Edmond Rostand

Peter Connor

Cyrano de Bergerac, by Edmond Rostand, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics: New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events Footnotes and endnotes Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work Comments by other famous authors Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations Bibliographies for further reading Indices & Glossaries, when appropriate All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influences--biographical, historical, and literary--to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works. One of the most beloved heroes of the stage, Cyrano de Bergerac is a magnificent wit who, despite his many gifts, feels that no woman can ever love him because of his enormous nose. He adores the beautiful Roxanne but, lacking courage, decides instead to help the tongue-tied but winsome Christian woo the fair lady by providing him with flowery sentiments and soulful poetry. Roxanne is smitten--but is it Christian she loves or Cyrano? A triumph from the moment of its 1897 premiere, Cyrano de Bergerac has become one of the most frequently produced plays in the world. Its perennial popularity is a tribute to the universal appeal of its themes and characters. Peter Connor is Associate Professor of French and comparative literature at Barnard College, Columbia University. He is the author of Georges Bataille and the Mysticism of Sin (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000).

Cyrano de Bergerac

"How long will we live?" was the question a young Luftwaffe airman asked his diary, writing about his first mission over Northern England. "Sacrificial lambs" was his reply after that first mission. He was referring to the bombers being left at the mercy of the RAF Spitfires and Hurricanes, with no fighter cover of their own. During the Second World War, a substantial number of German Luftwaffe aircrew were killed in action whilst flying missions over Britain (in addition to a smaller number of Kriegsmarine crew killed in British waters). The bodies were recovered and buried in war grave plots in local cemeteries, maintained to this day by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. German War Graves in the North East and Cumbriais a richly illustrated guide to the graves of those German servicemen buried in Northumberland, Cumbria, Tyne and Wear, Durham, Cleveland and Yorkshire.

German War Graves in the North East and Cumbria

Jean-Luc Nancy

Eduardo Cadava

Who Comes After the Subject offers the most comprehensive overview to date of contemporary French thinking on the question of the "subject." Nineteen philosophers and critics offer diverse perspectives on the subject as it has manifested itself in our modern discourses: the subject of philosophy, of the State, of history, of psychoanalysis. Each contribution asks What has become of the subject? or What has the subject become? in the wake of its critiques and deconstructions .

Peter Connor

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