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  • Lesbian Decadence

    Representations in Art and Literature of Fin-de-Siècle France

    par Nicole Albert ...
    Traduit par Nancy Erber, William Peniston ...
    In 1857 the French poet Charles Baudelaire, who was fascinated by lesbianism, created a scandal with Les Fleurs du Mal [The Flowers of Evil]. This collection was originally entitled "The Lesbians" and described women as "femmes damnées," with "disordered souls" suffering in a hypocritical world. Then twenty years later, lesbians in Paris dared to flaunt themselves in that extraordinarily creative ... En savoir plus

    $28.79 CAD

  • A History of the Wind

    par Alain Corbin ...
    Traduit par William Peniston ...
    Everyone knows the wind’s touch, its presence, its force. Sometimes it roars and howls, at other times we hear its wistful sighs and feel its soothing caresses. Since antiquity, humans have borne witness to the wind and relied on it to navigate the seas. And yet, despite its presence at the heart of human experience, the wind has evaded scrutiny in our chronicles of the past.In this brilliantly ... En savoir plus

    Prix courant $15.99 CAD Maintenant $13.99 CAD

  • The Italian Invert

    A Gay Man’s Intimate Confessions to Émile Zola

    Modifié par Michael Rosenfeld ...
    “Each of us has his tastes inscribed in his brain and heart; whether he fulfills his urges with regret or with joy, he must fulfill them. He should let others act according to their own nature. It’s fate that creates us and guides us throughout our lives: to fight against it would be little more than fruitless, foolish, and reckless!”In the late 1880s, a dashing young Italian aristocrat made an ... En savoir plus

    $31.99 CAD

  • The Italian Invert

    A Gay Man’s Intimate Confessions to Émile Zola

    Modifié par Michael Rosenfeld ...
    “Each of us has his tastes inscribed in his brain and heart; whether he fulfills his urges with regret or with joy, he must fulfill them. He should let others act according to their own nature. It’s fate that creates us and guides us throughout our lives: to fight against it would be little more than fruitless, foolish, and reckless!”In the late 1880s, a dashing young Italian aristocrat made an ... En savoir plus

    $31.99 CAD

  • Lesbian Decadence

    Representations in Art and Literature of Fin-de-Siècle France

    par Nicole Albert ...
    Traduit par Nancy Erber, William Peniston ...
    In 1857 the French poet Charles Baudelaire, who was fascinated by lesbianism, created a scandal with Les Fleurs du Mal [The Flowers of Evil]. This collection was originally entitled "The Lesbians" and described women as "femmes damnées," with "disordered souls" suffering in a hypocritical world. Then twenty years later, lesbians in Paris dared to flaunt themselves in that extraordinarily creative ... En savoir plus

    $28.79 CAD

  • Pederasts and Others

    Urban Culture and Sexual Identity in Nineteenth-Century Paris

    Examine how a community of support in Nineteenth-Century Paris became a blueprint for modern sexual identity!A unique social history, Pederasts and Others: Urban Culture and Sexual Identity in Nineteenth-Century Paris is a valuable addition to the growing field of gay and lesbian studies. The book examines the interaction between the city's male homosexual subculture and Parisian authority figures ... En savoir plus

    $97.55 CAD

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  • Illuminations

    Essays and Reflections

    Traduit par Henry Zohn ...
    Essays and reflections from one of the twentieth century's most original cultural critics, with an introduction by Hannah Arendt.Walter Benjamin was an icon of criticism, renowned for his insight on art, literature, and philosophy. This volume includes his views on Kafka, with whom he felt a close personal affinity; his studies on Baudelaire and Proust; and his essays on Leskov and Brecht's epic ... En savoir plus

    $2.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Lyrical and Critical Essays

    par Albert Camus ...
    Collections series Vintage International
    Edited by Philip Thody, translated by Ellen Conroy Kennedy."Here now, for the first time in a complete English translation, we have Camus' three little volumes of essays, plus a selection of his critical comments on literature and his own place in it. As might be expected, the main interest of these writings is that they illuminate new facets of his usual subject matter."--The New York Times Book ... En savoir plus

    $9.99 CAD

  • Inventing the Enemy

    Essays

    par Umberto Eco ...
    This essay collection by the revered public intellectual displays his " profound erudition, lively wit, and passion for ideas of all shapes and sizes" ( Booklist).In these fourteen essays, Umberto Eco examines many of the ideas that have inspired his provocative and illuminating fiction. From the title essay—a disquisition of the notion that every country needs an enemy—he takes readers on an ... En savoir plus

    $17.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Romanticism

    A Very Short Introduction

    par Michael Ferber ...
    Collections series Very Short Introductions
    What is Romanticism? In this Very Short Introduction Michael Ferber answers this by considering who the romantics were and looks at what they had in common -- their ideas, beliefs, commitments, and tastes. He looks at the birth and growth of Romanticism throughout Europe and the Americas, and examines various types of Romantic literature, music, painting, religion, and philosophy. Focusing on ... En savoir plus

    $7.19 CAD

  • Henry Miller on Writing

    par Henry Miller ...
    “A brilliant selection . . . it is in short a voyage of discovery, an adventure and this the log of that voyage in the life of a probing and powerful writer.” —Robert R. Kirsch, Los Angeles TimesSome of the most rewarding pages in Henry Miller's books concern his self-education as a writer. He tells, as few great writers ever have, how he set his goals, how he discovered the excitement of using ... En savoir plus

    $19.99 CAD

  • Literature and the Gods

    par Roberto Calasso ...
    Collections series Vintage International
    Brilliant, inspired, and gloriously erudite, Literature and the Gods is the culmination of Roberto Calasso’s lifelong study of the gods in the human imagination. By uncovering the divine whisper that lies behind the best poetry and prose from across the centuries, Calasso gives us a renewed sense of the mystery and enchantment of great literature.From the banishment of the classical divinities ... En savoir plus

    $14.99 CAD