Molly Lynde-Recchia: Prose, Verse, and Truth-Telling in the Thirteenth Century: An Essay on Form and Function in Selected Texts, Accompanied by an Edition of the Prose 'Thèbes` as Found in the 'Histoire ancienne jusqu'a César` Reviewed by Glyn S. Burgess, p. 222

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Yasmina Foehr-Janssens: La Veuve en majesté: deuil et savoir au féminin dans la littérature médiévale Reviewed by Francoise Le Saux, pp. 222-223

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John Campbell and Nadia Margolis, eds. Christine de Pizan 2000: Studies on Christine de Pizan in Honour of Angus J. Kennedy Reviewed by Francoise Le Saux, pp. 223-224

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Michael Freeman: Francois Villon in his Works: The Villain's Tale Reviewed by Robert D. Peckham, pp. 224-225

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Actes de la journée d'étude organisée par l'Ecole nationale des chartes réunis par Dominique de Courcelles: Fonder les savoirs, fonder les pouvoirs XVe-XVIIe siècle Reviewed by Cathy Hampton, pp. 225-226

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Jennifer Britnell and Richard Britnell, eds. Vernacular Literature and Current Affairs in the Early Sixteenth Century: France, England and Scotland Reviewed by John Lewis, pp. 226-227

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Timothy Hampton: Literature and Nation in the Sixteenth Century: Inventing Renaissance France Reviewed by Jennifer Britnell, p. 227

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John O'Brien and Malcolm Quainton, eds. Distant Voices Still Heard: Contemporary Readings of French Renaissance Literature Reviewed by John Parkin, p. 228

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Marguerite de Navarre: Les Comédies bibliques

Reviewed by Jennifer Britnell, pp. 228-229

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Floyd Gray: Gender, Rhetoric and Print Culture in French Renaissance Writing Reviewed by Ian Maclean, pp. 229-230

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Daniel Martin: Signe(s) d'Amante: l'agencement des Evvres de Louize Labé Lionnoize Reviewed by Keith Cameron, pp. 230-231

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Stéphane Gal: Grenoble au temps de la Ligue: étude politique, sociale et religieuse d'une cité en crise (vers 1562-vers 1598) Reviewed by Keith Cameron, pp. 231-232

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André Tournon: Montaigne: la glose et l'essai

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Réunis par Noel Peacock et James J. Supple: Lire les 'Essais` de Montaigne: actes du Colloque de Glasgow 1997 Reviewed by Richard Scholar, pp. 233-234

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Jeffrey Merrick and Bryant T. Ragan Jr, eds. Homosexuality in Early Modern France: A Documentary Collection Reviewed by E. M. Langille, pp. 234-235

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Louise Boursier: Récit véritable de la naissance de messeigneurs et dames les enfans de France. Fidelle relation de l'accouchement, maladie et ouverture du corps de feu Madame, suivi du Rapport de l'ouverture du corps de feu Madame. Remonstrance a Madame Boursier, touchant son apologie Reviewed by Valerie Worth-Stylianou, p. 235

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Patrick Dandrey: Le Premier 'Francion` de Charles Sorel; ou, le 'jeu du roman` Reviewed by Richard Parish, pp. 235-236

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Hélène Merlin-Kajman: L'Absolutisme dans les lettres et la théorie des deux corps: passions et politique Reviewed by Emma Gilby, pp. 236-237

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Martine Pécharman, ed. Pascal: qu'est-ce que la vérité? Reviewed by Nicholas Hammond, pp. 237-238

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Thomas Corneille: Le Festin de Pierre

Reviewed by Jonathan Carson, pp. 238-239

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Thomas Corneille: Le Comte d'Essex. (Textes littéraires, 110) Reviewed by Alan Howe, p. 239

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Pierre Bayle: Témoin et conscience de son temps: un choix d'articles du 'Dictionnaire historique et critique` Reviewed by Edward James, p. 240

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Gianluca Mori: Bayle philosophe

Reviewed by Ruth Whelan, pp. 240-241

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Anne Chamayou: L'Esprit de la lettre (XVIIIe siècle)

Reviewed by Martin Calder, pp. 241-242

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Sous la direction de Michel Delon et Catriona Seth: Voltaire en Europe: hommage a Christiane Mervaud Reviewed by Siofra Pierse, pp. 242-243

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Pierre Cambou: Le Traitement voltairien du conte

Reviewed by Robin Howells, pp. 243-244

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Edition critique sous la direction de Jean Sgard: Claude Crébillon: OEuvres complètes, I Reviewed by D. J. Culpin, p. 244

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Thierry Viart: La Convention de l'amour-goût chez Claude Crébillon: genèse et perspectives Reviewed by D. J. Culpin, p. 245

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Edward Nye: Literary and Linguistic Theories in Eighteenth-Century France: From 'Nuances` to 'Impertinence` Reviewed by Gilles Siouffi, pp. 245-247

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Silvio Suppa: Societa, politica, dirittoc percorsi dell' 'Encyclopédie` di Diderot e d'Alembert Reviewed by D. J. Culpin, pp. 247-248

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Pierre M. Conlon: Le Siècle des Lumières: bibliographie chronologique. Tome XXI. 1784-1785 Reviewed by Haydn Mason, pp. 248-249

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Carol Tully, ed. Romantik and Romance: Cultural Interanimation in European Romanticism Reviewed by Rosemary Lloyd, p. 249

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Jonathan Beecher: Victor Considerant and the Rise and Fall of French Romantic Socialism Reviewed by Ceri Crossley, p. 250

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Victoria E. Thompson: The Virtuous Marketplace: Women and Men, Money and Politics in Paris, 1830-1870 Reviewed by Richard Bolster, pp. 250-251

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Gérard de Nerval: Contes et facéties

Reviewed by Peter Whyte, pp. 251-252

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Textes réunis et présentés par Marie-Catherine Huet-Brichard: Maurice de Guérin et le romantisme Reviewed by Ceri Crossley, pp. 252-253

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Patricia A. Ward, ed. Baudelaire and the Poetics of Modernity Reviewed by Eugene W. Holland, p. 253

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Mary Orr: Flaubert: Writing the Masculine

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Michael Weatherilt: Maupassant's 'Boule de suif` and the Tales of the Franco-Prussian War Reviewed by Richard Bolster, p. 255

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Hélène Stafford: Mallarmé and the Poetics of Everyday Life: A Study of the Concept of the Ordinary in his Verse and Prose Reviewed by Damian Catani, pp. 255-256

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Textes réunis par André Guyaux et Bertrand Marchal: Jules Laforgue: colloque de la Sorbonne Reviewed by Katherine Lunn-Rockliffe, pp. 256-257

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Peter Hawkins: Chanson: The French Singer-Songwriter from Aristide Bruant to the Present Day Reviewed by Ian Pickup, pp. 257-258

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Robert Pickering: Paul Valéry: la page, l'écriture

Reviewed by Brian Stimpson, pp. 258-259

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Kirsteen Anderson: Paul Valéry and the Voice of Desire

Reviewed by Suzanne Guerlac, p. 260

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Roderich Billermann: Die 'métaphore` bei Marcel Proust. Ihre Wurzeln bei Novalis, Heine und Baudelaire, ihre Theorie und Praxis Reviewed by Marion Schmid, pp. 260-261

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Michael R. Finn: Proust: The Body and Literary Form

Reviewed by Ingrid Wassenaar, pp. 261-262

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Margaret Topping: Proust's Gods: Christian and Mythological Figures of Speech in the Works of Marcel Proust Reviewed by Richard Bales, pp. 262-263

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Sophie Bertho, ed. Proust et ses peintres

Reviewed by Margaret Topping, pp. 263-264

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Charles Forsdick: Victor Segalen and the Aesthetics of Diversity: Journeys between Cultures Reviewed by Michael Syrotinski, p. 264

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Actes réunis par Jean-Francois Durand: Péguy, Bernanos et le monde moderne: histoire et liberté Reviewed by Michael Sutton, p. 265

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Actes réunis par Jean-Francois Durand: Pascal-Mauriac: l'oeuvre en dialogue - Actes du Colloque du Sénat, 4-6 octobre 1999 Reviewed by Paul Cooke, pp. 265-266

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Textes réunis pas Jacqueline Chénieux-Gendron en collaboration avec Miriam Blodé: Patiences et silences de Philippe Soupault Reviewed by Andrew Rothwell, pp. 266-267

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Andrew Hussey: The Inner Scar: The Mysticism of Georges Bataille Reviewed by Paul Hegarty, pp. 267-268

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Benjamin Noys: Georges Bataille: A Critical Introduction Reviewed by Martin Crowley, pp. 268-269

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Jean-Paul Sartre: Basic Writings

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Julian Jackson: France: The Dark Years 1940-1944

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Jean-yves Guerin: Audiberti: cent ans de solitude

Reviewed by Mary Bryden, pp. 271-272

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Christophe Lagier: Le Théâtre de la parole-spectacle: Jacques Audiberti, René de Obaldia et Jean Tardieu Reviewed by Martin Sorrell, pp. 272-273

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Michael Cardy and Derek Connon, eds. Aspects of Twentieth-Century Theatre in French Reviewed by Ted Freeman, p. 273

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Bernard Beugnot, Jacinthe Martel and Bernard Veck: Bibliographie des écrivains franccais: Francis Ponge Reviewed by Shirley Ann Jordan, pp. 273-274

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Nathalie Morello: Francoise Sagan: une conscience de femme refoulée Reviewed by Catherine O'Brien, pp. 274-275

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Ralph Sarkonak, ed. Claude Simon 3. Lectures de 'Histoire` Reviewed by Mary Orr, pp. 275-276

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Mike Gane: Jean Baudrillard: In Radical Uncertainty

Reviewed by Paul Hegarty, pp. 276-277

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Sylvie Lannegrand: Personne et personnage: le malaise identitaire chez Yves Navarre Reviewed by Donald Watson, pp. 277-278

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Paul Gellings: Poésie et mythe dans l'oeuvre de Patrick Modiano: le fardeau du nomade Reviewed by Alan Morris, p. 278

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Akane Kawakami: A Self-Conscious Art: Patrick Modiano's Postmodern Fictions Reviewed by Alan Morris, p. 279

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Roch Carrier: La Guerre, yes sir!

Reviewed by Rosemary Chapman, pp. 279-280

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Malcolm Offord, Laila Ibnlfassi, Nicki Hitchcott, Sam Haigh and Rosemary Chapman, eds. Francophone Literatures: A Literary and Linguistic Companion Reviewed by Martin Munro, p. 281

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Nicki Hitchcott: Women Writers in Francophone Africa

Reviewed by Aedin Ni Loingsigh, pp. 281-282

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Robert Jouanny: Singularités francophones; ou, choisir d'écrire en francais Reviewed by Rodney Ball, pp. 282-283

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Véronique Gély-Ghedira: La Nostalgie du moi: Echo dans la littérature européenne Reviewed by Ingrid A. R. De Smet, pp. 283-284

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Armine Kotin Mortimer: Writing Realism: Representations in French Fiction Reviewed by Diana Knight, pp. 284-285

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Victoria Best and Peter Collier, eds. Powerful Bodies: Performance in French Cultural Studies Reviewed by Gill Rye, pp. 285-286

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T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting: Black Venus: Sexualized Savages, Primal Fears, and Primitive Narratives in French Reviewed by Maeve McCusker, p. 286

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Hendrik van Gorp, Dirk Delabastita, Lieven D'Hulst, Rita Ghesquiere, Rainier Grutman and Georges Legros: Dictionnaire des termes littéraires Reviewed by Michael Hawcroft, p. 287

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Christian Chelebourg: L'Imaginaire littéraire: des archétypes a la poétique du sujet Reviewed by Mary McAllester Jones, pp. 287-288

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Emma Wilson: Memory and Survival: The French Cinema of Krzysztof Kieslowski Reviewed by Phil Powrie, pp. 288-289

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Raymond Jonas: France and the Cult of the Sacred Heart: An Epic Tale for Modern Times Reviewed by Thomas Kselman, pp. 289-290

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G. G. Raymond: Structures of Power in Modern France

Reviewed by Jim Wolfreys, pp. 290-291

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Edité par Anne Carlier, Véronique Lagae et Céline Benninger: Passé et parfait Reviewed by Marie-Eve Ritz, pp. 291-292

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Olivier Soutet: Le Subjonctif en franccais

Reviewed by Valerie Worth-Stylianou, pp. 292-293

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Marie-Hélène Corréard and Valerie Grundy, eds. The Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary: French-English, English-French Reviewed by Ken George, pp. 293-294

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Books Received pp. 295-301