Professor Richard Scholar's Outputs (11)

Émigrés: French Words That Turned English (2020)
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Scholar, R. (2020). Émigrés: French Words That Turned English. Princeton University Press

English has borrowed more words from French than from any other modern foreign language. French words and phrases—such as à la mode, ennui, naïveté and caprice—lend English a certain je-ne-sais-quoi that would otherwise elude the language. Richard Sc... Read More about Émigrés: French Words That Turned English.

Montaigne in Transit: Essays in Honour of Ian Maclean (2016)
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Scholar, R., Kenny, N., & Williams, W. (Eds.). (2016). Montaigne in Transit: Essays in Honour of Ian Maclean. Legenda

This volume tracks a Montaigne ‘in transit’ all the way from the genesis and production of his Essais and travel journal in the 1570s–90s to their diffusion and reception from the 1580s up till the present day, in France, England, Germany, and elsewh... Read More about Montaigne in Transit: Essays in Honour of Ian Maclean.

Caribbean Globalizations, 1492 to the Present Day (2015)
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Scholar, R., & Sansavior, E. (Eds.). (2015). Caribbean Globalizations, 1492 to the Present Day. Liverpool University Press

Caribbean Globalizations explores the relations between globalization and the Caribbean since 1492, when Columbus first arrived in the region, to the present day. It aims to help change prevalent ways of thinking, not only about the Caribbean archipe... Read More about Caribbean Globalizations, 1492 to the Present Day.

Montaigne and the Art of Free-Thinking (2010)
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Scholar, R. (2010). Montaigne and the Art of Free-Thinking. Peter Lang Oxford

We know a great deal of what Michel de Montaigne (1533-92), Shakespeare’s near-contemporary and fellow literary mastermind, thinks. We know, because he tells us on page after page of his Essais, which have marked literature and thought since the Euro... Read More about Montaigne and the Art of Free-Thinking.

Fiction and the Frontiers of Knowledge in Europe, 1500-1800 (2010)
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Scholar, R., & Tadié, A. (Eds.). (2010). Fiction and the Frontiers of Knowledge in Europe, 1500-1800. Ashgate Publishing

The uses of fiction in early modern Europe are far more varied than is often assumed by those who consider fiction to be synonymous with the novel. The contributors to this volume demonstrate the significant role that fiction plays in early modern Eu... Read More about Fiction and the Frontiers of Knowledge in Europe, 1500-1800.

Pre-Histories and Afterlives: Studies in Critical Method (2009)
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Scholar, R., & Holland, A. (Eds.). (2009). Pre-Histories and Afterlives: Studies in Critical Method. Legenda

Terence Cave (1938-), English critic 1 other title Legenda (General Series) Legenda 23 December 2008 • 162pp ISBN: 978-1-905981-93-9 (hardback) • RRP £75, $99, €85 EnlightenmentFrenchFiction If the past is indeed a foreign country, then how can we ma... Read More about Pre-Histories and Afterlives: Studies in Critical Method.

Alice au jardin d’enfants (2006)
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Pigeard de Gurbert, G., & Scholar, R. (2006). Alice au jardin d’enfants

The 'Je-Ne-Sais-Quoi' in Early Modern Europe: Encounters with a Certain Something (2005)
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Scholar, R. (2005). The 'Je-Ne-Sais-Quoi' in Early Modern Europe: Encounters with a Certain Something. Oxford University Press

What is the je-ne-sais-quoi? How - if at all - can it be put into words? In addressing these questions, Richard Scholar offers the first full-length study of the je-ne-sais-quoi and its fortunes in early modern Europe. He describes the rise and fall... Read More about The 'Je-Ne-Sais-Quoi' in Early Modern Europe: Encounters with a Certain Something.

Entretien avec Sacy sur la philosophie: extrait des Mémoires de Fontaine (2003)
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Pascal, B. (2003). Entretien avec Sacy sur la philosophie: extrait des Mémoires de Fontaine

Qu’était-ce ? (1998)
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O'Brien, F., Pigeard de Gurbert, G., & Scholar, R. (1998). Qu’était-ce ?

L’Étrange Affaire du Dr Jekyll et de Mr Hyde (1997)
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Pigeard de Gurbert, G., & Scholar, R. (1997). L’Étrange Affaire du Dr Jekyll et de Mr Hyde