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The School for Husbandsby Molière
The Floating Press 1900; US$ 4.95The School for Husbands (L'École des maris) is a work by Molière (the stage name of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin), a French playwright who is often considered to be one of Western literature's great masters of comedy. In a theatre in the Louvre and in the Palais-Royal, Molière found success among the Parisians with The School for Husbands . First performed in 1661, it forms part of Molière's "Jealousy series"... more...
Charles d'Orléans in England (1415-1440)by Mary-Jo Arn
Boydell & Brewer 2000; US$ 56.25Charles, duc d'Orléans, prince and poet, was a captive in England for twenty-five years following the battle of Agincourt. The studies in this volume, by European and American scholars, focus on his life and actions during that time, and show him as a serious and learned reader, a cunning political figure (accomplished in the skills that would impress the English nobility around him), and a masterful poet, innovative, witty, and intensely self-aware. Discussion of his manuscripts, his social and political relationships, his extensive library, and his poetry in two languages reveal him as a shrewd observer of life, which in his poetry he describes in ways not seen again until the Renaissance. more...
Merlin and the Grailby Robert de Boron
Boydell & Brewer 2001; US$ 18.70It is hard to overstate the importance of this trilogy of prose romances in the development of the legend of the Holy Grail and in the evolution of Arthurian literature as a whole. They link the story of Joseph of Arimathea with the mythical British history of Vortigern and Utherpendragon, the birth of Arthur, and the sword in the stone, and the knightly adventures of Perceval's Grail quest and the betrayal and death of Arthur, creating the very first Arthurian cycle. more...
Racine's Phaedra & Andromacheby George Klin
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1999; US$ 5.99The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in the series also feature glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format. Jean Racine was one of Paris ’ finest playwrights of the 17th century. In CliffsNotes on Phaedra & Andromache, you’ll dive into two of Racine ’s best plays and gain insight into the overall structure of the works, actions and motivations of the characters, and the social and cultural perspectives of the author. You’ll also find Life and background of the author, Jean Racine A list of characters In-depth analysis of the major characters... more...
Beaumarchais and the Theatreby William D. Howarth
Routledge 1995; US$ 135.00William D. Howarth sets Le Mariage de Figaro and Beaumarchais' other dramatic works in the broad context of pre-Revolutionary France, providing a unique and authoritative study of the dramatist and his plays. more...
Eustache Deschampsby David Curzon; Deborah M. Sinnreich-Levi; Jeffrey Fiskin; Ian S. Laurie
Routledge 2003; US$ 125.00The only available English translations of this important French medieval poet, in a facing page, dual-language edition. Includes an introduction to Deschamps and his time, as well as extensive notes and critical commentary. more...
Michel de Montaigneby Ann Hartle
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 50.00Montaigne is acknowledged as a great literary figure but has never been thought of as a philosophical original. This book is the first to treat Montaigne as a serious thinker in his own right, taking as its point of departure Montaigne's description of himself as 'an unpremeditated and accidental philosopher'. more...
Fictions of Identity in Medieval Franceby Donald Maddox; Alastair Minnis
Cambridge University Press 2000; US$ 40.00In this study of vernacular French narrative from the twelfth century through the later Middle Ages, Maddox considers the construction of identity in a range of fictions. He focuses on crucial encounters, widespread in medieval literature, in which characters are informed about fundamental aspects of their own circumstances and selfhood. more...
A History of French Literatureby David Coward
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2008; US$ 136.95This magnificent volume provides a complete history of the literature of France from its origins to the present day, taking us beyond traditional definitions of ‘literature' into the world of the best-seller and, beyond words, to graphic fiction and cinema Presents a definitive history of the literature of France from its origins to the present day. Incorporates coverage of Francophone writing in Europe, Canada, the West Indies and North and Sub-Saharan Africa. Links the development of literature to the mentalities and social conditions which produced it. Takes us beyond “literature” to study graphic fiction, cinema and the bestseller. Maps the rise of the Intellectual, and in so doing charts a progression from... more...
Women's Writing in Contemporary Franceby Gill Rye
Manchester University Press 2003; US$ 74.95This introduction to and analysis of women's writing in contemporary France includes both new writers of the 1990s and their more established counterparts. It situates these authors and their texts at the centre of the trends and issues concerning modern French literary production. more...









