Foreign Language Study : French

The history of ideas provides an important means of understanding and reinterpreting the literature of the past; and in this study Dr. Calder demonstrates the illumination that this informed approach brings to the comedies of MoliFre. In the course of this study, the author outlines a fresh theory of classical comedy which applies to the works of other French writers of the 17th century; and the historical reinterpretations of MoliFre's two most difficult plays -- Le Tartuffe and Dom Juan -- break entirely new ground.Although this is a work which specialists will admire, it is also intended to serve as an introduction to MoliFre and French classical comedy at large and will be of considerable value to younger students and readers of MoliFre in general. more...

Price: $150.00

Your search for the right word in French is over. Stop hunting blindly through ordinary bilingual dictionaries! From current affairs to shopping, travel to romance, Must-Know French gives you instant access to the precise word you need when you need it. You'll never be at a loss for words again.: . . . in the classroom. la dissertation (essay). la calculatrice (calculator).; . . . at the office. la télécopieuse (fax machine). l’augmentation (pay raise).; . . . when talking about the environment. l’habitat (habitat). l’effet de serre (greenhouse effect).; . . . when discussing politics. l’immigration (immigration). le pouvoir exécutif (executive power).; . . . while out shopping. le remboursement (refund). de tous les jours (casual) more...

Price: $12.95

Oscar Wilde’s Salome and Andre Gide’s Saul have been considered critically in the traditional contexts of authorial oeuvre, biography, or “thought.” These plays have been treated with embarrassed respect, dealt with only because of the importance of their authors. That Wilde and Gide made use of biblical material seems to discomfit their critics; that they had done so at a time when biblical drama was prohibited has rarely been addressed. Traditional critical treatments seek to smooth over the plays’ aberrant qualities. This study takes them seriously as aberrations and investigates Wilde’s and Gide’s claims that these plays are works of faith, by considering them as participating in the history of biblical drama. more...

Price: $130.00

This dictionary offers over 5000 terms translated to and from English, covering all aspects of business, including office practice, the stock market, international trading, accounting and marketing terminology. more...

Price: $16.00

This groundbreaking volume highlights the work of contemporary women writing in French whose cultural links, ethnic identities, and historical roots lie outside France. The writings of these women emanate from the cultures of Africa and the Indian Ocean, the Middle East, the Caribbean, Southeast Asia, and Quebec and other French-speaking regions of Canada. more...

Price: $108.00