The Age of Opera: Polyphony of Music and Literature (Aoyama Gakuin University Research Institute Series)

Edited by Zenta Araki, Eri Wada and Miyuki Fukuda (Suiseisha, 2024)
Hajime Sawada + Takayuki Inada + Tomoko Yasukawa + Shinzo Hayashi (authors)

Set in modern Paris, where people were crazy about opera, what is the rich world of polyphony that emerges from the interaction between opera and literature? Seven striking essays on opera that take a variety of approaches and transcend the boundaries of music history and literary history.

A thorough guide to French verb conjugations: 55

Written by Nobuyoshi Takahashi / Takeshi Kubota (Hakusuisha, 2022)

• These 55 carefully selected basic verbs can cover almost all of the approximately 700 verbs at the French Language Proficiency Test levels 5 to 2.

Crises et renouveaux du geste hagiographique Les Vies de Jeanne de Chantal (XVIIe et XXe siècles)

Marion de Lencquesaing (Classiques Garnier, October 2021)

• La condamnation par l'Index de la Sainte Chantal de Henri Bremond (1912) est le point de perspective de l'étude sur Les Vies de Jeanne de Chantal, qui donnent à lire les nouveaux saints du XVIIᵉ siècle. est un geste polémique : écrire une Vie, c'est reconstruire ce qu'est la sainteté.

Montaigne lecteur de la Cité de Dieu d'Augustin

Written by Takeshi Kubota (Honoré Champion, published March 2019)

• Ce livre se propose d'étudier l'influence de saint Augustin sur l'écriture et la pensée des Essais et de déterminer l'originalité de Montaigne dans son interprétation et son adaptation de la Cité de Dieu. , culturel et idéologique de la Renaissance, ce travail Montaigne dans l'histoire de la réception de la Cité de Dieu à la fin du XVIe siècle.

The Encyclopedia: The Encyclopedia that Rewrote the World (A Book to Understand the World)

Written by Hisashi Ida (Keio University Press, 2019)

• This is the fifth volume in the series "A Book to Interpret the World" (10 volumes in total). What will become clear when we move away from stereotypical images derived from the myths of the Revolution and the Enlightenment and return to the original form of the Encyclopedia as conceived by Diderot and d'Alembert? We trace the origins of the Encyclopedia as a book and guide you into its forest of knowledge.

Michel Foucault, Philosophy as Experience: On the Question of Method and Subject

Written by Takashi Abe (Hosei University Press, 2017)

• It dynamically depicts the changes in Foucault's thinking, and together with his "philosophy," a new Foucault is born.

A thorough guide to French verbs

Written by Takeshi Kubota / Nobuyoshi Takahashi (Hakusuisha, 2015)

• Contains all conjugation patterns and audio for 55 basic verbs! The structure of moods and tenses, basic idioms and examples, a detailed index...all the key points about verbs are thoroughly organized.

60 French Verbs: Conjugation, Usage, and Index

Written by Takeshi Kubota / Nobuyoshi Takahashi / Sakurako Inoue (Asahi Publishing, 2015)

• It also provides explanations of basic verb usage, such as moods and tenses, making it a useful supplementary textbook that can be used in a variety of classes, including elementary grammar as well as conversation and reading classes.

The Temptation of French Theatre: A Play of Love and Death

Written by Nobuko Akiyama (Iwanami Shoten, 2014)

History of Scientific Thought

Written by Hisashi Ida et al. (Keisoshobo, 2010)

Genèse d'une morale matérealiste ―les passions et le contrôle de soi chez Diderot

Written by Hisashi Ida (Honoré Champion, published in 2001)

Georges Bataille La perte, le don et l'écriture

Written by Kouichirou Hamano (Edition Universitaire de Dijon, November 2004)

Walking in the Japanese Forest

France Dourne / Yasuo Kobayashi (Kodansha Gendai Shinsho, August 2005)