Modern Language Studies Research Articles

MACDONALD, KATHERINE. Biography in Early Modern France, 1540-1630: Forms and Functions. London: MHRA and Maney Publishing (Legenda: Research Monographs in French Studies, 23), 2007. x + 115 pp. 40.00/$65.00. ISBN 978-1-905981-11-3

Journal Article MacDonald, Katherine. Biography in Early Modern France, 1540–1630: Forms and Functions. London: MHRA and Maney Publishing (Legenda: Research Monographs in French Studies, 23), 2007. x + 115 pp. £40.00/$65.00. ISBN 978–1–905981–11–3 Get access Forum for Modern Language Studies, Volume 45, Issue 2, April 2009, Page 226, https://doi.org/10.1093/fmls/cqp027 Published: 01 April 2009

HOLMES, DEBORAH. Ignazio Silone in Exile: Writing and Antifascism in Switzerland, 1929-1944. Aldershot: Ashgate (Warwick Studies in the Humanities), 2005. xii + 214 pp. 45.00. ISBN 0-7546-3522-8

Journal Article Holmes, Deborah. Ignazio Silone in Exile: Writing and Antifascism in Switzerland, 1929–1944. Aldershot: Ashgate (Warwick Studies in the Humanities), 2005. xii + 214 pp. £45.00. ISBN 0–7546–3522–8 Get access Forum for Modern Language Studies, Volume 45, Issue 2, April 2009, Page 225, https://doi.org/10.1093/fmls/cqn035 Published: 01 April 2009

BOYLE, CLAIRE. Consuming Autobiographies: Reading and Writing the Self in Post-War France. Oxford: Legenda, 2007. x + 176 pp. 45.00/$79.50. ISBN 1905981104

Journal Article Boyle, Claire. Consuming Autobiographies: Reading and Writing the Self in Post-War France. Oxford: Legenda, 2007. x + 176 pp. £45.00/$79.50. ISBN 1905981104 Get access Forum for Modern Language Studies, Volume 45, Issue 1, January 2009, Page 120, https://doi.org/10.1093/fmls/cqn020 Published: 01 January 2009

CHAMBERS, HELEN. Humor and Irony in Nineteenth-Century German Women's Writing: Studies in Prose Fiction 1840-1900. Rochester, NY: Camden House, 2007. 222 pp. 45.00/$75.00. ISBN 1-57113-304-6

Journal Article Chambers, Helen. Humor and Irony in Nineteenth-Century German Women's Writing: Studies in Prose Fiction 1840–1900. Rochester, NY: Camden House, 2007. 222 pp. £45.00/$75.00. ISBN 1–57113–304–6 Get access Forum for Modern Language Studies, Volume 45, Issue 2, April 2009, Page 218, https://doi.org/10.1093/fmls/cqn025 Published: 01 April 2009

Introduction

Followingthe publication of the call for articles for a Special Issue of Forum for Modern Language Studies on the theme of memorials in Europe, over sixty scholars sent in abstracts for consideration. Quite a few abstracts were received from younger colleagues or PhD students – an indication, perhaps, that memorial studies is a relatively new development. The high number of abstracts submitted confirmed the need for this Special Issue. While ultimately only a small number of contributions could be brought together here (and the selection process was an arduous one, given the high quality of what was received), they reflect the current range and diversity of memorial studies, address associated theoretical, aesthetic and sociopolitical debates, and seek to situate the discussion around memorials within the context of political and geopolitical change. If one thing emerges most clearly from the contributions, then it is that memorials cannot always be defined as material manifestations of a will to remember. Their construction can just as easily signify the will to suppress or streamline memory. Far from being immutable, they can evolve in line with shifting perceptions of history, sloughing off unwanted parts or acquiring new ones. Far from being unassailable, they can become the object of attacks in acts of protest at the prevalence of certain images of the past and whatever political interests might underpin these. Far from being rooted permanently in the ground, they can be destroyed, dumped, or moved to another site. Increasingly, they can be inherently self-cancelling, with transience as it were programmatically written into their design.

Beauty, Utility and Christian Civilisation: War Memorials and the Church of England, 1940-47

This article examines responses of the institutional Church of England to the issue of memorials to the Second World War. It explores the debates concerning the relationship between beauty, utility and the notion of Christian civilisation, particularly with regard to the reconstruction of bombed churches. It argues that debates among interested clergy and others within the wider cultural establishment over the future form of memorials was more lively than has often been supposed hitherto. This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in 'Forum for Modern Language Studies' following peer review.

CANADAS, IVAN. Public Theater in Golden Age Madrid and Tudor-Stuart London: Class, Gender and Festive Community. Aldershot: Ashgate (Studies in Performance and Early Modern Drama), 2005. xiv + 233 pp. 50.00. ISBN 0-7546-5187-8

Journal Article Cañadas, Ivan. Public Theater in Golden Age Madrid and Tudor-Stuart London: Class, Gender and Festive Community. Aldershot: Ashgate (Studies in Performance and Early Modern Drama), 2005. xiv + 233 pp. £50.00. ISBN 0–7546–5187–8 Get access Forum for Modern Language Studies, Volume 44, Issue 1, January 2008, Page 90, https://doi.org/10.1093/fmls/cqm130 Published: 01 January 2008

Collaboration in the Arts from the Middle Ages to the Present. Eds. Silvia Bigliazzi & Sharon Wood. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2006. xii + 221 pp. 50.00. ISBN 0-7546-5512-1

Collaboration in the Arts from the Middle Ages to the Present. Eds. Silvia Bigliazzi & Sharon Wood. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2006. xii + 221 pp. £50.00. ISBN 0–7546–5512–1 Get access Forum for Modern Language Studies, Volume 44, Issue 1, January 2008, Page 91, https://doi.org/10.1093/fmls/cqm132 Published: 01 January 2008

WOOD, JASON. Talking Movies: Contemporary World Filmmakers in Interview. London & New York: Wallflower Press, 2006. xi + 239 pp. 45.00 (hardback); 16.99 (paperback). ISBN 1-904764-91-6/90-8

Journal Article Wood, Jason. Talking Movies: Contemporary World Filmmakers in Interview. London & New York: Wallflower Press, 2006. xi + 239 pp. £45.00 (hardback); £16.99 (paperback). ISBN 1–904764–91–6/90–8 Get access Forum for Modern Language Studies, Volume 44, Issue 1, January 2008, Page 102, https://doi.org/10.1093/fmls/cqm116 Published: 01 January 2008

BLOUET, OLWYN M. The Contemporary Caribbean: History, Life and Culture since 1945. London: Reaktion Books (Contemporary Worlds), 2007. 160 pp. 14.95. ISBN 1-86189-313-2

Journal Article Blouet, Olwyn M. The Contemporary Caribbean: History, Life and Culture since 1945. London: Reaktion Books (Contemporary Worlds), 2007. 160 pp. £14.95. ISBN 1–86189–313–2 Get access Forum for Modern Language Studies, Volume 44, Issue 1, January 2008, Page 89, https://doi.org/10.1093/fmls/cqm127 Published: 01 January 2008

Writing to Delight: Italian Short Stories by Nineteenth-Century Women Writers. Eds. Antonia Arslan & Gabriella Romani. London: University of Toronto, 2006. 210 pp. 48.00 (hardback)/ 20.00 (paperback). ISBN 0-8020-3874-3/3810-7

Journal Article Writing to Delight: Italian Short Stories by Nineteenth-Century Women Writers. Eds. Antonia Arslan & Gabriella Romani. London: University of Toronto, 2006. 210 pp. £48.00 (hardback)/£20.00 (paperback). ISBN 0–8020–3874–3/3810–7 Get access Forum for Modern Language Studies, Volume 44, Issue 1, January 2008, Page 102, https://doi.org/10.1093/fmls/cqm162 Published: 01 January 2008

The Cloister and the World: Early Modern Convent Voices. Ed. Thomas M. Carr, Jr. Charlottesville: Rookwood Press (EMF: Studies in Early Modern France, 11), 2007. x + 267 pp. ISBN 978-1-886365-64-3

Journal Article The Cloister and the World: Early Modern Convent Voices. Ed. Thomas M. Carr, Jr. Charlottesville: Rookwood Press (EMF: Studies in Early Modern France, 11), 2007. x + 267 pp. ISBN 978–1–886365–64–3 Get access Forum for Modern Language Studies, Volume 44, Issue 1, January 2008, Pages 90–91, https://doi.org/10.1093/fmls/cqm131 Published: 01 January 2008

LITTAU, KARIN. Theories of Reading: Books, Bodies and Bibliomania. Cambridge: Polity Press, 2006. xi + 194 pp. 55.00 (hardback), 17.99 (paperback). ISBN 0 7456 1659 3/1658 5

Journal Article Littau, Karin. Theories of Reading: Books, Bodies and Bibliomania. Cambridge: Polity Press, 2006. xi + 194 pp. £55.00 (hardback), £17.99 (paperback). ISBN 0–7456–1659–3/1658–5 Get access Forum for Modern Language Studies, Volume 43, Issue 4, October 2007, Page 476, https://doi.org/10.1093/fmls/cqm092 Published: 01 October 2007

The First World War as a Clash of Cultures. Ed. Fred Bridgham. Camden House, 2006. vii + 336 pp. 45.00/$75.00. ISBN 1 57113 340 2

Journal Article The First World War as a Clash of Cultures. Ed. Fred Bridgham. Camden House, 2006. vii + 336 pp. £45.00/$75.00. ISBN 1–57113–340–2 Get access Forum for Modern Language Studies, Volume 43, Issue 4, October 2007, Page 473, https://doi.org/10.1093/fmls/cqm081 Published: 01 October 2007

HUGHES, JON. Facing Modernity: Fragmentation, Culture, and Identity in Joseph Roth's Writing in the 1920s. Leeds: Maney Publishing (Modern Humanities Research Association, Texts and Dissertations, 67/Bithell Series of Dissertations, 30), 2006. viii + 195 pp. 35.00/$82.00. ISBN 1 904350 37 2

Journal Article Hughes, Jon. Facing Modernity: Fragmentation, Culture, and Identity in Joseph Roth's Writing in the 1920s. Leeds: Maney Publishing (Modern Humanities Research Association, Texts and Dissertations, 67/Bithell Series of Dissertations, 30), 2006. viii + 195 pp. £35.00/$82.00. ISBN 1–904350–37–2 Get access Forum for Modern Language Studies, Volume 43, Issue 4, October 2007, Page 474, https://doi.org/10.1093/fmls/cqm086 Published: 01 October 2007

BETTELLA, PATRIZIA. The Ugly Woman: Transgressive Aesthetic Models in Italian Poetry from the Middle Ages to the Baroque. Toronto: University of Toronto Press (Toronto Italian Studies), 2005. viii + 260 pp. 40.00/$60.00. ISBN 0 8020 3926 X

Journal Article Bettella, Patrizia. The Ugly Woman: Transgressive Aesthetic Models in Italian Poetry from the Middle Ages to the Baroque. Toronto: University of Toronto Press (Toronto Italian Studies), 2005. viii + 260 pp. £40.00/$60.00. ISBN 0–8020–3926–X Get access Forum for Modern Language Studies, Volume 43, Issue 4, October 2007, Page 470, https://doi.org/10.1093/fmls/cqm072 Published: 01 October 2007

MADUREIRA, LUIS. Cannibal Modernities: Postcoloniality and the Avant-Garde in Caribbean and Brazilian Literature. Virginia: University of Virginia Press (New World Studies), 2005. 256 pp. $55.00 (hardback); $19.50 (paperback). ISBN 0 8139 2375 1/2376 X

Journal Article Madureira, Luís. Cannibal Modernities: Postcoloniality and the Avant-Garde in Caribbean and Brazilian Literature. Virginia: University of Virginia Press (New World Studies), 2005. 256 pp. $55.00 (hardback); $19.50 (paperback). ISBN 0–8139–2375–1/2376–X Get access Forum for Modern Language Studies, Volume 43, Issue 4, October 2007, Page 476, https://doi.org/10.1093/fmls/cqm093 Published: 01 October 2007

AICHELE, K. PORTER. Paul Klee, Poet/Painter. Rochester, NY: Camden House (Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture), 2006. x + 225 pp. 45.00/$75.00. ISBN 1 57113 343 7

Journal Article Aichele, K. Porter. Paul Klee, Poet/Painter. Rochester, NY: Camden House (Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture), 2006. x + 225 pp. £45.00/$75.00. ISBN 1–57113–343–7 Get access Forum for Modern Language Studies, Volume 43, Issue 4, October 2007, Page 469, https://doi.org/10.1093/fmls/cqm068 Published: 01 October 2007

FRAYLING, CHRISTOPHER. Mad, Bad and Dangerous? The Scientist and the Cinema. London: Reaktion Books, 2005/2006. 239 pp. 19.95 (hardback)/ 12.95 (paperback). ISBN 1 861 89255 1/89285 3

Journal Article Frayling, Christopher. Mad, Bad and Dangerous? The Scientist and the Cinema. London: Reaktion Books, 2005/2006. 239 pp. £19.95 (hardback)/£12.95 (paperback). ISBN 1–861–89255–1/89285–3 Get access Forum for Modern Language Studies, Volume 43, Issue 4, October 2007, Page 474, https://doi.org/10.1093/fmls/cqm084 Published: 01 October 2007

Print and Power in France and England, 1500 1800. Ed. David Adams & Adrian Armstrong. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2006. 157 pp. 45.00/$89.95. ISBN 0 7546 5591 1

Journal Article Print and Power in France and England, 1500–1800. Ed. David Adams & Adrian Armstrong. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2006. 157 pp. £45.00/$89.95. ISBN 0–7546–5591–1 Get access Forum for Modern Language Studies, Volume 43, Issue 4, October 2007, Page 480, https://doi.org/10.1093/fmls/cqm104 Published: 01 October 2007