Romance

ISBN: 9781907975547
Published by : Legenda
Series: Legenda Main Series
Eighteenth-century French cultural life was often characterised by quarrels, and the arrival of Viennese composer Christoph Willibald Gluck in Paris in 1774 was no exception, sparking a five-year pamphlet and press controversy whi... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781907975479
Published by : Legenda
Series: Legenda Main Series
One of the primary social changes ushered in by the French Revolution was the legalization of divorce in 1792. Diluted by the Civil Code and suppressed by the Restoration, divorce was only fully established in France by the Loi Na... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781907747991
Published by : Legenda
Series: Research Monographs in French Studies
Volume: 34
‘If Furetière (1619-1688) hadn’t been friends with Racine and Boileau, if he hadn’t been famous for his Dictionary and for his battle with the Académie Française, it is unlikely that we would... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781907975530
Published by : Legenda
Series: Legenda Main Series
Against a backdrop of dizzying urbanization, French utopian thinkers of the nineteenth century set out to explore the transformative possibilities of the modern metropolis. Linking literary analyses with diverse strands of cultura... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783515102780
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Zeitschrift für französische Sprache und Literatur - Beihefte. Neue Folge (ZFSL-B)
Volume: 39
English Description: What caused Alain Robbe-Grillet to design a ‘new novel’ at the beginning of the 1950s as well as new, nascent epistemology that turns from today's perspective as a constructivist? With constructivi... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781907975424
Published by : Legenda
Series: Legenda Main Series
During the French Revolution, traditional literary forms such as the sentimental novel and the moral tale dominate literary production. At first glance, it might seem that these texts are unaffected by the upheavals in France; in fact they reveal ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781907625060
Published by : Legenda
Series: Legenda Main Series
Between 1880 and 1940, English responses to French poetry evolved from marginalised expressions of admiration associated with rebellion against the 'establishment,' to mainstream mutual exchange and appreciation. The translation of poetry under... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781906540937
Published by : Legenda
Series: Research Monographs in French Studies
Volume: 33
Throughout her career, Colette experimented with genre for the purposes of telling stories of her life. The books that resulted, known collectively as her ‘livres-souvenirs’, are far from being autobiographies in the c... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9788859610632
Published by : Edizioni Polistampa
Series: Universitario
Why become a volunteer? For which reasons do boys, men and women decide to spend time on taking care of other people for free?Through the answers of members of Misericordia di Pistoia, the book opens a window on the leading actors of the gift econ... .... Learn More