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• Corneille: Le Cid, Polyeucte, Le menteur.–Moliere: Les precieuses ridicules, Le Tartuffe ou, L’imposteur, Le misanthrope.–Racine: Andromaque, Phedre.

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Part of the series UCLA Latin American studies v. 48
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• Includes the original Spanish text of Azuela’s novel Los de abajo and its translation into English.
• Bibliography: p. 231-233.

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• Azuela, Mariano, 1873-1952. Los de abajo — Criticism, Textual.
• Historical fiction, Mexican — Criticism, Textual.
• Mexico — History — 1910-1946.
• Mexico — History — Revolution, 1910-1920 — Fiction.

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Part of the series Toronto Iberic 16;Toronto Iberic.
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• Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-244) and index.
• Warriors: epic and tragedy — Defenders: pastoral and satire — Captains and saints: lyric and romance — Soldiers and sinners: picaresque.

Subjects:

• Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616 — Criticism and interpretation.
• War and literature — Spain — History — 16th century.
• War in literature.

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Part of the series Cambridge introductions;Cambridge introductions to literature.
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• In this highly accessible introduction, Brian Nelson provides an overview of French literature – its themes and forms, traditions and transformations – from the Middle Ages to the present. Major writers, including Francophone authors writing from areas other than France, are discussed chronologically in the context of their times, to provide a sense of the development of the French literary tradition and the strengths of the most influential writers within it. Nelson offers close readings of exemplary passages from key works, presented in the original French and with an English translation. The exploration of the work of important writers, including Villon, Racine, Molière, Voltaire, Balzac, Flaubert, Zola, Proust, Sartre and Beckett, highlights the richness and diversity of French literature — Provided by publisher.
• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Machine generated contents note: Preface Acknowledgements Chronology 1. Villon: a dying man 2. Rabelais: the uses of laughter 3. Montaigne: self-portrait 4. Corneille: heroes and kings 5. Racine: in the labyrinth 6. Molière: new forms of comedy 7. La Fontaine: the power of fables/fables of power 8. Madame de Lafayette: the birth of the modern novel 9. Voltaire: the case for tolerance 10. Rousseau: man of feeling 11. Diderot: the enlightened sceptic 12. Laclos: dangerous liaisons 13. Stendhal: the pursuit of happiness 14. Balzac: ‘All is true’ 15. Hugo: the divine stenographer 16. Baudelaire: the streets of Paris 17. Flaubert: the narrator vanishes 18. Zola: the poetry of the real 19. Huysmans: against nature 20. Mallarme : the magic of words 21. Rimbaud: somebody else 22. Proust: the self, time and art 23. Jarry: the art of provocation 24. Apollinaire: impresario of the new 25. Breton and company: surrealism 26. Ce line: night journey 27. Sartre: writing in the world 28. Camus: a moral voice 29. Beckett: filling the silence 30. French literature into the twenty-first century Notes Further reading.
• Passages in French with English translation.

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• French literature — History and criticism.
• Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast (OCoLC)fst01411635

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• Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-241) and index.
• Introduction : Blanco White and monsters of coloniality — Negro Tomás and the trader — The colony in the capital : El amigo Manso and Lo prohibido — Baroja’s Atlantic, beyond slavery — Postimperial detours and retours : the Ruta del Indiano — Family ties and narrative confessions in Catalonia — Conclusion : The negrero resurfaces.

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• Spanish literature — 19th century — History and criticism.
• Spanish literature — 20th century — History and criticism.
• Slave trade in literature.
• Slavery in literature.
• Slave trade — Spain — History — 19th century.
• Slavery — Cuba — History — 19th century.
• Spain — Colonies — America — History — 19th century.
• Collective memory — Spain — History — 20th century.
• America fast (OCoLC)fst01239786
• Cuba. fast (OCoLC)fst01205805
• Spain. fast (OCoLC)fst01204303
• Latijns-Amerika. gtt
• 1800 – 1999 fast
• Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast (OCoLC)fst01411635
• History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628

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Part of the series The Mexican experience;Mexican experience.
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• Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-333) and index.
• Introduction : alcohol, literature, and nation-building — Part 1. Imagining the nation through alcohol, class, and gender. 1 Everything in its right place? Social drinking spaces, popular culture, and nationhood 2. Patriotic heroes and consummate drunks : alcohol, masculinity, and nationhood — Part 2. Alcohol, morality, and medicine in the story of national development. 3. Yankees, toffs, and Miss Quixote : drunken bodies, citizenship, and the hope of moral reform 4. Medicine, madness, and modernity in porfirian Mexico : alcoholism as the national disease — Conclusion : drunkenness, death, and Mexican melancholia.
• An examination of sociocultural nation-building processes in Mexico between 1810 and 1910 Provided by publisher.

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• Mexican literature — Political aspects — History — 19th century.
• Drinking customs — Political aspects — Mexico — 19th century.
• Alcohol — Political aspects — Mexico — 19th century.

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Part of the series Toronto Iberic;Toronto Iberic.
Notes:

• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Introduction: Engaging the material — Weaving, writing, and the art of gift-giving — Empire, memory, and history — Objects of dubious persuasion — The mirror and the urn — Eros at material sites — Staging objects in pastoral — Epilogue.

Subjects:

• Vega, Garcilaso de la, 1503-1536 — Criticism and interpretation.
• Material culture in literature.
• Material culture — Europe — History — 16th century.
• Vega, Garcilaso de la, 1503-1536 fast (OCoLC)fst00048696
• Material culture. fast (OCoLC)fst01011739
• Material culture in literature. fast (OCoLC)fst01011754
• Europe. fast (OCoLC)fst01245064
• 1500 – 1599 fast

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• Cover titles.
• Includes bibliographical references.
• [v. 1]. Moyen Age — [v. 2]. XVIe siècle — [v. 3]. XVIIe siècle — [v. 4]. XVIIIe siècle — [v. 5]. XIXe siècle.
• [v. 6]. XXe siècle. Éd. mise à jour, 1900-1973 / André Lagarde, Laurent Michard avec la collaboration de Raoul Audibert, Henri Lemaitre, Thérès van der Elst.
• [v. 1]. Moyen Age — [v. 2]. XVIe siècle — [v. 3]. XVIIe siècle — [v. 4]. XVIIIe siècle — [v. 5]. XIXe siècle
• [v. 6]. XXe siècle. Ed. mise à jour, 1900-1973 / Andre Lagarde, Laurent Michard avec la collaboration de Raoul Audibert, Henri Lemaitre, Therès van der Elst.

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• French literature.
• French literature — History and criticism.
• French literature. fast (OCoLC)fst00934688
• Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast (OCoLC)fst01411635

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Notes:

• Cover titles.
• Includes bibliographical references.
• [v. 1]. Moyen Age — [v. 2]. XVIe siècle — [v. 3]. XVIIe siècle — [v. 4]. XVIIIe siècle — [v. 5]. XIXe siècle.
• [v. 6]. XXe siècle. Éd. mise à jour, 1900-1973 / André Lagarde, Laurent Michard avec la collaboration de Raoul Audibert, Henri Lemaitre, Thérès van der Elst.
• [v. 1]. Moyen Age — [v. 2]. XVIe siècle — [v. 3]. XVIIe siècle — [v. 4]. XVIIIe siècle — [v. 5]. XIXe siècle
• [v. 6]. XXe siècle. Ed. mise à jour, 1900-1973 / Andre Lagarde, Laurent Michard avec la collaboration de Raoul Audibert, Henri Lemaitre, Therès van der Elst.

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• French literature.
• French literature — History and criticism.
• French literature. fast (OCoLC)fst00934688
• Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast (OCoLC)fst01411635

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• French literature.
• Literatur.
• Französisch.
• Littérature française — Histoire et critique.
• Französisch. swd

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