On the eve of national strikes, the French have found a new way to show their dislike of Nicolas Sarkozy: by reading a 17th century tale of thwarted love that the president has said he hates. Nicolas ...
PARIS (Reuters) - The French have found a new and original way of protesting against President Nicolas Sarkozy: reading a 17th century tale of thwarted love. Ever since school, Sarkozy says, he has ...
This essay applies 17th-century garden theory and history to feminist work on the politics of space and the gaze in La Princesse de Clèves. The Princess appropriates initiative through a control of ...