Jules LaForgue and Poetic Innovation
Jules LaForgue and Poetic Innovation

Author: Anne Holmes

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13:

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This is the first work in English to devote itself entirely to the poetry of Jules Laforgue (1860-1887). Based on a detailed study of manuscripts as well as printed texts, it analyses the evolution of Laforgue's poetic ideas as he understood it himself. Anne Holmes presents a detailed investigation of Laforgue's changing poetic techniques in order to illuminate both his extraordinary poetic versatility and the significance of his adoption of free verse. Arguing that Laforgue is the great innovator in the use of free verse in French poetry, Holmes sheds light on his method of composition by means of close analysis of variants, and explores the precise nature of his experiment with interior monologue. She sets Laforgue firmly in the context of contemporary French poetry and highlights the influence on him of Walt Whitman and Impressionist painting. Comparison is also made with the work of T. S. Eliot, for whom Laforgue was a major influence. Laforgue emerges from this study as a far more important figure in the evolution of French verse than has previously been thought. He stands as a great and self-consciously modern writer, close in spirit to his twentieth-century successors.

Monsieur Vénus
Monsieur Vénus

Author: Rachilde

Publisher: Modern Language Association

Published: 2015-05-01

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 1603292551

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When the rich and well-connected Raoule de Vénérande becomes enamored of Jacques Silvert, a poor young man who makes artificial flowers for a living, she turns him into her mistress and eventually into her wife. Raoule's suitor, a cigar-smoking former hussar officer, becomes an accomplice in the complications that ensue.

Rewriting Dialectal Arabic Prehistory
Rewriting Dialectal Arabic Prehistory

Author: Alexander Borg

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2021-11-15

Total Pages: 393

ISBN-13: 9004472134

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This study is the first attempt to reconstruct the prehistory of Arabic by examining lexical evidence of its symbiotic relationship with Ancient Egyptian already apparent from the Pyramid Texts (c. 2613–2181 BC). It documents the contention that Ancient Egypt was a strategic site in its early prehistory.

All About Sarah
All About Sarah

Author: Pauline Delabroy-Allard

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2020-03-12

Total Pages: 179

ISBN-13: 1473570573

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An intoxicating and evocative novel about the all-consuming love affair between two women in Paris and the ruin it leaves in its wake. 'Captivating...intense...seductive' Guardian A thirty-something teacher drifts through her life in Paris, raising a daughter on her own, lonely in spite of a new boyfriend. Then one night, at a friend's tepid New Year's Eve party, Sarah enters the scene like a tornado. A talented young violinist, she is loud, vivacious, appealingly unkempt in a world where everyone seems preoccupied with being 'just so'. It is the beginning of an intense relationship, tender and violent, that will upend both women's lives. A literary sensation in France, All About Sarah perfectly captures the pull of a desire so strong that it blinds us to everything else. 'All About Sarah moves impressively from the chaos and noise of love, to silence and solitude, like a spun coin settling' Observer

Strike Your Heart
Strike Your Heart

Author: Amélie Nothomb

Publisher: Europa Editions

Published: 2018-09-11

Total Pages: 93

ISBN-13: 1609454863

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This coming of age novel by the acclaimed Belgian author is “a disarmingly simple yet deeply complex study of a mother-daughter relationship” (The Washington Post). One of the Washington Post’s 50 Notable Works of fiction in 2018 Marie is the prettiest girl in her provincial high school, and dating the most popular boy in town. She is the envy of all her peers—and she loves it. But when she gives birth to Diane, things begin to change. Diane steals the hearts of all who meet her, inciting nothing but jealousy in her mother. This is Diane’s story. Young and brilliant, she grows up learning about life through her relationships with other women: her best friend, the sweet Élisabeth; her mentor, the selfish Olivia; her sister, the beloved Célia; and, of course, her mother. It is a story about the baser sentiments that often animate human relations: rivalry, jealousy, distrust. Revered throughout Europe, Belgian novelist Amélie Nothomb has won numerous prizes, including the French Academy’s Grand Prix. In Strike Your Heart, she offers a telling adult fable about womanhood and the mother-daughter bond.

Menus d'automne pour la femme enceinte
Menus d'automne pour la femme enceinte

Author: Cedric Menard

Publisher: BoD - Books on Demand

Published: 2018-08-07

Total Pages: 106

ISBN-13: 2322147516

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Cet ouvrage est dédié à toutes les femmes enceintes, et il offre aux détentrices des ouvrages du même auteur : « Quelle alimentation pour la femme enceinte ? » et « Recettes et menus pour la femme enceinte » un ouvrage parfaitement complémentaire. L'auteur vous propose trois mois de menus spécifiquement adaptés à votre grossesse, tous très simples à mettre en pratique grâce à des plats, des légumes et des fruits d'automne vous étant proposés, vous permettant ainsi de mieux adapter votre alimentation à cette grande et merveilleuse période de votre vie. Un ouvrage diététique de référence pour celles qui souhaitent vivre pleinement leur grossesse grâce à leur alimentation !

All This Has Nothing To Do With Me
All This Has Nothing To Do With Me

Author: Monica Sabolo

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Published: 2015-04-09

Total Pages: 179

ISBN-13: 1447274989

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'Set to be one of the coolest novels of the year' Stylist When journalist 'MS' interviews the mysterious 'XX' for a job at her Paris magazine, she hires him straight away – because he's gorgeous. As one date leads to another, her obsession spirals. MS finds herself writing letters to Facebook (to see if XX can tell how many times she views his page), to her phone company (can they delete messages she regrets sending?) and to XX's favourite author (who is dead), whilst the object of her affection remains aloof, a moodily seductive Vespa-riding urbanite. All This Has Nothing To Do With Me by Monica Sabolo is an exposé of a broken heart. With full access to MS's photos, diary extracts and emails, it documents MS and XX's relationship from jubilant start to painful finish, and lays out her life – and past – for our scrutiny. Highly original, extremely funny, and darkly moving, this is an unputdownable glimpse into the depths of one woman's psyche.

The Concept of Negritude in the Poetry of Leopold Sedar Senghor
The Concept of Negritude in the Poetry of Leopold Sedar Senghor

Author: Sylvia Washington Ba

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2015-03-08

Total Pages: 317

ISBN-13: 1400867134

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Negritude has been defined by Léopold Sédar Senghor as "the sum of the cultural values of the black world as they are expressed in the life, the institutions, and the works of black men." Sylvia Washington Bâ analyzes Senghor's poetry to show how the concept of negritude infuses it at every level. A biographical sketch describes his childhood in Senegal, his distinguished academic career in France, and his election as President of Senegal. Themes of alienation and exile pervade Senghor's poetry, but it was by the opposition of his sensitivity and values to those of Europe that he was able to formulate his credo. Its key theme, and the supreme value of black African civilization, is the concept of life forces, which are not attributes or accidents of being, but the very essence of being. Life is an essentially dynamic mode of being for the black African, and it has been Senghor's achievement to communicate African intensity and vitality through his use of the nuances, subtleties, and sonorities of the French language. In the final chapter Sylvia Washington Bâ discusses the future of Senghor's belief that the black man's culture should be recognized as valid not simply as a matter of human justice, but because the values of negritude could be instrumental in the reintegration of positive values into western civilization and the reorientation of contemporary man toward life and love. Originally published in 1973. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.