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Häftad, Engelska, 2008
99 kr
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`Tonight When I make my sweeping bow at heaven's gate, One thing I shall still possess, at any rate, Unscathed, something outlasting mortal flesh, And that is ... My panache.'The first English translation of Cyrano de Bergerac, in 1898, introduced the word panache into the English language. This single word summed up Rostand's rejection of the social realism which dominated late nineteenth-century theatre. He wrote his `heroic comedy', unfashionably, in verse, and set it in the reign of Louis XIII and the Three Musketeers. Based on the life of a little known writer, Rostand's hero has become a figure of theatrical legend: Cyrano, with the nose of a clown and the soul of a poet, is by turns comic and sad, as reckless in love as in war, and never at a loss for words. Audiences immediately took him to their hearts, and since the triumphant opening night in December 1897 - at the height of the Dreyfus Affair - the play has never lost its appeal. The text is accompanied by notes and a full introduction which sets the play in its literary and historical context. Christopher Fry's acclaimed translation into `chiming couplets' represents the homage of one verse dramatist to another. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Häftad, Engelska, 2009
123 kr
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Inspired by Voltaire's two-year stay in England (1726-8), this is one of the key works of the Enlightment. Exactly contemporary with Gulliver's Travels and The Beggar's Opera, Voltaire's controversial pronouncements on politics, philosophy, religion, and literature have place the Letters among the great Augustan satires. Voltaire wrote most of the book in English, in which he was fluent and witty, and it fast became a bestseller in Britain. He re-wrote it in French as the Lettres philosophiques, and current editions in English translate his French. This edition restores for the modern reader Voltaire's own English text, allowing us to appreciate him as a stylist at first hand. It is the only critical edition of the original text and, as well as providing an introduction and notes, it includes intriguing accounts of Voltaire by contemporary English ovservers. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Häftad, Engelska, 2017
122 kr
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Voltaire (1694-1778), best remembered as the author of Candide, is one of the central actors -- arguably the defining personality -- of the European Enlightenment. In this Very Short Introduction, Nicholas Cronk explores Voltaire's remarkable career and demonstrates how his thinking is pivotal to our notion and understanding of the Enlightenment. In a fresh and modern examination of his writings, Cronk examines the nature of Voltaire's literary celebrity, demonstrating the extent to which his work was reactive and practical, and therefore made sense within the broader context of the debates to which he responded. The most famous living author in Europe in the 18th century, Cronk emphasises Voltaire's skills of 'performance' as a writer and his continued relevance today. He concludes by looking not only at Voltaire's impact in literature and philosophy, but also his influence on French political values and modern French politics. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Häftad, Engelska, 2016
239 kr
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The novella has never been out of print and has been translated into every conceivable language. The text of this Norton Critical Edition remains that of Robert M. Adams’s superlative translation, accompanied by explanatory annotations.This edition also includes: A full introduction by Nicholas Cronk; Five background studies of Enlightenment ideas and themes (by Richard Holmes, Adam Gopnik, W. H. Barber, Haydn Mason and Nicholas Cronk), four of these new to the third edition; Eight critical essays—six of them new to this edition—representing a wide range of approaches to Candide. Contributors include J. G. Weightman, Roger Pearson, Dennis Fletcher, Robin Howells, James J. Lynch, Philip Stewart, Erich Auerbach and Jean Starobinski. A revised and expanded Selected Bibliography is also included.
Häftad, Engelska, 2009
408 kr
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As a leading thinker of the European Enlightenment, Voltaire is a central figure in France's collective cultural memory. The popularity of Candide has made him perhaps best known as a writer of tales. Yet these represent only a fraction of his entire œuvre. Voltaire created a style of authorship which made him the most famous writer in Europe and made him a figurehead for a certain style of writing and thinking. This Companion covers his plays, fiction, pamphlets, correspondence, biblical criticism, and historical, political and philosophical thought, to give a wide-ranging view of his writings. The most comprehensive book on Voltaire available in English, it makes accessible the most recent research in France as well as the English-speaking world, in a series of original essays and a guide to sources. The essays demonstrate why Voltaire remains an essential point of reference in defining the modern intellectual today.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2009
1 232 kr
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As a leading thinker of the European Enlightenment, Voltaire is a central figure in France's collective cultural memory. The popularity of Candide has made him perhaps best known as a writer of tales. Yet these represent only a fraction of his entire œuvre. Voltaire created a style of authorship which made him the most famous writer in Europe and made him a figurehead for a certain style of writing and thinking. This Companion covers his plays, fiction, pamphlets, correspondence, biblical criticism, and historical, political and philosophical thought, to give a wide-ranging view of his writings. The most comprehensive book on Voltaire available in English, it makes accessible the most recent research in France as well as the English-speaking world, in a series of original essays and a guide to sources. The essays demonstrate why Voltaire remains an essential point of reference in defining the modern intellectual today.
Inbunden, Franska, 2003
2 569 kr
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Inbunden, Franska, 2002
2 355 kr
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Del 11 - Vif
Etudes Sur Les Journaux Marivaux
Häftad, Franska, 2001
542 kr
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Inbunden, Franska, 2004
2 355 kr
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Del 38 - Complete Works of Voltaire
Complete Works of Voltaire 38
Questions sur l'Encyclopedie, par des amateurs (II): A-Aristee
Inbunden, Franska, 2007
2 676 kr
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Häftad, Franska, 2005
1 822 kr
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Racine est devenu le 'classique français' par excellence, tant dans la lecture que sur scène. Son exemple montre combien l'étude de la réception d'une œuvre théâtrale ne saurait se borner à sa textualité et aux questions d'influences, mais exige que soit envisagé aussi le rôle des représentations scéniques.Ce volume - qui ne prétend pas constituer un inventaire complet de la réception de Racine à l'âge classique, chose évidemment impossible - vise à esquisser l'étendue du phénomène à partir d'une série d'études de cas particuliers. L'ensemble s'organise en quatre parties. La première entreprend tracer 'les espaces' de la réception racinienne: la Comédie-Française, l'Académie, l'Ecole, l'édition officielle - où il est frappant de voir combien Racine a été tôt établi en auteur 'monumental'. La deuxième partie rassemble des études qui analysent les réactions suscitées par les œuvres de Racine. Elles montrent notamment, par l'examen des réactions des spectateurs et des lecteurs au travail racinien de la langue, l'importance prise par l'image de Racine en tant que 'poète'. Mais elles soulignent aussi combien en ses débuts cette image fut l'enjeu de conflits et querelles. Une troisième partie envisage, à partir de quelques cas précis, les 'métamorphoses créatrices' qu'a connues l'œuvre racinienne, c'est-à -dire comment elle fut reprise, imitée, transformée. Enfin, si l'essentiel du propos était de voir la situation des œuvres de Racine à l'âge classique, on ne peut bien sûr faire l'ombre sur l'aval des images ainsi mises en place. Aussi une quatrième partie regroupe des études qui mettent en lumière certaines continuations à l'époque récente des tendances repérées dans les siècles antérieurs. De la sorte, ces études constituent une réflexion sur la place qu'occupe Racine dans la culture française classique, dans le sens le plus large du terme, en même temps qu'elles représentent une réflexion sur le statut même des recherches sur les phénomènes de réception.
Inbunden, Franska, 2005
2 355 kr
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Del 22 - Œuvres complètes de Voltaire (Complete Works of Voltaire)
Œuvres complètes de Voltaire (Complete Works of Voltaire) 22
Essai sur les moeurs et l'esprit des nations (II): Avant-propos, ch.1-37
Inbunden, Franska, 2009
2 569 kr
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Inbunden, Franska, 2006
2 355 kr
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Inbunden, Franska, 2007
2 355 kr
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Del 40 - Complete Works of Voltaire
Complete Works of Voltaire 40
Questions sur l'Encyclopédie, par des amateurs (IV): César–Egalité
Inbunden, Franska, 2010
2 782 kr
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Del 41 - Complete Works of Voltaire
Complete Works of Voltaire 41
Questions sur l'Encyclopédie, par des amateurs (V): Eglise–Fraude
Inbunden, Franska, 2010
2 676 kr
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Complete Works of Voltaire 42A
Questions sur l'Encyclopédie, par des amateurs (VI): Gargantua–Justice
Inbunden, Franska, 2011
2 327 kr
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Del 43 - Complete Works of Voltaire
Complete Works of Volaire 43
Questions sur l'Encyclopedie, par des amateurs (VIII): Privileges-Zoroastre
Inbunden, Franska, 2013
2 676 kr
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Del 23 - Complete Works of Voltaire
Complete Works of Voltaire 23
Essai sur les moeurs et l'esprit des nations (III): Chapitres 38-67
Inbunden, Franska, 2010
2 327 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2008
1 822 kr
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The 1760s was a pivotal decade for the philosophes. In the late 1750s their cause had been at a low ebb, but it was transformed in the eyes of public opinion by such events as the Calas affair in the early 1760s. By the end of the decade, the philosophes were dominant in key literary institutions such as the Comédie-Française and the Académie française, and their enlightened programme became more widely accepted.Many of the essays in this volume focus on Voltaire, revealing him as a writer of fiction and polemic who, during this period, became increasingly interested in questions of justice and jurisprudence. Other essays examine the literary activities of Voltaire’s contemporaries, including Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Chamfort, Rétif, Sedaine and Marmontel.It is no exaggeration to describe the 1760s as Voltaire’s decade. It is he more than any other author who set the agenda and held the public’s attention during this seminal period for the development of Enlightenment ideas and values. Voltaire’s dominance of the 1760s can be summed up in a single phrase: it is in these years that he became the ‘patriarch of Ferney’.
Del 24 - Complete Works of Voltaire
Complete Works of Voltaire 24
Essai sur les moeurs et l'esprit des nations (IV): Chapitres 68-102
Inbunden, Franska, 2011
2 396 kr
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Del 25 - Complete Works of Voltaire
Complete Works of Voltaire 25
Essai sur les moeurs et l'esprit des nations (V): Chapitres 103-129
Inbunden, Franska, 2013
2 205 kr
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Inbunden, Franska, 2013
2 396 kr
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Inbunden, Franska, 2014
2 396 kr
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Del 21 - Complete Works of Voltaire
Complete Works of Voltaire 21
Essai sur les moeurs et l'esprit des nations (I): Introduction generale
Inbunden, Franska, 2019
2 301 kr
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Inbunden, Franska, 2018
2 227 kr
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Del 27 - Complete Works of Voltaire
Complete Works of Voltaire 27
Essai sur les moeurs et l'esprit des nations (IX): Textes annexes; Fragments sur l'histoire générale
Inbunden, Franska, 2016
2 396 kr
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Inbunden, Franska, 2012
2 205 kr
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