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Professor David Coward summarises the career of Algerian writer Assia Djebar and in an extended interview invites her to reflect on the important influences in her life and writing.
A history of racism in France, leading to an account of racial problems in contemporary France.
A descriptive overview of the French newspaper industry. Also discusses the legal and commercial pressures which explain why the provincial dailies are winning the circulation war (French commentary).
Attempts to define the classical elements in the works of Corneille, Racine, Molière and la Fontaine and shows that they do not lie in any adherence to a rigid set of rules but rather in a creative tension...
A descriptive overview of the French newspaper industry. Also discusses the legal and commercial pressures which explain why the provincial dailies are winning the circulation war (English commentary).
Shows why existence precedes essence and offers the beginner a basic understanding of the revolt agains the absurd. Asks what is reality? Do objects have being in themselves? Are humans sophisticated...
An introduction to the life and work of Guy de Maupassant, illustrated by contemporary prints and photographs, and a critical appraisal of his writings is presented against the background of biography.
An account of the novel in 18th-century France, using contemporary illustrations and comments to chart the changes in taste and popularity and the changing attitude of authority to it. Argues that it was not...
An account of and assessment of a miscarriage of justice which divided French society and the effects of which are still felt today. Looks at the Dreyfus case of alleged espionage, how it became the...
Introduction to Racine’s life and work, setting the plays in the context of Racine’s career, tracing their development against the background of the playwright’s progress from orphan to courtier.
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