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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...
Essaysby Michel de Montaigne; Charles Cotton; William Carew Hazlitt
The Floating Press 1877; US$ 5.99Considered the inventor of the essay itself, Michel de Montaigne published Essays (Essais, literally "Attempts") in 1850. Known for his skill at merging serious intellectual debate with personal anecdotes, his vast work collects together some of the most influential essays the world has ever seen, shaping the thoughts Blaise Pascal, René Descartes, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Stefan Zweig, Friedrich Nietzsche, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Isaac Asimov among others... more...
Collected Poemsby Arthur Rimbaud; Martin Sorrell
Oxford University Press, UK 2001; US$ 10.73This bilingual editions provides all of Rimbaud's poems, with the exception of his Latin verses and some small fragments. It also includes some of his prose pieces, chosen because they offer a commentary on his poetic concerns. - ;'Rimbaud, the poet of revolt, and the greatest' Albert CamusRimbaud is the enfant terrible of French literature, the precocious genius whose extraordinary poetry is revolutionary in its visionary, hallucinatory content and its often liberated forms. He wrote all his poems between the ages of about 15 and 21, after which he turned his back on family, friends, and France to roam the world. In his final years he was a trader in the Horn of Africa. Out of the brief, colourful life and the poetry of sensory... more...
The Flowers of Evilby Charles Baudelaire; James N McGowan; Jonathan Culler
OUP Oxford 1993; US$ 8.95The Flowers of Evil, which T. S. Eliot called the greatest example of modern poetry in any language, shocked the literary world of nineteenth century France with its outspoken portrayal of lesbian love, its linking sexuality and death, its unremitting irony, and its unflinching celebration of the seamy side of urban life. The volume was seized by the police, and Baudelaire and his published were put on trial for offence to public decency. Six offending poems were banned, ina conviction that was not overturned until 1949.This bold new translation, which restores the banned poems to their original places and reveals the full richness and variety of the collection, makes available to English speakers a powerful and original version of the world.... more...
Thirst for Annihilationby Nick Land
Routledge 1992; US$ 59.95An impassionate and fearless study of Georges Bataille which goes beyond analysis and criticism to actually engage with him. 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...
Stigmataby Helene Cixous
Routledge 1998; US$ 37.95Stigmata collects some of Helene Cixous' most intriguing meditations. A unique book, it is a testimony to an extraordinary writer. more...
Helene Cixous, Rootprintsby Helene Cixous; Mireille Calle-Gruber
Routledge 1997; US$ 37.95This first English translation of Cixous' book, Photos de Racine , explores Cixous' development as a writer and intellectual. A must for students and scholars of French feminist theory, gender studies and literary theory. 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...









