Thursday, November 7, 2013

French government publications - some handy guides

Figuring out the various departments, ministries, and divisions of the French government is not easy - and figuring out their publications and where to find them can confuse even the most experienced researchers. Help is on the way with a guide from the BnF:

Publications officielles
Handy tabs bring together key websites and organizational structures for:

  • le Journal officiel 
  • Government publications
  • Jurisdictions
  • Statistics
  • Public Agencies (such as the Banque de France, the CNIL, etc.)

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For a guide to more historical primary sources, the British Library has a very useful Guide to French government documents, downloadable as a PDF.
It focuses on the holdings of the main UK Libraries, but is extremely information for title/series information.
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Stanford's French official document holdings
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Stanford's collection of French 18th Century Judicial and Administrative Sources

And many more pamphlets, circulars, ordinances, etc. can be found in Searchworks.

Monday, October 7, 2013

New Arrivals in French and Italian Studies

A selection of books that have recently made their way to the library . . .

Italian Works


Bertella Farnetti, Paolo, Mignemi, Adolfo, & Triulzi, Alessandro. L'impero nel cassetto : l'Italia coloniale tra album privati e archivi pubblici. Milano: Mimesis, 2013.

Edsel, Robert M. Saving Italy: The Race to Rescue a Nation's Treasures From the Nazis. New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 2013.

Dickie, John, Mafia Republic: Italy's Criminal Curse : Cosa Nostra, Camorra and 'ndrangheta From 1946 to the Present. London : Sceptre, 2013.

Palma, Pina. Savoring Power, Consuming the Times: The Metaphors of Food In Medieval and Renaissance Italian Literature. Notre Dame, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Press, 2013.

Sapienza, Goliarda, and Anne Milano Appel. The Art of Joy. London : Penguin Books, 2013.

Wrigley, Richard, Roman Fever: Influence, Infection, and the Image of Rome, 1700-1870. New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, 2013.





French Works

Blanchaud, Corinne. Dictionnaire des écrivains francophones classiques : Belgique, Canada, Québec, Luxembourg, Suisse romande. Paris: Champion, 2013.

Bois, Jean-Pierre. La Loire, la guerre et les hommes : histoire géopolitique et militaire d'un fleuve : actes du colloque tenu au musée du Génie, Angers, 2012. Rennes: Presses universitaires de Rennes, réseau des universités de l'Ouest Atlantique, 2013.

Coutansais, Cyrille P. Atlas des empires maritimes. Paris: CNRS, 2013.

Doyle, William, France and the Age of Revolution: Regimes Old and New From Louis XIV to Napoleon Bonaparte. London: I.B. Tauris, 2013.

Dubreuil, Laurent, David Fieni, and Laurent Dubreuil. Empire of Language: Toward a Critique of (post)colonial Expression. English ed. Ithaca, New York ; London : Cornell University Press, 2013.

Forsé, Michel. L'égalité: une passion française?. Paris: Colin, 2013.

Gray, Floyd, Montaigne et les livres. Paris: Classiques Garnier, 2013.

Grossel, Marie-Geneviève. Les chansons de trouvères : formes, registres, genres : secondes journées valenciennoises autour des chansons en langue d'oïl, l'art des trouvères. Valenciennes: Presses universitaires de Valenciennes, 2012.

Le Clézio, Jean-Marie Gustave. The African. Boston: David R. Godine, Publisher,
2013.

Higbee, Will, Post-Beur Cinema: North African émigré and Maghrebi-French Filmmaking In France Since 2000. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2013.

Kristeva, Julia, David Uhrig, and Christina Kkona. Pulsions du temps. [Paris]: Fayard, 2013.

Lenzini, José. Mouloud Feraoun: un écrivain engagé. Arles: Solin, 2013.

Losse, Deborah N., Montaigne and Brief Narrative Form: Shaping the Essay. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Memmi, Albert, & Butré, Anick. Eloge des femmes : les coplas du jeune homme amoureux. [Neuilly-sur-Seine]: Al Manar, Alain Gorius, 2013.

Munier, Paul. La ressemblance des humains : l'oeuvre d'Élisabeth Badinter. [Meaux]: Germina, 2013.

NDiaye, Marie. All My Friends. Translated by Jordan Stump. San Francisco: Two Lines Press, 2013.

Schneider, Anne. La littérature de jeunesse migrante : récits d'immigration de l'Algérie à la France. Paris: Harmattan, 2013.

Friday, September 27, 2013

Montesquieu Dictionary

The Montesquieu Dictionary (formerly the Dictionnaire électronique Montesquieu) has been updated, and is now available in either French or English!

http://dictionnaire-montesquieu.ens-lyon.fr/en/the-dictionnary/

This free online resource (from the CNRS/ENS-Lyon) contains essays written by specialists in the field on topics related to Montesquieu, including his works, members of his intellectual circle, and concepts or places important to his writings and life. Essays are accompanied by a scholarly bibliography and references to the Voltaire Foundation/ENS/Classiques Garnier edition of the Oeuvres complètes. This is a great resource for either the specialist or for students, now that it is available in English!

Friday, September 20, 2013

Cécile Alduy on Marine Le Pen

Stanford French professor Cécile Alduy has been working lately on contemporary French politics and society, specifically on women and politics and ideas of the nation. Here's her article on Marine Le Pen, "The Devil's Daughter" that just came out in the Atlantic Monthly:

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/10/the-devils-daughter/309467/



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Sarah Sussman, curator of French and Italian Collections