3032 results for '"Jean-Claude van Itallie'

Surely the ancient Greeks would have been baffled to see what we consider their "mythology." Here, Claude Calame mounts a powerful critique of modern-day misconceptions on this front and the lax...

Norma Jeane Baker of Troy is a meditation on the destabilizing and destructive power of beauty, drawing together Helen of Troy and Marilyn Monroe, twin avatars of female fascination separated by...

A new look at the ways van Gogh represented the seasons and the natural world throughout his careerThe changing seasons captivated Vincent van Gogh (1853–90), who saw in their unending cycle the...

"It is awesome, perhaps the finest novel I have ever read in my life. It literally sent shivers through me, the sheer beauty of the language, the exquisite perversity of the imagination, the...

Théophile, le nouveau petit prince, semble tout avoir pour être heureux: la plus jolie chambre du palais, des serviteurs dévoués, des jouets extraordinaires... Pourtant, il ne sourit jamais, il...

This study demonstrates how a small amount of microeconomic theory, if well selected and articulately presented, can be an effective tool in dealing with public policy issues. Focusing on the...

Book by McNeill, William H., Sedlar, Jean W.

La tératologie, au sens moderne du terme, est la science des monstres; à la Renaissance, il s’agissait plutôt de la discipline qui traite des prodiges. Jean Céard, historien de la culture de la...

The classic story of literature’s most beloved elephant. After his mother is killed by a hunter, Babar avoids capture by escaping to the city, where he is befriended by the kindly Old Lady. Later,...

Using the philosophy of Jean-Luc Nancy as an anchoring point, Jacques Derrida in this book conducts a profound review of the philosophy of the sense of touch, from Plato and Aristotle to Jean-Luc...

" Ce livre, écho amplifié et approfondi des six films réalisés par Jean Labib pour la télévision, rassemble les témoignages de cinquante-six des personnes les plus intimement liées – pour ou contre-...