Subjectivity and the progressive form in early eighteenth-century spoken discourse by Sylvie Hancil

“…Le Corpus des Dialogues Anglais permet de mener à bien cette entreprise pour le début du dix-huitième siècle et offre au chercheur la possibilité de travailler dans cinq genres différents (comédie, fiction, manuels, procès et dépositions de témoins). …”
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From Dumas fils’s Étrangère to Wilde’s Aventurière: French Theatrical Forerunners of the Wildean Female Dandy by Ignacio Ramos Gay

“…I will particularly focus on two society comedies, Lady Windermere’s Fan (1892) and An Ideal Husband (1895) so as to unearth French female forerunners of his aventurière throughout a series of plays written by boulevard authors such as Victorien Sardou, Emile Augier and Dumas fils. …”
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Charles Humbert « enlumine » l’Enfer de Dante vers 1920 by Philippe Kaenel

“…A l’occasion du sixième centenaire de la naissance de Dante, Charles Humbert (1891-1958), peintre neuchâtelois, calligraphie et enlumine le texte de La Divine comédie dans un volume monumental conservé dans le fonds qu’il a déposé à la bibliothèque de La Chaux-de-Fonds (55 sur 35 centimètres et comptant 445 pages). …”
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Lieux et milieux dans le Théâtre de Béziers (XVIIe siècle) by Jean-François Courouau

“…Domestics, numerous in comedies, include rakish valets and loose chambermaids. …”
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Wygląd Zenobii w Historia Augusta: asocjacje i inspiracje by Radosław Domazet

“…Moreover, what has not been noticed in the literature before is that Zenobia's appearance resembles that of Giddenis, a woman from one of Plautus' comedies (Pl. Poen. 1112–1113). Therefore, this article is not only important with regards to research concerning the female body in antiquity, but it also draws attention to the previously unexplored influence of Plautus on the Historia Augusta.…”
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The French Actor on the London Stage: Charles Fechter by Catherine Quirk

“…He began his stage career in Paris, first achieving success in amateur circles before joining the Comédie Française. Having taught himself more or less fluent English, he returned to London in 1860, performing at the Princess’s before taking over the lease of the Lyceum in 1862. …”
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Jean-Philippe Luis, L’ivresse de la fortune. A.M. Aguado, un génie des affaires by Claude Morange

“…Libro denso y muy documentado, pero accesible para el simple curioso de la Europa posnapoleónica, que verá desfilar por sus páginas cantidad de personajes españoles y franceses, desde la Andalucía de finales del siglo xviii hasta el París tan contrastado de La Comédie humaine, entre capitalismo conquistador y elitismo romántico.…”
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