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The Human Tradition in Modern France

Author : K. Steven Vincent

Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield

Page : 237 pages

File Size : 27,18 MB

Release : 2000

Category : History

ISBN : 0842028056

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This engaging textbook provides a human perspective of the history of France from 1789 to the present through essays that highlight individuals and intriguing events that too often have been lost under labels and statistics. Students will gain an understanding of the humor and passion in French history from these original chpaters by established scholars. This collection also relates the individuals, events, and controversies to current historiographical debates. The Human Tradition in Modern France is an excellent supplementary text for courses on French history, as well as on Western Civilization.



Baudelaire and the English Tradition

Author : Patricia Clements

Publisher : Princeton University Press

Page : 454 pages

File Size : 41,56 MB

Release : 2014-07-14

Category : Poetry

ISBN : 1400857619

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This study of Baudelaire and English modernism observes his protean influence on poets from Swinburne, who wrote the first English review of Les Fleurs du Mai, to T. S. Eliot. Documenting Baudelaire's impact on Swinburne, Pater, Wilde, Arthur Symons, Aldous Huxley, Edith and Osbert Sitwell, D. H. Lawrence, the Imagists, John Middleton Murry, Eliot, and others, Patricia Clements describes the Baudelaire who is the creation of the English poets and identifies some major lines in the development of modernism in English literature. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.



Medieval Saints in Late Nineteenth Century French Culture

Author : Elizabeth Emery

Publisher : McFarland

Page : 262 pages

File Size : 36,10 MB

Release : 2004-08-02

Category : History

ISBN : 9780786417698

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Legends, tales, and mysteries featuring saints captivated the French at the end of the nineteenth century. As Jean Lorrain pointed out in an 1891 article for the popular weekly Le Courrier Francais, the seemingly simple language of the saints' lives, their noble battles between good and evil and the atmosphere of religious mysticism appealed to many, especially those involved in the visual and performing arts. Ironically The Third Republic (1870-1940), a regime that claimed to reinforce and institute the secular ideas of the French Revolution, was witness to this great popular interest in the saints and religious imagery. The eight essays in this work explore the popularity of the saints from the 1850s to the 1920s. The essays evaluate the role they played in literature, art, music, science, history and politics, examine portrayals of the saints' lives in both low and high culture (from children's literature, shadow plays and the popular press to literature, opera and theological studies), and reveal the prevalence of the saints in fin-de-siecle France.



Inheritance in Nineteenth-century French Culture

Author : Andrew J. Counter

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 216 pages

File Size : 30,13 MB

Release : 2017-07-05

Category : Foreign Language Study

ISBN : 1351562819

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The transmission of wealth between generations was not only a narrative commonplace in nineteenth-century France, but also a topic of considerable cultural anxiety and intense political debate. In this study, Andrew J. Counter draws on a wealth of previously unexplored material to show how the theme of inheritance in literature and beyond acquired ethical, historical and ideological connotations, and was vital to nineteenth-century French conceptions of the family and of the legacy of the Revolution. Weaving together fiction, drama, legal texts, historiographical thought and political writing, Inheritance in Nineteenth-Century French Culture teases out a complex leitmotiv that gives us a new understanding of nineteenth- century Frances sense of its own place in history. It also proposes innovative readings of writers as familiar as Honore de Balzac, George Sand, Guy de Maupassant and Emile Zola, while drawing attention to a range of neglected authors and works.



French Bourgeois Culture

Author : Béatrix Le Wita

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 182 pages

File Size : 43,39 MB

Release : 1994-06-16

Category : History

ISBN : 9780521466264

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Beatrix LeWita sets out to demonstrate that to be bourgeois one must master a system of words, gestures and objects that define a way of life, a particular culture. This ethnography aims to decode the culture that dominates France.



The Human Tradition in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era

Author : Ballard C. Campbell

Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Page : 260 pages

File Size : 43,98 MB

Release : 1999-12-01

Category : History

ISBN : 1461710863

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The period between 1870 and 1920 was one of the most dynamic in American history. This era witnessed the invention of the automobile, the establishment of women's suffrage, and the opening of the Panama Canal. While a time of great advancement, the Gilded Age and Progressive Era were also periods of uncertainty as Americans coped with corrupt politicians, unchecked big business, and a vast influx of immigrants. SR Books offers a new approach to this time period in its book The Human Tradition in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. This volume looks at the experiences of 13 people who contributed to the shaping of American culture and thought during this period. These concise accounts are written by leading historians and give students an intimate view of history. This is an excellent text for courses in American studies.



Work and Leisure in Late Nineteenth-Century French Literature and Visual Culture

Author : C. White

Publisher : Springer

Page : 259 pages

File Size : 37,71 MB

Release : 2014-06-25

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1137373075

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In this engaging new study, Claire White reveals how representations of work and leisure became the vehicle for anxieties and fantasies about class and alienation, affecting, in turn, the ways in which writers and artists understood their own cultural work.



The Cambridge Companion to Modern French Culture

Author : Nicholas Hewitt

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 380 pages

File Size : 43,58 MB

Release : 2003-09-11

Category : Literary Criticism

ISBN : 1107494478

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France entered the twentieth century as a powerful European and colonial nation. In the course of the century, her role changed dramatically: in the first fifty years two World Wars and economic decline removed its status as a world power, whilst the immediate post-war era was marked by wars of independence in its colonies. Yet at the same time, in the second half of the century, France entered a period of unprecedented growth and social transformation. Throughout the century and into the new millennium France retained its former international reputation as a centre for cultural excellence and innovation and its culture, together with that of the Francophone world, reflected the increased richness and diversity of the period. This 2003 Companion explores this vibrant culture, and includes chapters on history, language, literature, thought, theatre, architecture, visual culture, film and music, and discuss the contributions of popular culture, Francophone culture, minorities and women.



A Cruel Enigma

Author : Paul Bourget

Publisher :

Page : 280 pages

File Size : 48,76 MB

Release : 1887

Category : French fiction

ISBN :

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Encyclopedia of the Romantic Era, 1760–1850

Author : Christopher John Murray

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 1303 pages

File Size : 23,2 MB

Release : 2013-05-13

Category : History

ISBN : 1135455791

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In 850 analytical articles, this two-volume set explores the developments that influenced the profound changes in thought and sensibility during the second half of the eighteenth century and the first half of the nineteenth century. The Encyclopedia provides readers with a clear, detailed, and accurate reference source on the literature, thought, music, and art of the period, demonstrating the rich interplay of international influences and cross-currents at work; and to explore the many issues raised by the very concepts of Romantic and Romanticism.