The Cambridge History of French Literature
Title | The Cambridge History of French Literature PDF eBook |
Author | William Burgwinkle |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 823 |
Release | 2011-02-24 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0521897866 |
The most comprehensive history of literature written in French ever produced in English.
Twentieth Century French Drama
Title | Twentieth Century French Drama PDF eBook |
Author | D. I. Grossvogel |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1965 |
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Twentieth Century French Drama
Title | Twentieth Century French Drama PDF eBook |
Author | David I. Grossvogel |
Publisher | |
Pages | 378 |
Release | 1958 |
Genre | French drama |
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The Columbia History of Twentieth-century French Thought
Title | The Columbia History of Twentieth-century French Thought PDF eBook |
Author | Lawrence D. Kritzman |
Publisher | Columbia University Press |
Pages | 820 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780231107907 |
This valuable reference is an authoritative guide to 20th century French thought. It considers the intellectual figures, movements and publications that helped define fields as diverse as history, psychoanalysis, film, philosophy, and economics.
20th Century French Drama
Title | 20th Century French Drama PDF eBook |
Author | David I. Grossvogel |
Publisher | Columbia University Press |
Pages | 386 |
Release | 1961 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 0231085222 |
Twentieth-century French Dramatists
Title | Twentieth-century French Dramatists PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Anne O'Neil |
Publisher | Dictionary of Literary Biograp |
Pages | 552 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN |
Essays on twentieth-century French playwrights who were largely influenced by non-French traditions, during the greatest age of French theater since the mid 1700s. French drama of the twentieth-century was cosmopolitan, experimental and eclectic and attempted to appeal to a wider audience than in the past. Dramatists came not only from Paris but from the provinces and the French states of the Caribbean as well as from Francophone countries such as Belgium.
France at War in the Twentieth Century
Title | France at War in the Twentieth Century PDF eBook |
Author | Valerie Holman |
Publisher | Berghahn Books |
Pages | 180 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781571817709 |
"There are suggestive and interesting contributions ... Historians of modern France and historians interested in the cultural aspects of war will find much to engage with in this stimulating collection." - French History France experienced four major conflicts in the fifty years between 1914 and 1964: two world wars, and the wars in Indochina and Algeria. In each the role of myth was intricately bound up with memory, hope, belief, and ideas of nation. This is the first book to explore how individual myths were created, sustained, and used for purposes of propaganda, examining in detail not just the press, radio, photographs, posters, films, and songs that gave credence to an imagined event or attributed mythical status to an individual, but also the cultural processes by which such artifacts were disseminated and took effect. Reliance on myth, so the authors argue, is shown to be one of the most significant and durable features of 20th century warfare propaganda, used by both sides in all the conflicts covered in this book. However, its effective and useful role in time of war notwithstanding, it does distort a population's perception of reality and therefore often results in defeat: the myth-making that began as a means of sustaining belief in France's supremacy, and later her will and ability to resist, ultimately proved counterproductive in the process of decolonization.