Background
Edmiston, William F. was born on August 30, 1948 in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Fredrick K. and Bernice C. (Kester) Edmiston.
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By William F. Edmiston - La France Contemporaine (4th Revised edition) (5/26/09)
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Diderot and the Family: A Conflict of Nature and Law (Stanford French and Italian Studies)
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La France contemporaine
(Immerse yourself in the France of today with LA FRANCE CO...)
Immerse yourself in the France of today with LA FRANCE CONTEMPORAINE. The text will improve your understanding of the Francophone world and your communication in French, using up-to-date information on the political, social, technological, economic, and rich cultural forces that affect this fascinating country and its people. End-of-chapter comprehension and discussion activities, sample quizzes, and an integrated companion website help you master the material and fully appreciate everything that makes France French.
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Hindsight and Insight: Focalization in Four Eighteenth-Century French Novels
(William F. Edmiston revises current theories of what narr...)
William F. Edmiston revises current theories of what narratologists call "focalization" and applies his revised theory to four eighteenth-century French memoir-novels.Hindsight and Insight contributes to our knowledge of the history and evolution of the novel by demonstrating that France's earliest novelists were already engaged in the kinds of narrative experimentation that are usually associated with modern writers. It presents an analysis of the narrative point of view in both its theoretical aspects and its practical applications. Edmiston exposes the inadequacies of current concepts of focalization and proposes a revised concept that is applicable to personal narration, one that can accommodate all the focal possibilities available to the first-person narrator. He applies this concept to four French memior-novels: Les Egarements du coeur et de l'esprit by Marivaux, Manon Lescaut by Revost, and La Religieuse by Diderot.Each of these well-known novels offers a different case study and raises specific theoretical questions of selective focalization, forms of reported speech, problems of temporal ambiguity, manipulation of the reader, narratorial reliability, and cognitive privilege. Edmiston's study proposes a reading of the novels that resolves certain problems of interpretation raised by other recent studies.
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La France contemporaine
(Immerse yourself in the France of today with LA FRANCE CO...)
Immerse yourself in the France of today with LA FRANCE CONTEMPORAINE! The text will improve your understanding of the Francophone world and your communication in French, using up-to-date information on the political, social, technological, economic, and rich cultural forces that affect this fascinating country and its people. End-of-chapter comprehension and discussion activities, sample quizzes, and an integrated companion website help you master the material and fully appreciate everything that makes France French.
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- Hindsight and Insight, Focalization in Four Eighteenth Century French Novels
- La France contemporaine (text only) 3rd (Third) edition by W. Edmiston,A. Duménil (La France contemporaine Paperback William Edmiston (Autho...)
- La France contemporaine (World Languages) by William Edmiston (2015-01-01)
William F. Edmiston
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William F. Edmiston, American Foreign language educator. Recipient Excellence in Teaching award Mortar Board, 1991; grantee United States.Dept. Education, 1984, Carolina Venture Fund, 1985, 90, University of Southern California, 1986, South Carolina. Department Education, 1987, 91, Folger Institute, 1991.
Education
Bachelor in French, Pennsylvania State University, 1970. Master of Arts in French Literature, Indiana University, 1972. Doctor of Philosophy in French Literature, Indiana University, 1978.
Career
Associate instructor, Indiana U., Bloomington, 1970-1974, 76-77;
University fellow, Indiana U., Bloomington, 1975-1976;
visiting assistant professor, University of Southern California, Columbia, 1978-1979;
assistant professor, University of Southern California, Columbia, 1979-1985;
associate professor, University of Southern California, Columbia, 1985-1992;
professor, University of Southern California, Columbia, since 1992;
chair department French and classics, University of Southern California, Columbia, since 1994. Instructor English Lycée Henri Moissan, Meaux, France, 1974-1975. Referee tenure and promotion U. New Mexico, 1987, Wake Forest U., 1992, U. Delaware, 1993.
Presenter numerous conferences, seminars.
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book
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La France contemporaine
(Immerse yourself in the France of today with LA FRANCE CO...)
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La France contemporaine (text only) 3rd (Third) edition by W. Edmiston,A. Duménil
(La France contemporaine Paperback William Edmiston (Autho...)
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La France contemporaine
(Immerse yourself in the France of today with LA FRANCE CO...)
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Hindsight and Insight: Focalization in Four Eighteenth-Century French Novels
(William F. Edmiston revises current theories of what narr...)
- Hindsight and Insight, Focalization in Four Eighteenth Century French Novels
- By William F. Edmiston - La France Contemporaine (4th Revised edition) (5/26/09)
- La France contemporaine (World Languages) by William Edmiston (2015-01-01)
- Diderot and the Family: A Conflict of Nature and Law (Stanford French and Italian Studies)
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La France contemporaine
Membership
Member Modern Language Association (bibliographer Modern Language Association International Bibliography 1978-1990), American Society Eighteeth-Century Studies, American Association Teachers French, South Atlantic Modern Language Association (secretary French II section 1982-1983, chair 1983-1984), Philological Association Carolinas (manuscript referee 1983-1986, chair section narratol. approaches to French literature 1984, secretary-treasurer 1984-1986), Société Diderot.
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American
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1970
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1972
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1978
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1970 - 1974
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1978 - 1979
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Recipient Excellence in Teaching award Mortar Board, 1991. Grantee United States.Dept. Education, 1984, Carolina Venture Fund, 1985, 90, University of Southern California, 1986, South Carolina. Department Education, 1987, 91, Folger Institute, 1991.Recipient Excellence in Teaching award Mortar Board, 1991. Grantee United States.Dept. Education, 1984, Carolina Venture Fund, 1985, 90, University of Southern California, 1986, South Carolina.
Department Education, 1987, 91, Folger Institute, 1991.