New Acquisitions, arrivals in November and December

I've been saving up this list of new titles that arrived at the end of 2009. Hopefully you'll find something of interest!

French

1969-2009, les archives françaises du film: histoire, collections, restaurations. Paris: CNC, 2009.

Badiou, Alain, and Nicolas Truong. Eloge de l'amour. Paris: Flammarion, 2009.

Baronian, Jean Baptiste. Rimbaud. [Paris]: Gallimard, 2009.

Belaubre, Christophe, Jordana Dym, and John Savage. Napoléon et les Amériques: histoire atlantique et empire napoléonien. Toulouse: CNRS-UMR 5136-FRAMESPA, 2009.

Charle, Christophe, dir. Le temps des capitales culturelles: XVIIIe-XXe siècles. Seyssel: Champ Vallon, 2009. 368p. €28.00.

Dorlin, Elsa, and Eric Fassin. Genres & sexualités: actes du Colloque Des femmes et des hommes, genres et sexualités. Paris: Bibliothèque publique d'information, 2009.

Farge, Arlette. Essai pour une histoire des voix au dix-huitième siècle. Paris: Bayard, 2009.

Hahn, H. Hazel. Scenes of Parisian Modernity: Culture and Consumption in the Nineteenth Century. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.

Heulot-Petit, Françoise, and Lise Michel. La reconnaissance sur la scène française: XVIIe-XXIe siècle. Arras: Artois Presses Université, 2009.

Les mots et les choses de Michel Foucault: regards critiques 1966-1968. Edited by Philippe Artières. Caen: Presses universitaires de Caen, 2009.

Manceron, Gilles, and Emmanuel Naquet. Etre dreyfusard, hier et aujourd'hui. Rennes: Presses universitaires de Rennes, 2009.

Pinol, Jean-Luc, and Maurice Garden. Atlas des Parisiens: de la révolution à nos jours. Population, territoire et habitat, productions et services, religion, culture, loisirs. Paris: Parigramme, 2009.

Renaut, Alain. Un humanisme de la diversité: essai sur la décolonisation des identités. Paris: Flammarion, 2009.

Robert, Véronique. Devenir Céline: lettres inédites de Louis Destouches et de quelques autres, 1912-1919. [Paris]: Gallimard, 2009.

Simon, Jacques. Biographes de Messali Hadj: Charles-André Julien, Daniel Guérin, Mahfoud Kaddache, Charles-Robert Ageron, René Gallisot, Mohamed Harbi, Benjamin Stora. Paris: Harmattan, 2009.

Todorov, Tzvetan. La signature humaine: essais 1983-2008. Paris: Seuil, 2009.

Tshimanga, Charles, Ch. Didier Gondola, and Peter J. Bloom. Frenchness and the African Diaspora: Identity and Uprising in Contemporary France. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2009.

Wahnich, Sophie. Les émotions, la révolution française et le présent: exercices pratiques de conscience historique. Paris: CNRS, 2009.

Wakeman, Rosemary. The Heroic City: Paris, 1945-1958. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009.

Yourcenar, Marguerite, Susana Barón Supervielle, and Achmy Halley. Une reconstitution passionnelle: correspondance 1980-1987. [Paris]: Gallimard, 2009.

Zytnicki, Colette, and Habib Kazdaghli. Le tourisme dans l'empire français: politiques, pratiques et imaginaires (XIXe-XXe siècles) : un outil de la domination coloniale? [Saint-Denis]: Publications de la Société française d'histoire d'outre-mer, 2009.

Italian

Ariosto, Lodovico, and David R. Slavitt. Orlando Furioso: A New Verse Translation. Cambridge, Mass: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009.

Baroncelli, Cosimo, and Marina Macchio. Il discorso del Sig.re Cosimo Baroncelli fatto a' suoi figliuli dove s'intende la vita di Don Giovanni Medici figlio naturale del Gran Duca Cosimo Primo con la morte di Concino Concini e Dianora sua mogle e della Sig.ra Livia Vernazzi moglie del suddetto Don Giovanni de' Medici. Firenze: Nicomp, 2009.

Barzaghi, Ilaria M. P. Milano 1881: tanto lusso e tanta folla : rappresentazione della modernità e modernizzazione popolare. Cinisello Balsamo, Milano: Silvana, 2009.

Behan, Tom. The Italian Resistance: Fascists, Guerrillas and the Allies. London: Pluto Press, 2009.

Biagi, Enzo, and Loris Mazzetti. I quattordici mesi: la mia Resistenza. [Milan, Italy]: Rizzoli, 2009.

Bove, Giovanni. Scrivere futurista: la rivoluzione tipografica tra scrittura e immagine. Roma: Nuova cultura, 2009.

Camiscioli, Elisa. Reproducing the French Race: Immigration, Intimacy, and Embodiment in the Early Twentieth Century. Durham: Duke University Press, 2009.

Castellaneta, Stella, and Francesco S. Minervini. Sacro e/ o profano nel teatro fra Rinascimento ed età dei lumi: atti del convegno di studi, Bari, 7-10 febbraio 2007. Bari: Cacucci, 2009.

Cavalluzzi, Raffaele, ed. Sud e cultura antifascista: letteratura, riviste, cinema, radio. Bari: Progedit, 2009.

Coluccia, Giuseppe L. Basilio Bessarione: lo spirito greco e l'Occidente. Firenze: L.S. Olschki, 2009.

Da Rif, Bianca Maria, and Silvio Ramat. Antologie. Collana di italianistica. Padova: Il poligrafo, 2009.

De Pascale, Gaia. Qui non si canta al modo delle rane: la città delle poetiche futuriste. Milano [etc.]: Mimesis, 2009.

DellaNeva, JoAnn. Unlikely Exemplars: Reading and Imitating Beyond the Italian Canon in French Renaissance Poetry. Newark: University of Delaware Press, 2009.

Foot, John. Italy's Divided Memory. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.

Gibellini, Pietro, and Nicola Di Nino. La Bibbia nella letteratura italiana. Brescia: Morcelliana, 2009.

Grell, Chantal. Anne d'Autriche: infante d'Espagne et reine de France. [Paris]: Perrin, 2009.

Grubb, James S. Family memoirs from Venice, 15th-17th centuries. Fonti per la storia di Venezia. Roma: Viella, 2009.

Guilloux, Louis, and dir. Philippe Roger. D'une guerre à l'autre. [Paris]: Gallimard, 2009.

Haquette, Jean-Louis. Echos d'Arcadie: les transformations de la tradition littéraire pastorale des lumières au romantisme. Paris: Classiques Garnier, 2009.

Iannuzzi, Giulia. L'informazione letteraria nel web: tra critica, dibattito, impegno e autori emergenti. Milano: Biblion, 2009. – with info on Italian digital literature sites.

L'université et la recherche en colère: un mouvement social inédit. Bellecombe-en-Bauges: Croquant, 2009.

Metcalfe, A. The Muslims of Medieval Italy. The new Edinburgh Islamic surveys. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2009.

Monza, Fabio, Francesca Lomastro Tognato, Lidia Pasqualotto, and Silvia Tecchio. I zornali di Fabio Monza nella Vicenza di Palladio. Venetomondo, 2. Roma: Viella, 2009.

Olivieri, Achille. All'interno delle culture-mondo di Venezia nel Settecento: metodologie e indagini. Roma: Aracne, 2009.

Panvini, Guido. Ordine nero, guerriglia rossa: la violenza politica nell'Italia degli anni Sessanta e Settanta (1966-1975). Torino: G. Einaudi, 2009.

Pertici, Roberto. Chiesa e Stato in Italia: dalla grande guerra al nuovo concordato, 1914-1984. Bologna: Il mulino, 2009.

Politique par correspondance: les usages politiques de la lettre en Italie, XIVe-XVIIIe siècle. Rennes: Presses universitaires de Rennes, 2009.

Rossi, Massimiliano, and Anna Maria Busse Berger. Memory and invention: Medieval and Renaissance literature, art and music : acts of an international conference, Florence, Villa I Tatti, May 11, 2006. Firenze: L.S. Olschki, 2009.

Torelli, Pomponio. Teatro. Parma: U. Guanda, 2009.

Zannini, Andrea. Venezia città aperta: gli stranieri e la Serenissima, XIV-XVIII sec. Venezia: Marcianum Press, 2009.

Haitian Libraries

News about the recent earthquake in Haiti includes updates on the cultural heritage of the country, including libraries and archives. Below is a message from the director of dLOC, the Digital Library of the Caribbean, which describes the current state of Haiti's libraries.

dLOC is an open access digital library which preserves online the cultural heritage - newspapers, images, archives, research materials, etc. - of the various Caribbean nations, including Haiti. It is a collaborative effort by Florida International University and the University of Florida, in partnership with the University of the West Indies and other research and cultural institutions in the region.


"Dear colleagues and friends,

There has been significant confusion as to the state of the four main patrimonial libraries in Port-au-Prince after the earthquake on January 12, 2010. Based on information that I have received from the Digital Library of the Caribbean partner libraries in Haiti, all four of the
following library buildings are standing.

* Archives nationales d'Haïti
* Bibliothèque haïtienne des Pères du Saint-Esprit / San Martial
* Bibliothèque haïtienne des Frères de l'Instruction Chrétienne / Saint
Louis de Gonzague
* Bibliothèque nationale d'Haïti

*Importantly, the library at Saint Louis de Gonzague (FIC) was NOT destroyed. The reporter that stated the library had fallen was incorrect.*

According to the director of the National Library, Mme. Francoise Thybulle, the structures must be inspected before the local staff can assess the situation and prepare detailed plans that will certainly ask for international assistance. While the buildings are standing, this does not diminish what will be the very real need for assistance once the local leadership is able to assess the situation. All of the library directors have asked that interested parties work together to help
preserve the collections bring these libraries/archives back into service.

Many institutions and individuals have expressed an interest in supporting the Haitian libraries/archives as they begin to rebuild. The outpouring of support and interest for the preservation of Haitian patrimony is unprecedented. Many of you are already in contact with
colleagues regarding ways to help. I am trying to serve as a clearinghouse for the Haitian libraries of the different people, institutions or groups that would like to offer support to the
libraries. Once I have feedback from the partner libraries in Haiti, I will share a working document of the projects I am aware of and an online survey for interested individuals to complete via www.dloc.com . Feel free to contact me personally at dloc@fiu.edu or preferably via the dLOC Facebook Group if you are already planning a project locally.

The Digital Library of the Caribbean (www.dloc.com) has been working with partners in Haiti since it began in 2004. The National Archives in Haiti was a founding member of dLOC, and in the last few years we have developed strong relationships with both the National Library and the Fathers of the Holy Spirit (San Martial) Library. As more information becomes available from the local leadership, I will share it as widely as possible. I have been hesitant to send a large response until now because of the many conflicting reports. This information is confirmed,
and comes from the directors of each library/archive.

As the many researchers that have worked in these four libraries know, their directors are completely dedicated to the preservation of their national patrimonial collections. All four have been fighting to preserve these collections for decades, and I am confident with support from the international community these collections will be preserved and accessible for many years to come.

Sincerely,
Brooke

Brooke Wooldridge
Digital Library of the Caribbean"

www.dloc.com

SearchWorks, works!

Some of you may have noticed that Socrates now has a friend, SearchWorks. SearchWorks is Stanford's alternate online library catalog that has a more user friendly "Google-like" search box interface. In addition to the keyword search, on the left margin it has a set of very useful ways to limit your research - by language, format, publication date, location, call number, etc. There is also an advanced search.

Recently-added improvements allow you to browse by call number across library locations. Now you can go back to the time when SAL3 didn't exist and see all of the books with nearby call numbers, both in Green and in remote locations.

Other features are described in the News column on the SearchWorks search page and on the SearchWorks blog.

I encourage you to try this out - it is constantly under development, and new features are added regularly. If you run into a problem or have a comment, feedback is greatly appreciated, just use the link.

Swiss books

Each year, the Swiss cultural promotion board, Pro-Helvetia, sends along a box of books by francophone Swiss authors. This often includes a few books that we've already acquired for the library.

These duplicates often sit in my office for months, so this year I'd like to offer these books to anyone who is interested. Just drop my an email , and I can send them through ID mail to you. Stanford affiliates only.

The titles available are:

Layaz, Michel. Cher Boniface. Genève: Zoé, 2009.
Delarue, Claude. Le bel obèse. [Paris]: Fayard, 2008.
Chessex, Jacques. Un juif pour l'exemple: roman. Paris: B. Grasset, 2009.
Kramer, Pascale. L'implacable brutalité du réveil: roman. Paris: Mercure de France, 2008.

Recently acquired rare and antiquarian books

Here are a few antiquarian books recently added to the collection:

LENGLET DU FRESNOY, Nicolas, abbé. L’Histoire justifiee contre les romans. Amsterdam, Aux dépens de la Compagnie, 1735.

From the dealer's catalog:

Lenglet du Fresnoy (1674–1755), French diplomat and historian, was the author of books on many subjects, including hermetic philosophy. His writings brought him into conflict with the authorities and he spent numerous spells in the Bastille.

and from The new Oxford companion to literature in French:

‘His De l’usage des Romans (1734) defends novels as providing insights into life and love not offered by standard history.'

GARAT, Dominique Joseph. Memoires sur la vie de M. Suard, sur ses ecrits, et sur le XVIIIe siecle, par Dominique-Joseph Garat. Paris, A. Belin, 1820. 2 vols.

From the dealer's catalog:

First edition of one of the best illustrations of eighteenth century French intellectual life. Garat’s frequentation of Suard’s salon produces a gallery of illustrious portraits, from Montesquieu to Condorcet, Diderot, Alembert, Grimm, Buffon, Raynal, Beccaria and Lavoisier.

and from the Oxford Companion to French Literature

Garat (c.1750-1832) was ‘a deputy to the Etats Generaux in 1789, prominently associated with the Revolutionary newspaper Le Journal de Paris, Minister of Justice under the Convention Nationale in 1792, and a Senator of the First Empire. His Mémoires

historiques sur la vie de M. Suard throws a light on the 18th century ideologues’