Understanding France in Comparison with Germany: An Introduction - Softcover

Grosse, Ernst U.; Lüger, Heinz-Helmut

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3906753034 ISBN 13: 9783906753034

Publisher: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, 1994

Synopsis

This introduction is intended to provide an orientation which allows further work and deeper critical examination by the reader. The individual chapters emphasize the parallels and differences between France and Germany, for the peculiarities and characteristics of the countries to clearly emerge. Within this comparison, however, contemporary France remains always at the centre. From case to case historical developments are also considered. Another focal point is the role played by France and Germany in the European integration.

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About the Author

The Authors: Ernst Ulrich Grosse is professor of Romance philology at the University of Freiburg (Germany) where he teaches French and Italian linguistics and culture. Besides writing articles for professional journals, he has published books on a classical image in poetry, semantics, text linguistics, Old French and recently «Panorama de la presse parisienne» (1994, with E. Seibold).
Heinz Helmut Lüger studied Romance languages and philosophy, receiving his Ph.D. in linguistics in 1977. Having spent several years in France he is presently working at the University of Constance. He has published works on text linguistics and the didactic theory of foreign languages.

Review

«Mr Große and Mr Lüger have produced an excellent and really commendable book. ø...! I feel inclined to characterise this as one of the most successful books of its kind I have seen.» (Jacob Kornbeck, Europe Plurilingue)
«...the book must be considered an important and ground-breaking work in European studies. Its straightforward, meticulous style provides students of Europe, particularly France and Germany, invaluable information concerning these two important, if not most crucial, European nations today.» (Gary Anderson, German Politics)

Edition details

• Publisher: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 3906753034
• ISBN 13: 9783906753034
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 395