about the value of literature and the arts. One of the most public controversies of early modern Europe, the Quarrel has most often been depicted as pitting antiquarian conservatives...

Exam Board: AQA & Edexcel Level: AS/A-level Subject: Modern Languages First Teaching: September 2016 First Exam: June 2017 Literature analysis made easy. Build your students' confidence in their language abilities and help them develop the skills needed to critique their chosen work: putting...

Madame Bovary ranks among the world’s most famous and widely read novels, and has inspired numerous critical theories. First published in 1987, this study draws on both twentieth-century and traditional critical views to provide both students and scholars with a fresh analysis of the novel: its...

Objects Observed explores the central place given to the object by a number of poets in France and in America in the twentieth century. John C. Stout provides comprehensive examinations of Pierre Reverdy, Francis Ponge, Jean Follain, Guillevic, and Jean Tortel. Stout argues that the object furnishes...

Victor Brombert is a lion in the study of French literature, and in this classic of literary criticism, he turns his clear and perspicacious gaze on the works of one of its greatest authors—Stendhal. Best remembered for his novels The Red and the Black and The Charterhouse of Parma, Stendhal is...

Un auteur de bestsellers de USA Today propose un nouveau genre de manuel...  Souhaitez-vous maîtriser l’anglais ? Aimez-vous les romans de fantasy ? En avez-vous assez de lire des manuels ennuyeux pour apprendre l’anglais ?  Si vous avez répondu oui à une ou plusieurs de ces questions, ce...

Testez vos connaissances sur Zazie dans le métro de Raymond Queneau !Ce questionnaire de lecture sur Zazie dans le métro de Raymond Queneau vous aidera à :• vérifier votre compréhension du roman• faire des liens entre la réalité et la fiction• approfondir votre analyse de l’œuvreCette...