Download or read book Letters of Madame de S vign to Her Daughter and Her Friends written by Marie de Rabutin-Chantal marquise de Sévigné and published by . This book was released on 1811 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Hendrik Petrus Berlage written by Hendrik Petrus Berlage and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hendrik Petrus Berlage, the Dutch architect and architectural philosopher, created a series of buildings and a body of writings from 1886 to 1909 that were among the first efforts to probe the problems and possibilities of modernism. Although his Amsterdam Stock Exchange, with its rational mastery of materials and space, has long been celebrated for its seminal influence on the architecture of the 20th century, Berlage's writings are highlighted here. Bringing together Berlage's most important texts, among them "Thoughts on Style in Architecture", "Architecture's Place in Modern Aesthetics", and "Art and Society", this volume presents a chapter in the history of European modernism. In his introduction, Iain Boyd Whyte demonstrates that the substantial contribution of Berlage's designs to modern architecture cannot be fully appreciated without an understanding of the aesthetic principles first laid out in his writings.

Download or read book The French Revolution From its origins to 1793 written by Georges Lefebvre and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1962 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Mary Wollstonecraft and The Beginnings of Female Emancipation In France and England written by Jacob Bouten and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mary Wollstonecraft and the Beginnings of Female Emancipation in France and England by Jacob Bouten: This book examines the life and legacy of Mary Wollstonecraft, a pioneering advocate for women's rights and education. Through insightful analysis, Bouten traces the influence of Wollstonecraft's ideas on the feminist movements in France and England, showcasing her enduring impact on the quest for gender equality. Key Aspects of the Book "Mary Wollstonecraft and the Beginnings of Female Emancipation in France and England": Pioneering Feminist Thought: Wollstonecraft's groundbreaking ideas on women's rights and education in the late 18th century. Impact on Feminist Movements: The lasting influence of Wollstonecraft's work on the emerging feminist movements in France and England. Legacy of Gender Equality: Wollstonecraft's enduring contribution to the ongoing fight for gender equality and women's emancipation. Jacob Bouten is an esteemed historian and writer, known for his insightful biographical works that shed light on influential figures and their impact on history. In "Mary Wollstonecraft and the Beginnings of Female Emancipation in France and England," Bouten offers a detailed exploration of the life and ideas of Mary Wollstonecraft, positioning her as a trailblazing figure in the feminist movement and a key influence on the quest for gender equality. Through meticulous research and engaging storytelling, Bouten brings to light the lasting legacy of Wollstonecraft's contributions to women's emancipation.

Download or read book Selected Letters written by Marie de Rabutin-Chantal marquise de Sévigné and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1982 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the social and intellectual life of seventeenth-century France, including gossip about the court of King Louis XIV

Download or read book European Clocks in the J Paul Getty Museum written by Gillian Wilson and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the finest examples of European craftsmanship are the clocks produced for the luxury trade in the eighteenth century. The J. Paul Getty Museum is fortunate to have in its decorative arts collection twenty clocks dating from around 1680 to 1798: eighteen produced in France and two in Germany. They demonstrate the extraordinary workmanship that went into both the design and execution of the cases and the intricate movements by which the clocks operated. In this handsome volume, each clock is pictured and discussed in detail, and each movement diagrammed and described. In addition, biographies of the clockmakers and enamelers are included, as are indexes of the names of the makers, previous owners, and locations.

Download or read book A History of the French in London written by Debra Kelly and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines, for the first time, the history of the social, cultural, political and economic presence of the French in London, and explores the multiple ways in which this presence has contributed to the life of the city. The capital has often provided a place of refuge, from the Huguenots in the 17th century, through the period of the French Revolution, to various exile communities during the 19th century, and on to the Free French in the Second World War.It also considers the generation of French citizens who settled in post-war London, and goes on to provide insights into the contemporary French presence by assessing the motives and lives of French people seeking new opportunities in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. It analyses the impact that the French have had historically, and continue to have, on London life in the arts, gastronomy, business, industry and education, manifest in diverse places and institutions from the religious to the political via the educational, to the commercial and creative industries.

Download or read book Memoirs written by Marie Mancini and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2009-05-15 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The memoirs of Hortense (1646–1699) and of Marie (1639–1715) Mancini, nieces of the powerful Cardinal Mazarin and members of the court of Louis XIV, represent the earliest examples in France of memoirs published by women under their own names during their lifetimes. Both unhappily married—Marie had also fled the aftermath of her failed affair with the king—the sisters chose to leave their husbands for life on the road, a life quite rare for women of their day. Through their writings, the Mancinis sought to rehabilitate their reputations and reclaim the right to define their public images themselves, rather than leave the stories of their lives to the intrigues of the court—and to their disgruntled ex-husbands. First translated in 1676 and 1678 and credited largely to male redactors, the two memoirs reemerge here in an accessible English translation that chronicles the beginnings of women’s rights to personal independence within the confines of an otherwise circumscribed early modern aristocratic society.

Download or read book Heroes of Empire written by Edward Berenson and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines, through the lives of five important English and French figures, the history of the exploration and colonization of Africa between 1870 and 1914, and the role the mass media played in promoting colonial conquest.

Download or read book Conversations with Eckermann written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book 320 rue St Jacques written by Wendy Michallat and published by White Rose University Press. This book was released on 2018-08-31 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In November 1939 Madeleine Blaess, a French-born, British-raised student, set off for Paris to study for a doctorate in Medieval French literature at the Sorbonne. In June 1940, the German invasion cut off her escape route to the ports, preventing her return to Britain. She was forced to remain in France for the duration of the Occupation and in October 1940 began to write a diary. Intended initially as a replacement letter to her parents in York, she wrote it in French and barely missed an entry for almost four years. Madeleine’s diary is unique as she wrote it to record as much as she could about everyday life, people and events so she could use these written traces to rekindle memories later for the family from whom she had been parted. Many diaries of that era focus on the political situation. Madeleine’s diary does reflect and engage with military and political events. It also provides an unprecedented day-by-day account of the struggle to manage material deprivation, physical hardship, mental exhaustion and depression during the Occupation. The diary is also a record of Madeleine’s determination to achieve her ambition to become a university academic at a time when there was little encouragement for women to prioritise education and career over marriage and motherhood. Her diary is edited and translated here for the first time.

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Download or read book Middlebrow Matters written by Diana Holmes and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book to study the middlebrow novel in France. It asks what middlebrow means, and applies the term positively to explore the 'poetics' of the types of novel that have attracted 'ordinary' fiction readers - in their majority female - since the end of the 19th century.

Download or read book After the Deportation written by Philip Nord and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-12-03 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the change in memory regime in postwar France, from one centered on the concentration camps to one centered on the Holocaust.