Impressions de voyage. [2], Le Speronare / Alexandre Dumas

Collection : Les Chemins de l'Italie

Nouveau manuel de la pureté du langage, ou Dictionnaire des difficultés de la langue française... ([Reprod.]) / par F. Biscarrat,... ; revu et augmenté par A. [Alexandre] Boniface,...

Collection : Archives de la linguistique française ; 37

Alexandre I Empereu[r] de toutes les Russies : Dessiné par G. Nigris; Gravé par Mlle Duclos et S. Desmaretz

[St Peterburg] : I. Kadushin s.a.

Les Contes du Monte-Cristo. Alexandre Dumas and His "Tales for Old and Young Children"

Between 1857 and 1859 Alexandre Dumas published eleven tales from the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen's collections in his magazine Le Monte-Cristo. The texts have a particular status, between translation and rewriting. Dumas includes them in a causerie (chat) with the readers of his magazine, and they are framed in a story where an adult tells tales to children. This results in several modifications of the originals-such as the addition of explicative comments-which I study through a comparison of "Petit-Jean et Gros-Jean" and Andersen's "Little Claus and Big Claus." Underrated and forgotten, Dumas's tales are nonetheless representative of his particular style and bear witness to his storytelling skills. They also show similarities between Dumas and Andersen, who actually became acquainted in Paris in 1843.

Entre a batuta e o tubo de ensaio: a carreira admirável de Alexandre Borodin

Alexander Borodin (1833-1887) is a singularity in the history of science. Whereas other scientists may have kept lifelong interests in some artistic field, he was unique in pursuing with great success two parallel careers in both chemistry and music, managing to excell in both to the end of his life. Although he considered himself primarily a chemist, present-day appreciation of his powerful music has greatly surpassed interest for his chemistry. This article treats the life and the unusual double career of the Russian chemist-musician.