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Literary History


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News of Paris: American Journalists in the City of Light Between the Wars
News of Paris: American Journalists in the City of Light Between the Wars
by Ronald Weber
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The great American exodus to Paris after World War I included not only writers and artists but journalists. They came by the score, the raw and the accomplished, and in their baggage most carried the dream of eventually becoming poets, short-story... (read more)

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When the World Spoke French
When the World Spoke French
by Marc Fumaroli
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A New York Review Books Original During the eighteenth century, from the death of Louis XIV until the Revolution, French culture set the standard for all of Europe. In Sweden, Austria, Italy, Spain, England, Russia, and Germany, among kings and queens... (read more)

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Defying Gravity: Jean Paulhan's Interventions in Twentieth-Century French Intellectual History
Defying Gravity: Jean Paulhan's Interventions in Twentieth-Century French Intellectual History
by Michael Syrotinski
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Best known for his long-serving editorship of the influential Parisian literary review, La Nouvelle Revue Francaise, Jean Paulhan is now widely acknowledged as one of the most central yet least understood figures of twentieth century French intellectual... (read more)

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French Global: A New Approach to Literary History
French Global: A New Approach to Literary History
by Christie Mcdonald
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Is it possible to reread the entire sweep of French literature from a world perspective? Recasting French literary history in terms of the cultures and peoples that interacted both within and outside of France's national boundaries, this volume offers a... (read more)

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Malraux
Malraux
by Olivier Todd
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Writer, publisher, war hero, French government minister, André Malraux was renowned as a Renaissance man of the twentieth century. Now, Olivier Todd — author of the acclaimed biography Albert Camus — gives us this life, in which fact competes... (read more)

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Darlinghissima Letters To a Friend
Darlinghissima Letters To a Friend
by Janet Flanner
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A witty and tender spirit emerges in Flanner's correspondance with her friend Natalia Danesi Murray, revealing a gifted person who left an indelible image of an era. Edited and with an Introduction by Natalia Danesi Murray; Index; photographs.... (read more)

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A Lion for Love: A Critical Biography of Stendhal
A Lion for Love: A Critical Biography of Stendhal
by Robert Alter
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[An] excellent and balanced biography. -- Julia Epstein - Washington Post Book... (read more)

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The Left Bank: Writers, Artists, and Politics from the Popular Front to the Cold War
The Left Bank: Writers, Artists, and Politics from the Popular Front to the Cold War
by Herbert R Lottman
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This story begins in the Paris of the 1930s, when artists and writers stood at the center of the world stage. In the decade that saw the rise of the Nazis, much of the thinking world sought guidance from this extraordinary group of intellectuals. Herbert... (read more)

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Malraux
Malraux
by Olivier Todd
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A compelling portrait of the acclaimed author, war hero, publisher, and French government minister provides a definitive account of Malraux's life in which he traces his lifelong pattern of mendacity, separating myth from reality to capture a brilliant... (read more)

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Defying Gravity: Jean Paulhan's Interventions in Twentieth-Century French Intellectual History (Suny Series, the Margins of Literature)
Defying Gravity: Jean Paulhan's Interventions in Twentieth-Century French Intellectual History (Suny Series, the Margins of Literature)
by Michael Syrotinski
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Best known for his long-serving editorship of the influential Parisian literary review, La Nouvelle Revue Francaise, Jean Paulhan is now widely acknowledged as one of the most central yet least understood figures of twentieth century French intellectual... (read more)

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Chateaubriand a Biography the Longe Volume 1
Chateaubriand a Biography the Longe Volume 1
by George D Painter
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v. 1. The longed-for tempests.... (read more)

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News of Paris: American Journalists in the City of Light Between the Wars
News of Paris: American Journalists in the City of Light Between the Wars
by Ronald Weber
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A bumptious narrative history of American newspapermen in Paris in the 1920s and 1930s, a time when serious journalism still went hand in hand with relative poverty, good times, and a carefree spirit cultivated by eccentric personalities. An absorbing... (read more)

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Petite Histoire des Lettres Françaises
Petite Histoire des Lettres Françaises
by Gilbert Chinard
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Paris Was Yesterday 1925 1939
Paris Was Yesterday 1925 1939
by Janet Flaner
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The Left Bank :writers, artists, and politics from the Popular Front to the Cold War
The Left Bank :writers, artists, and politics from the Popular Front to the Cold War
by Herbert R Lottman
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Paris was yesterday, 1925-1939.
Paris was yesterday, 1925-1939.
by Janet Flanner
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Communism & the French Intellectuals
Communism & the French Intellectuals
by David Caute
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Journal of Jules Reynard
Journal of Jules Reynard
by Jules Reynard
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Paris Edition: The Autobiography of Waverley Root, 1927-1934
Paris Edition: The Autobiography of Waverley Root, 1927-1934
by Waverley Root
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Anti-Memoirs
Anti-Memoirs
by Andre Malraux
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