| Introduction to Nineteenth-Century French Literature Contributor(s): Farrant, Tim (Author) |
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ISBN: 0715629077 ISBN-13: 9780715629079 Publisher: Bristol Classical Press OUR PRICE: $36.58 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2007 Annotation: Everyone knows something of 19th-century France - or do they? Les Mis??rables, La Dame aux Cam??lias and Les Trois Mousquetaires, Balzac and Jules Verne live in the popular consciousness as enduring human documents and cultural icons. Yet the French 19th century was even more dynamic than the stereotype suggests. This exciting new introduction takes the literature of the period both as a window on past and present mindsets and as an object of fascination in its own right. Beginning with history, the century??'s biggest problem and potential, it looks at narrative responses to historical, political and social experience, before devoting central chapters to poetry, drama and novels - all genres the century radically reinvented. It then explores numerous modernities, ways 19th-century writing and mentalities look forward to our own, before turning to marginalities - subjects and voices the canon traditionally forgot. No genre was left unchanged by the 19th century. This book will help to discover them anew. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | European - General - Literary Criticism | European - French |
| Physical Information: 0.62" H x 5.53" W x 8.59" (0.60 lbs) 160 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - French |
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| Publisher Description: Everyone knows something of nineteenth-century France - or do they? Les Miserables, The Lady of the Camelias and The Three Musketeers, Balzac and Jules Verne live in the popular consciousness as enduring human documents and cultural icons. Yet, the French nineteenth century was even more dynamic than the stereotype suggests. This exciting new introduction takes the literature of the period both as a window on past and present mindsets and as an object of fascination in its own right. Beginning with history, the century's biggest problem and potential, it looks at narrative responses to historical, political and social experience, before devoting central chapters to poetry, drama and novels - all genres the century radically reinvented. It then explores numerous modernities, ways nineteenth-century writing and mentalities look forward to our own, before turning to marginalities - subjects and voices the canon traditionally forgot. No genre was left unchanged by the nineteenth century. This book will help to discover them anew. |
