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Product Description: This invaluable book not only assesses the life and work of one of Europe's most important and innovative writers, it also casts revealing light on crucial areas of French cultural, social, and political history. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This text assesses the transformation of broadcasting currently taking place in Europe, where deregulation, coupled with advances in satellite, cable and video technology, promises consumer choice on an American scale. The contributors, from the UK, France, the US and Canada, explore the paradoxes of the new era in broadcasting...read more

Product Description: The period following World War II was one of intense cultural activity as writers, artists and film-makers attempted to respond to the drama of the war-experience itself and to the tasks of European reconstruction. Italian neorealist film-makers, the new generation of West German writers and the exponents of commitment in France seemed to be exploring new directions in cultural activity and laying the ground for a new European renaissance...read more