rice university studies

RICE UNIVERSITY
STUDIES
VOLUME 63
PUBLISHED BY
WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY
HOUSTON, TEXAS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
VOLUME 63
NO. 1 WINTER, 1977
STUDIES IN FRENCH
LE MYTHE DE M. ROSS CHAMBERS SUR
" LE MYTHE DU LIBER TIN "
by Madeleine A/co ver . . ... . .... .... .. .. ... . ... .. . .
CYRANO DE BERGERAC ET LE FEU : LES
COMPLEXES PROMETHEENS DE LA
SCIENCE ET DU PHALLUS
by Madeleine A/cover... . ... .. .. . ... .. ... . ....... .
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LE MEPRIS DES HOMMES ET DE LEURS
INSTITUTIONS DANS LE JOURNAL
D'ALFRED DE VIGNY
by Andre M . G. Bourgeois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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POUR UNE NOUVELLE ORIENTATION EN
SEMIOTIQUE: A PROPOS DE "L'OEUVRE"
D'EMILE ZOLA
by Patrick Brady . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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PASSAGE D'UNE LIBERTE
by Aime Cesaire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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RYTHME, REVOLTE, ET RHETORIQUE, ou
AlMER CESAIRE
by Maurice A. Lecuyer...... . ... .. .. .. ... . ... . ....
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LE "DEUXIEME SEXE" ET LA REVOLUTION :
DE CHAR YBDE EN SCYLLA
by Madeleine R . Raaphorst... . .. .. ... .. . ... . ..... .
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CULTURE AND THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT
by Virgil W. Topazio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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NO . 2 SPRING, 1977
Monograph in History
THE HOUSTON POLICE: 1878-1948
by Louis J. M archia.fava
NO. 3 SUMMER, 1977
TEXAS AND GERMANY: CROSSCURRENTS
Joseph Wilson, Editor
THE GERMAN ELEMENT IN TEXAS: AN OVERVIEW
by Terry G. Jordan ................... ..... ...... .
A GUIDE FOR GERMAN IMMIGRANTS
by Otto W. Tetzlaff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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ORIGIN AND PRESENT DAY LOCATION OF
GERMAN SPEAKERS IN TEXAS : A STATISTICAL
INTERPRETATION
by Glenn G. Gilbert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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"DA WAREN DEUTSCHE AUCH DABEI!" THE
STORY OF A TEXAS-GERMAN FAMILY
by Waltraud Bartscht . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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THE GERMAN LANGUAGE IN
CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY
by Joseph Wils on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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THE TEXAS GERMAN LANGUAGE OF
THE WESTERN HILL COUNTRY
by Gilbert J. Jordan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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LONE STAR GERMAN
by Winfred Lehmann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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TEXAS FOLKLORE AND GERMAN CULTURE
by Francis Edward Abernethy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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ANOTHER PLANET: TEXAS IN GERMAN LITERATURE
by A . Leslie Willson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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"COUNTRY-MUSIK?"-SOME NOTES ON THE
POPULAR MUSIC OF TEXAS AND THE
GULF COAST IN WEST GERMANY
by Richard C. Heft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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THE RESTORATION OF HISTORICAL
FREDERICKSBURG
by Maria Herrmann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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NO. 4 FALL, 1977
ESSAYS ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF LEIBNIZ
Mark Kulstad, Editor
LEIBNIZ'S THEORIES OF CONTINGENCY
by Robert Merrihew Adams . ...... .. ...... . . ... . . .
LEIBNIZ 'S METAPHYSICAL LOGIC
by Baruch Brody . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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TWO ARGUMENTS ON PETITES PERCEPTIONS
by Mark Kulstad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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THE LEIBNIZIAN "CIRCLE"
by Fabrizio Mondadori . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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LEIBNIZ AND THE PLURALITY OF
SPACE-TIME FRAMEWORKS
by Nicholas Rescher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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LEIBNIZ ON THE SIMPLICITY OF SUBSTANCE
by Robert C. Sleigh, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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CONFUSED IDEAS
by Margaret D. Wilson
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC APPENDIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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