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Michel Houellebecq
Michel Houellebecq is a French author whose profile in the English-speaking world is unusually high. He is an author who has put the humour back into the Absurd, without losing any …
Julien Green, Diariste Et Essayiste
Cet ouvrage constitue les actes du Colloque International, 'Julien Green, Diariste et Essayiste', qui a eu lieu a la National University of Ireland, Maynooth, en avril 2003, sous …
The Beautiful and the Monstrous
The composition of aesthetic beauty and its necessary correlation with the counterparts of ugliness and monstrosity have been the primary concerns of artists and philosophers …
Language Practices and Identity Construction by Multilingual Speakers of French L2
This book presents six new studies on identity construction in the speech of older adolescents and young adults learning French. It takes a sociolinguistic approach to acquisition. …
Culture and Identity in Belgian Francophone Writing
Few full-length studies exist in English on French-speaking authors from Belgium. What, if any, are the particular features of francophone Belgian writing? This book explores …
Madness in Twentieth-Century French Women’s Writing
This book offers a discussion of the trope of madness in twentieth-century French women’s writing, focusing on close readings of the following texts: Violette Leduc’s L’Asphyxie …
Remembering the (Post)Colonial Self
The globalisation of culture and the shifting nature of national identities have propelled the stakes of memory and identity to the forefront of current intellectual debates. In …
Sartre's Theatre: Acts for Life
Published on the eve of the philosopher-playwright's centenary, this study offers a wide-ranging re-appraisal of Sartre's complete dramatic opus, from the inaugural 'nativity' …
Simone De Beauvoir's Fiction
Simone de Beauvoir's fiction is a largely unexplored field. This book offers new readings of her whole fictional corpus, using psychoanalysis as a critical lens. Vehemently …
«La Revue»
The journal, periodical or revue has a long and largely unexplored history. The periodical has been recognized as a site of unexpected juxtapositions and unorthodox exchanges, a …
New Approaches to Crime in French Literature, Culture and Film
The notion of crime crosses generic, disciplinary and cultural frontiers. In an era of identity fraud, eco-crime and global terrorism, this collection moves towards a …