19th & 20th centuries

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  Crime, Histoire et Sociétés 2010/2

  2010/2

  Librairie Droz | Crime, Histoire et Sociétés n° 2

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  Le Projet de Ferdinand de Saussure

  Librairie Droz | Langue et Cultures

  Ferdinand de Saussure is the most frequently cited linguist of the twentieth century, but his work remains poorly understood. The contributions to this project demonstrate the profound coherence of Saussure's general linguistic theory...

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  Julie ANSELMINI

  Le roman d'Alexandre Dumas père ou la réinvention du merveilleux

  Librairie Droz | Histoire des Idées et Critique Littéraire

  Alexandre Dumas maintained the place of wonder in the modern novel through themes from contemporary myths, such as unlimited scientific progress, all-powerful money or distance lands...

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  Dominique MILLET-GÉRARD

  Le Signe et le sceau

  Variations littéraires sur le Cantique des Cantiques

  Librairie Droz | Histoire des Idées et Critique Littéraire

  This study shows the important literary influence of the Latin Vulgate version of the Song of Songs through the Roman Catholic liturgy. Analyses range from patristic (Origen), mediaeval (S. Bernard, Guillaume de Saint-Thierry), baroque (Bossuet) ...

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  Hubert BONIN

  History of the Suez Canal Company, 1858-2008

  Between Controversy and Utility

  Librairie Droz | Publications d'histoire économique et sociale internationale

  This study crosses numerous sources, including company archives and interviews, to shed new light on the Suez Canal and its managing firm. This controversial subject has provoked much debate in political, ideological and historical circles, ...

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  La Grande Guerre

  Un siècle de fictions romanesques

  Université de Gand | Romanica Gandensia

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  La Chambre de commerce et d'industrie de Paris (1803-2003)

  T. II, Etudes thématiques

  Librairie Droz | Publications d'histoire économique et sociale internationale

  This thematic study resulting from a colloquium in 2003 complements the history of the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry that appeared in that year. The first part deals with the institution and its place as an intermediary at the national level...

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  Marta CARAION

  «Les Philosophes de la vapeur et des allumettes chimiques» : littérature, sciences et industrie en 1855

  Librairie Droz | Histoire des Idées et Critique Littéraire

  The preface to Maxime du Camp’s 1855 Les Chants modernes demanded a new status for poetry and the arts, in collaboration with the modern themes of science and industry. The success of Paris’ 1855 Exposition Universelle, and especially the public’s...

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  Sylvie THOREL-CAILLETEAU

  Splendeurs de la médiocrité : une idée du roman

  Librairie Droz | Histoire des Idées et Critique Littéraire

  The novel as a genre, since its origins, has been limited by its necessary devotion to human imperfection. The novel aims at the dimension of ordinary existence, often through romantic adventures written in a style between the sublime and the common...

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  Anthony GLINOËR

  La Querelle de la camaraderie littéraire : les romantiques face à leurs contemporains

  Librairie Droz | Histoire des Idées et Critique Littéraire

  During the whole social history of French romanticism, comradeship has been considered a shameful strategy to forge false literary glories. Anthony Glinoer reconstitutes the controversy of the literary comradeship by an analysis of its principal...