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  • Dances with Darwin, 1875–1910

    Vernacular Modernity in France

    Examining the extraordinary influence of Darwin's theory of evolution on French thought from 1875 to 1910, Rae Beth Gordon argues for a reconsideration of modernism both in time and in place that situates its beginnings in the French café-concert aesthetic. Gordon weaves the history of medical science, ethnology, and popular culture into a groundbreaking exploration of the cultural implications of ... Leer más

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  • De Charcot à Charlot

    Mises en scène du corps pathologique

    Series series Spectaculaire | Cinéma
    De Charcot à Charlot : Mises en scène du corps pathologique, publié en anglais en 2001, est le premier livre à proposer une analogie entre le spectacle populaire et l'hystérie à l'hôpital dans le dernier tiers du XIXe siècle. Il met en lumière un rapport direct entre la gestuelle des hystériques et celle des artistes du café-concert et du cinéma burlesque. Chanteurs et comiques s'emparent du ... Leer más

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  • Architecture in Words

    Theatre, Language and the Sensuous Space of Architecture

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  • François Truffaut

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  • Enigmas of Identity

    de Peter Brooks ...
    From eminent critic Peter Brooks, an exploration of the modern preoccupation with identity"We know that it matters crucially to be able to say who we are, why we are here, and where we are going," Peter Brooks writes in Enigmas of Identity. Many of us are also uncomfortably aware that we cannot provide a convincing account of our identity to others or even ourselves. Despite or because of that ... Leer más

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  • The Cambridge Introduction to Marcel Proust

    de Adam Watt ...
    Series series Cambridge Introductions to Literature
    Proust's A la recherche du temps perdu (In Search of Lost Time, 1913–27) changed the course of modern narrative fiction. This Introduction provides an account of Proust's life, the socio-historical and cultural contexts of his work and an assessment of his early works. At its core is a volume-by-volume study of In Search of Lost Time, which attends to its remarkable superstructure, as well as to ... Leer más

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    Traducido por Robert Bononno ...
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  • Jean Cocteau

    Series Libro 17 - Critical Lives
    From the magical Beauty and the Beast to the surreal Orpheus films, Jean Cocteau is renowned as a leading figure in European cinema as well as a creative force collaborating with artists as diverse as Picasso, Diaghilev and Edith Piaf. Yet Cocteau’s work and life have rarely been examined together. Evaluating Cocteau’s career and his fascinating personal life on equal terms, James S. Williams ... Leer más

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    Series Libro 30 - Critical Lives
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