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The six European port cities known as the Cities on the Edge Liverpool, Bremen, Gdansk, Istanbul, Marseilles and Naples - share a history of dissent, diversity and economic reinvention. Once gateways to the world, bringing wealth and innovation to their respective nations, they've long been maligned and misunderstood by their compatriots, preferring instead to look outwards, towards the sea - to the possibilities of change, of travel and of rebirth. Featuring short stories by twelve acclaimed writers from the Cities on the Edge, ReBerth explores these landscapes of change - the social tensions, the scars of war and economic decline, the attempts at regeneration, and the startling and sometim...
China has long been an object of fascination for the French, who celebrated theirannee de la Chine in 2004. Symptomatic of that fascination are the movements into China made by groups as diverse as the Jesuits, who arrived inL'Empire du Milieu in the late seventeenth century, and theTel Quel intellectuals, whose will to political pilgrimage took th
French Tales is a collection of twenty-two translated stories associated with the twenty-two regions of France. The book, which includes both well-known and little-known writers, for example Prosper Mérimée in the nineteenth century and Anne-Marie Garat in the twenty-first, affords readers a panoramic view of French society and culture, reflecting, as it does, its variety and diversity from Brittany to Corsica. Writers include among others Maupassant, Zola, Annie Saumont, Marcel Aymé, Didier Daeninckx and Stephane Émond. The subject-matter ranges from stories about marriage, the First World War and homelessness to house-buying, childhood and honour-killing. Following the model of Paris Tales, also translated by Helen Constantine, each story is illustrated with a striking photograph and there is a map indicating the position of the French regions. There is an introduction and notes to accompany the stories and a selection of Further Reading. The book will appeal to people who love travelling or are armchair travellers, as much as to those who love France and things French.
There is a tradition behind the current radiologic examination of the small bowel. Many of the great names in gastrointestinal radiology have established their reputations on the basis of their work in the small bowel. This is an area which is assuming ever greater importance for radiologists as its mucosal surface continues to elude the endos copist. Moreover, it is an aspect of radiology which calls for the greatest technical and interpretative skill. It is a great pleasure to welcome the English language version of this beautiful work on Radiology of the Small Intestine. English speaking physicians are frequently not as familiar with the large body of work published in French as they should be. Tant pis ! Dr. Bret and his co-workers have been pioneers in the pursuit of excellence in gastrointestinal radiology. During all the years that I have been involved in this field, I have admired their work.
Pour de multiples raisons, critiques et université ont longtemps dénigré, en France, le succès public de la biographie littéraire. Taxée d'arrière-garde et d'indigence intellectuelle, cette pratique a cependant, depuis près de vingt ans, retrouvé adeptes et défenseurs. Romanciers reconnus, nouveaux historiens et théoriciens de la fiction s'intéressent à ce matériau d'une infinie souplesse. Rares pourtant demeurent, dans notre pays, les réflexions globales spécifiquement consacrées à la biographie littéraire. Quels sont ces aventuriers contemporains de la biographie ? Quel type de relation complexe parviennent-ils à nouer aujourd'hui, à frais nouveaux, avec leur objet d'Ã...
This series of bibliographical references is one of the most important tools for research in modern and contemporary French literature. No other bibliography represents the scholarly activities and publications of these fields as completely.
Litterature contemporaine et "histoires" de l'art" montre en quoi l'interet porte par les ecrivains occidentaux aux arts plastiques s'est profondement renouvele depuis la derniere decennie du XXe siecle. Au lieu d'avoir pour horizon les pratiques artistiques contemporaines, les oeuvres de fiction se ressourcent desormais dans le passe de la peinture, parfois au plus lointain du patrimoine europeen. Cette reconnaissance conditionne l'emergence et l'essor d'un nouveau paysage litteraire, qui relance la question de la transmission du savoir artistique et de l'identite culturelle. Lorsque l'experience actuelle de la peinture ancienne confere une valeur ethique a la memoire, une dimension existen...
Au sommaire : Un rappel méthodologique de la synthèse de documents et de l’écriture personnelleUne introduction claire avec une mise en perspective des problématiques essentielles du thèmeDes fiches de lecture synthétiques consacrées aux œuvres recommandées par le Bulletin officiel : – Littérature – Essais – Films – Séries – Musique – Arts plastiques Un glossaire
Au sommaire : Un rappel méthodologique de la synthèse de documents et de l’écriture personnelleUne introduction claire avec une mise en perspective des problématiques essentielles du thèmeDes fiches de lecture synthétiques consacrées aux œuvres recommandées par le Bulletin officiel : – Littérature – Bande dessinée – Films – Tableaux – Photographie – Musique
Journal dans lequel il est question de littérature, de femmes, de la vieillesse, de la vie, de grandes et de petites choses.