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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “sylvain lesage”
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  • Ninth Art. Bande dessinée, Books and the Gentrification of Mass Culture, 1964-1975

    by Sylvain Lesage ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    In France, comics are commonly referred to as the "ninth art". What does it mean to see comics as art? This book looks at the singular status of comics in the French cultural landscape. Bandes dessinées have long been published in French newspapers and magazines. In the early 1960s, a new standard format emerged: large hardback books, called albums. Albums played a key role in the emergence of the ... Read more

    $51.29 CAD

  • The European Experience

    A Multi-Perspective History of Modern Europe, 1500–2000

    by Jan Hansen ...
    The European Experience brings together the expertise of nearly a hundred historians from eight European universities to internationalise and diversify the study of modern European history, exploring a grand sweep of time from 1500 to 2000. Offering a valuable corrective to the Anglocentric narratives of previous English-language textbooks, scholars from all over Europe have pooled their knowledge ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Reading bande dessinee

    Critical Approaches to French-language Comic Strip

    by Ann Miller ...
    The increasing popularity of bande dessinee, or French-language comic strip, means that it is being established on university syllabuses worldwide. Reading Bande Dessinee provides a thorough introduction to the medium and in-depth critical analysis with focus on contemporary examples of the art form, historical context, key artists, and themes such as gender, autobiography and postcolonial culture ... Read more

    $35.19 CAD

  • Civilization

    The West and the Rest

    by Niall Ferguson ...
    **From the bestselling author of The Ascent of Money and The Square and the Tower“A dazzling history of Western ideas.”—The Economist“Mr. Ferguson tells his story with characteristic verve and an eye for the felicitous phrase.” —Wall Street Journal“[W]ritten with vitality and verve . . . a tour de force.” —Boston Globe**Western civilization’s rise to global dominance is the single most important ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

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  • Éric Rohmer

    A Biography

    by Antoine de Baecque, Noël Herpe ...
    Translated by Steven Rendall, Lisa Neal ...
    The director of twenty-five films, including My Night at Maud's (1969), which was nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award, and the editor in chief of Cahiers du cinéma from 1957 to 1963, Éric Rohmer set the terms by which people watched, made, and thought about cinema for decades. Such brilliance does not develop in a vacuum, and Rohmer cultivated a fascinating network of friends, colleagues, ... Read more

    $36.79 CAD

  • The Age of Empire

    1875-1914

    by Prof Eric Hobsbawm ...
    THE AGE OF EMPIRE is a book about the strange death of the nineteenth century, the world made by and for liberal middle classes in the name of universal progress and civilisation. It is about hopes realised which turned into fears: an era of unparalleled peace engendering an era of unparalleled war; revolt and revolution emerging on the outskirts of society; a time of profound identity crisis for ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • The Age of Capital

    1848-1875

    by Prof Eric Hobsbawm ...
    A magisterial account of the rise of capitalismEric Hobsbawm's magnificent treatment of the crucial years 1848-1875 is a penetrating analysis of the rise of capitalism and the consolidation of bourgeois culture. In the 1860s a new word entered the economic and political vocabulary of the world: 'capitalism'. The global triumph of capitalism is the major theme of history in the decades after 1848. ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • The Cinema of Agnès Varda

    Resistance and Eclecticism

    by Delphine Benezet ...
    Series series Directors' Cuts
    Agnès Varda, a pioneer of the French New Wave, has been making radical films for over half a century. Many of these are considered by scholars, filmmakers, and audiences alike, as audacious, seminal, and unforgettable. This volume considers her production as a whole, revisiting overlooked films like Mur, Murs/Documenteur (1980–81), and connecting her cinema to recent installation work. This study ... Read more

    $26.39 CAD

  • The Transformation of the World

    A Global History of the Nineteenth Century

    by Jürgen Osterhammel ...
    Translated by Patrick Camiller ...
    Series series America in the World
    A panoramic global history of the nineteenth centuryA monumental history of the nineteenth century, The Transformation of the World offers a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a world in transition. Jürgen Osterhammel, an eminent scholar who has been called the Braudel of the nineteenth century, moves beyond conventional Eurocentric and chronological accounts of the era, presenting instead a ... Read more

    $40.69 CAD

  • La Haine

    French Film Guide

    by Ginette Vincendeau ...
    Series series Ciné-File French Film Guides
    "La Haine" is a cult classic with cinema audiences, recently re-released and available on dvd. Ginette Vincendeau is top authority internationally on French cinema, who writes (eg "Sight and Sound") and broadcasts (eg "Front Row Radio 4") on it regularly. It is hugely enjoyable, exciting book written with great panache and accessibility. Released in 1995, "La Haine" is the black and white ... Read more

    $32.49 CAD

  • On History

    by Prof Eric Hobsbawm ...
    The theory and practice of history and its relevance to the modern world, by Britains greatest radical historian. ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Amélie

    French Film Guide

    by Isabelle Vanderschelden ...
    Series series Ciné-File French Film Guides
    "Le Fabuleux destin d'Amelie Poulain" was the surprise boxoffice success of 2001, with nine million spectators in France, and more than 30 million worldwide. The film turned Audrey Tautou into an international star, in her iconic role as Amelie, a naive French Parisian who devotes herself to mending the lives of the people around her. Shot on location in Paris, the film combines poetic and magical ... Read more

    $32.49 CAD