Author: Charlton Andrews
Publisher:
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Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 414

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Author: Donald Perret
Publisher: Librairie Droz
ISBN: 9782600036900
Category : French drama
Languages : en
Pages : 172

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Author: Alain Piette
Publisher: Susquehanna University Press
ISBN: 9781575910031
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 166

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In this book, the authors examine the works of Fernand Crommelynck (1886-1970), whose international reputation was established in 1922, when his most important and most popular play, The Magnanimous Cuckold, was presented in Moscow. Torn between the extremes of laughter and sorrow, frequently violent and visionary, Crommelynck's work is typically Flemish (though written in French), not least in its preoccupation with sin. Pain is always present in his plays, the pain felt by characters living in a world where happiness is destroyed by irrationalism, self-deception, and obsession. Crommelynck's plays humorously show us how human behavior can be dominated by extreme expressions of emotion or desire. The mixture of buffoonery and tragedy characteristic of his theater extends also to his prose style, which presents the most outrageous or gross situations in a language of beautifully sensuous imagery.

Author:
Publisher: TheBookEdition
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 318

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Author: Scarlett Baron
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199693781
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 330

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Scarlett Baron explores the works of two of the most admired and mythologized masters of nineteenth- and twentieth-century prose: Gustave Flaubert (1822-1880) and James Joyce (1882-1941). She uncovers the lifelong fascination that Joyce harboured for Flaubert and investigates how this heightened interest inflected his own creative practice.

Author: Molière
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 436

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Author: François-Marie Arouet (Voltaire) (1694-1778)
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 1684482933
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 335

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The author of more than 2,000 books and pamphlets, Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet, 1694-1778) was one of the most prolific writers of the eighteenth century, and also one of the wittiest and most insightful. This unique collection of over 800 of Voltaire’s wisest passages and choicest bons mots runs the gamut on topics from adultery to Zoroaster, in both English and French. Drawing from a wide range of his publications, private letters, and remarks recorded by his contemporaries, The Quotable Voltaire includes material never before gathered in a single volume. English translations appear alongside the original French, and each quote is thoroughly indexed and referenced, with page numbers for both the first known publication edition of each entry and the most recent edition of Voltaire’s works. The book also features over 400 quotes about Voltaire, including commentary by eighteenth-century luminaries like Samuel Johnson, Catherine the Great, Casanova, and John Adams, as well as an eclectic assortment of modern-day personages ranging from Winston Churchill and Jorge Luis Borges to Mae West and Mike Tyson. Lavishly illustrated with nearly three dozen images of Voltaire-related art, this collection opens with a scholarly essay that recounts the great man’s life and reflects on his outsized influence on Western culture. Whether you are a Voltaire scholar or a neophyte, The Quotable Voltaire is the perfect introduction to a brilliant mind.

Author: Charles Nisard
Publisher:
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Category : Almanacs
Languages : en
Pages : 528

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Author: Marin Le Roy Gomberville (sieur de)
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Category : Ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 238

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Author: John Colin Dunlop
Publisher:
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 462

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