A searching study of Eliphas Lévi and the French occult revival.

A journey into Albany’s historic past and the city’s role in three pivotal historical narratives: the American Revolution, the French Revolution, and the construction of the Erie Canal.

Leading scholars engage the later contributions of Maurice Merleau-Ponty.

Key text never before in English by central figure of the Negritude movement.

Examines Jean-Paul Sartre’s antiracist politics and his contributions to critical race theories, postcolonialism, and Africana existentialism.

A sustained philosophical engagement with significant and creative French interpreters of Heidegger.

The influence of photography and visual culture on the French poet, journalist, and critic.

Draws connections between the life and writings of philosopher Sarah Kofman.

Provocative essays on language, literature, and the aesthetics of embodiment.

The first complete study of Gide’s neglected wartime writings.

The first English translation of one of George Sand’s major novels.

Philosophical reflections on the phenomenon of globalization.

Argues that women's relationship to books and their promotion of reading contributed greatly to the cultural and intellectual vitality of the Enlightenment.

Explores the unique and volatile relationship of these two nations and cultures over the past two centuries, as expressed in literature, film, and philosophy.

Explores the role of a significant yet elusive feature of the French landscape in literature, philosophy, and art.

Selected letters from Juliette Drouet to her lover, Victor Hugo, offering insights into nineteenth-century French culture as well as an insider’s look at the character, behavior, working habits, and day-to-day life of France’s most monumental man of letters.

Explores the link between mathematics and ontology.

An introduction to Badiou's philosophical thought and its implications for other humanistic disciplines and the social sciences.

A new translation of Sand's most popular novella, known for its brevity, liveliness, and exemplary storytelling, together with two of Sand's most admired short stories.

Focuses on Deleuze's style, his conception of the self, and his understanding of philosophy's relationship to the arts.

Two full-length and three one-act plays, translated here for the first time into English.

Examines the developments that paved the way for the Surrealist movement in literature and art.

Through an analysis of political, art historical, and literary discourse, this book considers French fascination with the Gothic cathedral.

Offers a complete survey of the French May Events of 1968 through narrative, analysis, and documents.

Examines the ambiguous constructions of the Orient in the works of four major twentieth-century French writers.