Author: Lawrence Augustus WilkinsPublisher:
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Category : French language
Languages : en
Pages : 456
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First French Book
Author: Lawrence Augustus WilkinsPublisher:
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Category : French language
Languages : en
Pages : 456
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Journal of American Folklore
Author: The Pataphysician’s Library
Author: Ben FisherPublisher: Liverpool University Press
ISBN: 1781388016
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
The Pataphysician’s Library is a study of aspects of 1890s French literature, with specific reference to the traditions of Symbolism and Decadence. Its main focus is Alfred Jarry, who has proved, perhaps surprisingly, to be one of the more durable fin-de-siècle authors. The originality of this study lies in its use of the enigmatic list of books termed the livres pairs, which appears in Jarry’s 1898 novel Gestes et Opinions du docteur Faustroll, pataphysicien, his best-known prose work. The greatest interest of the livres pairs lies in a group of works by Jarry’s friends and contemporaries, primarily Leon Bloy, Georges Darien, Gustave Kahn, Catulle Mendes, Josephin Madan, Rachilde, and Henri de Regnier. Several of these authors feature as the lords of islands visited by the pataphysician Dr Faustroll in his curious voyage around Paris. In conjunction with Jarry’s own works, the contemporary livres pairs serve to illustrate the vibrant and experimental atmosphere in which these authors worked.
Life
Author: Publisher:
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Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 536
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The Titan's Curse
Author: Rick RiordanPublisher: Percy Jackson & the Olympians
ISBN: 9780606322867
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
When the goddess Artemis disappears while hunting a rare, ancient monster, a group of her followers joins Percy and his friends in an attempt to find and rescue her before the winter solstice, when her influence is needed to sway the Olympian Council
A Manual of French
Author: Henry John ChaytorPublisher:
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Category : French language
Languages : en
Pages : 156
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A Conversational French Reader for Beginners
Author: Henry BiermanPublisher:
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Category : French language
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
La Camargo
Author: Charles LecocqPublisher:
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Category : Operas
Languages : en
Pages : 88
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The Cinema of Louis Malle
Author: Philippe MetPublisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 023185126X
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
Arguably a pioneer of the French New Wave (with Ascenseur pour l’échafaud, 1957) Louis Malle went on to enjoy an acclaimed yet provocative and versatile transatlantic career. This collection of original essays proposes to reassess his richly eclectic and boldly subversive oeuvre and redress the surprising critical neglect it has suffered over the years. It does so through a combination of transversal and monographic analyses that use a variety of critical lenses and theoretical tools in order to examine Malle’s documentaries as well as his fiction features (and, more importantly, the constant shuttling and uniquely persistent cross-pollination between those two cinematic approaches), illuminate the profound, lasting dialogue his films entertained with literature and theater, bring to the fore their sustained, albeit often oblique autobiographical thrust along with their scathing sociopolitical critique, and scrutinize the alternating use of stars and non-professional actors. In addition, the volume features an exclusive interview with the acclaimed playwright John Guare (a close friend and collaborator of Louis Malle’s who scripted Atlantic City) and is bookended by a foreword by Volker Schlöndorff and an afterword by Wes Anderson, two renowned filmmakers who articulate their admiration for, and the seminal influence of, their predecessor.
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