Sensational internationalism : the Paris Commune and the remapping of American memory in the long nineteenth century / J. Michelle Coghlan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coghlan, J. Michelle, 1978- author.

Series:

Edinburgh critical studies in Atlantic literatures and cultures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political culture--United States--History--19th century.

Political culture.

Revolutions and socialism.

United States.

History.

Public opinion--United States.

Public opinion.

Revolutions and socialism--France--Influence.

Paris (France)--History--Commune, 1871--Influence.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Revolutions and socialism--Influence.

France.

France--Paris.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 228 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2016]

Summary:

In refocusing attention on the Paris Commune as a key event in American political and cultural memory, Sensational Internationalism radically changes our understanding of the relationship between France and the United States in the long nineteenth century. It offers fascinating, remarkably accessible readings of a range of literary works, from periodical poetry and boys' adventure fiction to radical pulp and the writings of Henry James, as well as a rich analysis of visual, print, and performance culture, from post-bellum illustrated weeklies and panoramas to agit-prop pamphlets and Coney Island pyrotechnic shows. This book will speak to readers looking to understand the affective, cultural, and aesthetic afterlives of revolt and revolution pre-and-post Occupy Wall Street, as well as those interested in space, gender, performance, and transatlantic print culture.

Contents:

1 Framing the Pétroleuse: Postbellum Poetry and the Visual Culture of Gender Panic 23

2 Becoming Americans in Paris: The Commune as Frontier in Turn-of-the-Century Adventure Fiction 52

3 Radical Calendars: The Commune Rising in Postbellum Internationalism 79

4 Tasting Space: Sights of the Commune in Henry James's Paris 105

5 Restaging Horror: Insurgent Memories of the Commune in the 1930s 130.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 160-214) and index.

ISBN:

9781474411202

1474411207

OCLC:

950450607