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Cyrano de Bergerac
The Floating Press 2010; US$ 3.99Very loosely based on the life of a French duelist and playwright, Cyrano de Bergerac is a play in verse that tells the tale of soldier who is gifted with every imaginable positive attribute -- except that of a handsome appearance. Because of his perceived ugliness (including a disproportionately large nose), Cyrano feels unworthy of the woman he loves... more...
The Misanthrope
Bloomsbury Publishing 2013; US$ 12.99Affection I can endure, affectation I abhor. Empty phrases, meaningless gestures of faked good-will. These affable dispensers of embraces make me ill. Disgusted with French society where powdered fops gossip in code and bejewelled coquettes whisper behind fans, poet Alceste embarks on a one-man crusade against fakery, frippery and forked tongues. But... more...
Lichtenberg-Jahrbuch 2010
Universitätsverlag Winter 2012; US$ 53.92Hauptbeschreibung Das Lichtenberg-Jahrbuch bringt neben Erstdrucken aus dem Nachlaß, insbesondere aus den Sudelbüchern und Tagebüchern, neue Funde von Lichtenberg-Briefen, kommentierte Ausdrucke von nicht wieder veröffentlichten Kalenderartikeln, Miszellaneen zu Person und Werk, eine fortlaufende Bibliographie und regelmäßige Bücherschau, vor allem... more...
Internationale Bibliographie zum Werk Gerhart Hauptmanns
Erich Schmidt Verlag 2012; US$ 32.13Hauptbeschreibung Seit Abschluss des 3. Bandes der "Internationalen Bibliographie zum Werk Gerhart Hauptmanns" im Jahre 2001 ist eine beträchtliche Anzahl neuer Publikationen über den 1946 verstorbenen schlesischen Nobelpreisträger erschienen. Im vorliegenden 4. Band der Bibliographie werden die bis Ende 2011 publizierten und Relevanz beanspruchenden... more...
Proust, Beckett, and Narration
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 28.00This is the first book-length comparison of the narrative techniques of Marcel Proust and Samuel Beckett. This study is an important contribution to critical literature, and offers fresh perspectives on the crucial importance of the Recherche and Beckett's trilogy: Molloy, Malone dies, and The Unnamable in the context of the twentieth-century novel. more...
Nathalie Sarraute, Fiction and Theory
Cambridge University Press 2000; US$ 40.00This book on Nathalie Sarraute (1900-1999), one of France's most distinguished twentieth century novelists, is the first major study in English to appear since her death. Ann Jefferson offers a new perspective on Sarraute's entire oeuvre - her fiction, her outstanding autobiography Enfance and her influential critical writings. more...
Georges Bataille
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 63.95George Bataille (1867-1962) is widely recognized as one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century. This is the first book in English to examine Bataille's work as a whole. It offers an accessible introduction to a complex and often ambiguous thinker. more...
Uren met Henk Broekhuis
Amsterdam University Press 2006; US$ 20.65In de bundel Uren met Henk Broekhuis bundelde Karel van het Reve een veertigtal scherpzinnige columns over evenzovele onuitroeibare gemeenplaatsen van onze tijd. Stellingen als 'Vergelijkingen dienen ter verduidelijking', 'Zwemmen bij eb is gevaarlijker dan bij vloed' en 'Seks en geweld zijn in boeken, films en op de tv alleen geoorloofd... more...
Path to Peace
Marquette University Press 2007; US$ 30.00This volume offers five plays by Gabriel Marcel, a multi-talented playwright, dramatic and literary critic, and writer. The selection of plays provides examples of Marcel's concrete, direct dramatic approach to questions of interpersonal relations, love, family, commitment, and creative fidelity. Editor Hanley, a Marcel researcher and translator,... more...
The Stranger
Infobase Publishing 2008; US$ 36.00Comprehensive reading and study guides provide concise critical excerpts that offer a scholarly overview of each work, "The Story Behind the Story" that details the conditions under which the work was written, a biographical sketch of the author, a descriptive list of characters, and more. more...









