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Principes de politique applicables à tous les gouvernements représentatifs
De Gruyter 2011; US$ 293.00This volume makes accessible Benjamin Constant?s major political treatise, which was the basis for his political actions and the development of his political writings. His Principes de politique became one of the decisive starting points of European liberalism. The book contains 1906 tenets of Constant?s political philosophy, which evolved over a lengthy... more...
Where would I be without you?
Gallic Books 2011; US$ 8.74'Where would I be without you?'is the story of three people: Martin Beaumont -- a Paris policeman who feels he's failing at life. Emotionally, he's never recovered from the rejection by his first love, and now his brilliant police career is crumbling too. But tonight is his chance to make good. He's lying in wait outside the Musee d'Orsay where he... more...
Mallarme
Continuum International Publishing 2011; US$ 15.95In this concise and illuminating study, Jacques Rancire, one of the world's most popular and influential living philosophers, examines the life and work of the celebrated nineteenth-century French poet and critic, Stphane Mallarm.Ranciere presents Mallarm as neither an aesthete in need of rare essences and unheard-of words, nor the silent and nocturnal... more...
Saint-exupery
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2011; US$ 30.00Provides an in-depth study of the swashbuckling life and writing career of Antoine de Saint-Exupe+a7ry, discussing his role as a pioneering aviator, disastrous marriage, complex personal life, and literary work, including the classic, The Little Prince. more...
The Flowers of Evil
OUP Oxford 1993; US$ 8.99The 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... more...
Death and the Labyrinth
Continuum International Publishing 2006; US$ 140.00Death and the Labyrinth is unique, being Foucault's only work on literature. For Foucault this was by far the book I wrote most easily and with the greatest pleasure. Here, Foucault explores theory, criticism and psychology through the texts of Raymond Roussel, one of the fathers of experimental writing, whose work has been celebrated by the likes... more...
Leben und Meinungen berühmter Philosophen
Felix Meiner Verlag 2008; US$ 16.25Hauptbeschreibung Die ca. 220 n. Chr. verfaßten unterhaltsamen Berichte und Sagen bieten die umfassendste aus dem Altertum erhaltene Geschichte der antiken Philosophie von den Anfängen bis zu Epikur in literarischer Form. Das Werk gilt bis heute als wichtige Quelle, der Verfasser als philosophische Klatschbase und Archivar der Antike. more...
Cyrano de Bergerac
Oxford University Press, UK 1998; US$ 8.99Rostand's hero has become a figure of theatrical legend: Cyrano, with the nose of a clown and the soul of a poet, is by turns comic and sad, as reckless in love as in war, and never at a loss for words. Audiences immediately took him to their hearts, and since the triumphant opening night in December 1897 - at the height of the Dreyfus Affair -... more...
Iphigenia, Phaedra, Athaliah
Penguin Books Ltd 2004; Not AvailableStrongly influenced by Classical drama, Jean Racine (1639?99) broke away from the grandiose theatricality of baroque drama to create works of intense psychological realism, with characters manipulated by cruel and vengeful gods. Iphigenia depicts a princess?s absolute submission to her father?s will, despite his determination to sacrifice her to gain... more...
Maldoror and Poems
Penguin Books Ltd 2006; Not AvailableInsolent and defiant, the Chants de Maldoror, by the self-styled Comte de Lautr?amont (1846-70), depicts a sinister and sadistic world of unrestrained savagery and brutality. One of the earliest and most astonishing examples of surrealist writing, it follows the experiences of Maldoror, a master of disguises pursued by the police as the incarnation... more...









