The Price of Slavery: Capitalism and Revolution in the Caribbean

Posted on December 11, 2022 by Catherine Zandonella

University of Virginia Press, March 2022 F. Nick Nesbitt, Professor of French and Italian The Price of Slavery analyzes Marx’s critique of capitalist slavery and its implications for the Caribbean thought of Toussaint Louverture, Henry Continue Reading →

Degenerative Realism: Novel and Nation in Twenty- First-Century France

Posted on December 18, 2020 by Catherine Zandonella

Columbia University Press, June 2020 By Christy Wampole, associate professor of French and Italian A new strain of realism has emerged in France. The novels that embody it represent diverse fears — immigration and demographic Continue Reading →

The Prosthetic Tongue: Printing Technology and the Rise of the French Language

Posted on December 9, 2019 by lmonnens

Chenoweth explores how the emergence of printing technology in the 16th century led the French language to undergo a remarkable transformation. Continue Reading →