Anouilh (Writers & Critics)

Philip Thody

Literature & Fiction

Oliver & Boyd

This book offers a new evaluation of Albert Camus, leading novelist and a pioneer of existentialism. Thody analyses Camus' development as a prose writer and the creation of such classics as The Stranger. The book places Camus' philosophies and themes in context and provides helpful discussion for new readers of Camus and students. '...an excellent introduction to Albert Camus...interweaving of fact, fiction, biography, and allegory gives a warmth and direction to this book.' J.C.McLaren, University of Delaware

Albert Camus (Modern novelists)

St.Martin's Press

Witty, entertaining, and informative, this book on so-called 'false friends' will be of immediate use to anyone using the French language and needing to understand French society and culture. The individual entries have been carefully designed to carry the basic linguistic information required and then develop into a wider consideration of the social and cultural context within which the specific words and phrases are used in current French. As this title is supposed to be used in conjunction with and not instead of a dictionary, it also offers a brief list of recommended reading ranging from standard dictionaries to introductory works on French society and institutions.

Faux Amis and Key Words: A Dictionary-Guide to French Life and Language Through Lookalikes and Confusables

Reference

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Athlone Press

Aldous Huxley: a biographical introduction (Leaders of modern thought)

Scribner's, 1973, Very good., Light wear. Text clean. Leaders of Modern Thought series. [Literary Criticism, Biography, Aldous Huxley] Out-of-print and antiquarian booksellers since 1933. We pack and ship with care.

Aldous Huxley: A Biographical Introduction (Leaders of Modern Thought)

Charles Scribner`s Sons

Witty, entertaining, and informative, this book will be of immediate use to anyone using the French language and needing to understand French society and culture. Its focus is upon those words and phrases which can be seriously misunderstood because of their seemingly close resemblance to English wrods. The book also includes a number of key words used in each of the subject areas into which the text is divided: Literature, Economics and Industry, Religion and Morals, The Arts, Language, Travel and Health, Sex and the Family, Food and Drink, and Clothes and Houses. The individual entries have been carefully designed to carry the basic linguistic information required and then develop into a wider consideration of the social and cultural context within which the specific words and phrases are used in French. Includes ample illustrative examples taken from current French usage.

Mistakable French: Faux Amis and Key Words

Travel

Howard Evans

Europe

Hippocrene Books

This book brilliantly elucidates Barthes' application of these ideas to literature, popular culture, clothes and fashion, and explains why his thinking in this area made him a key figure in the structuralist movement of the 1960's.

Introducing Barthes

Politics & Social Sciences

Ann Course

Social Sciences

Icon,Totem Books

This book explains the basic ideas that inspired Sartre's existential world-view, and pays particular attention to his idea of freedom.

Introducing Sartre

Howard Read

Philosophy

Philosopher and writer Jean-Paul Sartre was once described as being the most famous Frenchman of the 20th century. He was certainly the most famous existentialist ever. Introducing Sartre explains the ideas inspiring him and also provides a succinct account of his life, especially of the impact which his unusual childhood had on his attitude towards French society.

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