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Ce livre propose une méthodologie générale, et 20 fiches intégralement rédigées portant sur les grandes œuvres de la littérature française du XVIe siècle à nos jours. Tous les grands genres littéraires sont explorés : poésie, théâtre, roman. De nombreux utilitaires facilitent et structurent le travail personnel : sélection de citations, chronologies siècle par siècle, glossaire... cette deuxième édition est revue et augmentée de nouvelles fiches. Marie-Anne Charbonnier, agrégée de lettres et professeur de chaire supérieure au lycée Henri-IV.
Examining literary discourses on female friendship and intimacy in seventeenth-century France, this study takes as its premise the view that, unlike men, women have been denied for centuries the possibility of same sex friendship. The author explores the effect of this homosocial and homopriviledged heritage on the deployment and constructions of female friendship and homoerotic relationships as thematic narratives in works by male and female writers in seventeenth-century France. The book consists of three parts: the first surveys the history of male thinkers' denial of female friendship, concluding with a synopsis of the cultural representations of female same-sex practices. The second ana...
This newly edited critical edition of an enduringly popular tale, one of the most widely reprinted and illustrated works of fiction in English, offers readers an authoritative text along with extensive and helpful annotation. Following the lives of the vicar and his family, and the various calamities which befall them, The Vicar of Wakefield was one of the most popular and beloved works of eighteenth-century fiction. A lively introduction details the reception of Goldsmith's tale, from comments by Frances Burney and Goethe, through Sir Walter Scott, Washington Irving and Henry James, to critics of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The volume also includes appendices comprising a wealth of contextual information, enhancing the work for contemporary readers. For scholars of Goldsmith and new readers alike, this edition will prove the authoritative version of a tale that moved generations of readers to laughter and to tears.
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Un manuel complet sur la notion au programme des classes préparatoires HEC, tenant compte de l'ensemble des points que le préparationnaire devra connaître en prenant en compte les contraintes inhérentes aux classes préparatoires. Un exposé efficace, dont l'objectif principal est de permettre la réussite à l'épreuve de culture générale des concours d'entrée aux grandes écoles de commerce.
The earliest known literary productions by women living in Europe were probably written by French writers. As early as the 12th century, women troubadours in the south of France were writing poems. French women continued writing through the ages, their number increasing as education became more available to women of all classes. And yet, of the great number of works by women writers who preceded the current feminist movement, very few have survived. A few writers such as Marie de France, George Sand, and Simone de Beauvoir became part of the canon. But critics, mostly male, had judged the works of only a few women writers worthy of recognition. As part of the feminist move to reclaim women w...
Originally published in 1928, this book contains a collection of letters by the playwright and author Oliver Goldmith, author of She Stoops to Conquer and The Vicar of Wakefield, written between 1752 and 1774. Balderston includes letters which only exist in a fragmentary form, and includes doubtful and forged letters in appendices at the end. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Goldsmith's life and work.