Paris as revolution : writing the nineteenth-century city / Priscilla Parkhurst Ferguson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ferguson, Priscilla Parkhurst.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

French literature--19th century--History and criticism.

French literature.

Politics and literature--France--Paris--History--19th century.

Literature and history--France--Paris--History--19th century.

Revolutionary literature, French--History and criticism.

Revolutionary literature, French.

French literature--France--Paris--History and criticism.

Literature and history.

History.

Politics and literature.

Paris (France)--Intellectual life--19th century.

City and town life in literature.

Cities and towns in literature.

Paris (France)--In literature.

Revolutions in literature.

France--Paris.

Physical Description:

xiv, 261 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, 1997.

Summary:

In this engaging book, Priscilla Ferguson locates the originality and modernity of nineteenth-century French literature in the intersection of the city with-revolution. A cultural geography, Paris As Revolution "reads" the nineteenth-century city not in literary works alone but across a broad spectrum of urban icons and narratives.

Notes:

1st pkb. printing.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-257) and index.

ISBN:

0520208870

9780520208872

OCLC:

37378660