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Vice and Virtue

Men of History, Great Crooks for the Greater Good

By: Paul Lombard

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Vice and Virtue

Men of History, Great Crooks for the Greater Good

By: Paul Lombard

From the courtesans of Versailles to the back halls of the Chirac government, from Danton to the shady bankers of Mitterand's era, Lombard unearths the secrets of the corridors of power. He reveals the corruption, grandeur, and panache that characterize the great. This cavalcade over many centuries can be read as a subversive tract on how to lead.

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Algora Publishing

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1892941082

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9781892941084

Political Actors

Representative Bodies and Theatricality in the Age of the French Revolution

By: Paul Friedland

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Political Actors

Representative Bodies and Theatricality in the Age of the French Revolution

By: Paul Friedland

From the start of the French Revolution, contemporary observers were struck by the overwhelming theatricality of political events. Examples of convergence between theater and politics included the election of dramatic actors to powerful political and military positions and reports that deputies to the National Assembly were taking acting lessons and planting paid "claqueurs" in the audience to applaud their employers on demand. Meanwhile, in a mock national assembly that gathered in an enormous circus pavilion in the center of Paris, spectators paid for the privilege of acting the role of political representatives for a day.Paul Friedland argues that politics and theater became virtually indistinguishable during the Revolutionary period because of a parallel evolution in the theories of theatrical and political representation. Prior to the mid-eighteenth century, actors on political and theatrical stages saw their task as embodying a fictional entity—in one case a character in a play, in the other, the corpus mysticum of the French nation. Friedland details the significant ways in which after 1750 the work of both was redefined. Dramatic actors were coached to portray their parts abstractly, in a manner that seemed realistic to the audience. With the creation of the National Assembly, abstract representation also triumphed in the political arena. In a break from the past, this legislature did not claim to be the nation, but rather to speak on its behalf. According to Friedland, this new form of representation brought about a sharp demarcation between actors—on both stages—and their audience, one that relegated spectators to the role of passive observers of a performance that was given for their benefit but without their direct participation. Political Actors, a landmark contribution to eighteenth-century studies, furthers understanding not only of the French Revolution but also of the very nature of modern representative democracy.

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365

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Cornell University Press

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1501724231

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9781501724237

Jacobin Republic Under Fire

The Federalist Revolt in the French Revolution

By: Paul R. Hanson

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Jacobin Republic Under Fire

The Federalist Revolt in the French Revolution

By: Paul R. Hanson

It is time for a major work of synthetic interpretation, and this is what The Jacobin Republic Under Fire offers.".

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282

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Penn State Press

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0271047925

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9780271047928

Paul Valéry, an Anthology

Selected, with an Introd., by James R. Lawler from The Collected Works of Paul Valéry, Edited by Jackson Mathews

By: Paul Valéry

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Paul Valéry, an Anthology

Selected, with an Introd., by James R. Lawler from The Collected Works of Paul Valéry, Edited by Jackson Mathews

By: Paul Valéry

James R. Lawler's elegant introduction deals with Valéry's concerns and his influence, and also with critical interpretations of his work. The volume begins with "The Evening with Monsieur Teste" (1896), from the famous "anti-novel" Monsieur Teste, for whose translation Jackson Mathews received the National Book Award in 1974. It includes such notable essays as the "Introduction to the Method of Leonardo da Vinci," "The Crisis of Mind," and "Poetry and Abstract Thought." The importance of Valéry's prose poetry has only recently been recognized, and a selection is presented here. There are also ten of his best-known poems in verse, among them "La Jeune Parque" and "Le Cimetiere Marin," with the French texts facing the English translations by David Paul. The anthology closes with two dialogues, one dating from the twenties, the other from 1943; which demonstrate the play of ideas--the intellectual vigor and grace--that are characteristic of Valéry's work as a whole.

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379

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Princeton University Press

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0691018146

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9780691018140

Collected Works of Paul Valery, Volume 15

Moi

By: Paul Valéry

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Collected Works of Paul Valery, Volume 15

Moi

By: Paul Valéry

A selection of writings that portray the inner life of the artist. Included are several short autobiographical pieces in which Valéry talks about his early childhood, his adolescence, his military experience, his travels, his poetry, and his acquaintances. The volume contains selections from the Valéry-Gide and Valéry-Fourment correspondence and two additional pieces, "The Avenues of the Mind," a magazine interview with Valéry printed in 1927, and Pierre Feline's "Memories of Paul Valéry." Originally published in 1975. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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Princeton University Press

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1400871557

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9781400871551

Collected Works of Paul Valéry - Poems

By: Paul Valéry

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Collected Works of Paul Valéry - Poems

By: Paul Valéry

Poems ranging from "La Jeune Parque" and "Le Cimetière marin" to occasional and light verse written as letters to friends, dedications in books, and inscriptions on ladies' fans demonstrate the wide scope of Valéry's lyric preoccupation. The bilingual edition, with David Paul's English translations facing the French texts, includes the autobiographical "Recollection," quoted below, and excerpts on poetry, selected and translated from Valéry's notebooks by James Lawler. Paul Valéry turned to the discipline of poetry during the First World War, to escape from the "commotion of a world gone mad." "I fashioned myself a poetry," he wrote, "that had no other law than to establish for me a way of living with myself, for a part of my days." Originally published in 1971. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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0691620318

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9780691620312

Collected Works of Paul Valery, Volume 2

Poems in the Rough

By: Paul Valéry,Hilary Corke

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Collected Works of Paul Valery, Volume 2

Poems in the Rough

By: Paul Valéry,Hilary Corke

Includes some of Valéry's finest strokes of imagination, Broken Stories; some of his wittiest observations, Mixtures, Poems in the Rough; and even two of his great poems, Parables and The Angel--all written in the form of prose. Originally published in 1970. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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Princeton Legacy Library

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069109845X

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9780691098456

Book's by Paul Thuriot

Vice and Virtue

Vice and Virtue

Political Actors

Political Actors

Jacobin Republic Under Fire

Jacobin Republic Under Fire

Paul Valéry, an Anthology

Paul Valéry, an Anthology

Collected Works of Paul Valery, Volume 15

Collected Works of Paul Valery, Volume 15

Collected Works of Paul Valéry - Poems

Collected Works of Paul Valéry - Poems

Collected Works of Paul Valery, Volume 2

Collected Works of Paul Valery, Volume 2

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