History in the text : "Quatrevingt-treize" and the French Revolution / Sandy Petrey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Petrey, Sandy.

Series:

Purdue University monographs in Romance languages ; 3.

Purdue University monographs in Romance languages ; v. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historical fiction, French--History and criticism.

Historical fiction, French.

France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799--Literature and the revolution.

France.

Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885. Quatrevingt-treize.

Hugo, Victor.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (137 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : J. Benjamins, 1980.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The title of this study "History in the text" is an oxymoronic phrase, and by this, the main focus of the book is clear immediately. On the other hand, there still remains the question to what extent text and history are comparable. The author of this volume tries to answer this by discussing the famous novel of Victor Hugo Quatrevingt-Treize against the background of the French Revolution.

Contents:

HISTORY IN THE TEXT: ""Quatrevingt-Treize"" and the French Revolution; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Children Belong with Their Mother; 2. Meanwhile the Sun Is Rising; 3. Pastoraland Historical Discourse: Some Absolutes Are More Absolute than Others; 4. Il y a des mots qui font vivre; 1. What we have here is a failure to communicate.; 2. Ou on en a eu; 5. Can a Good Deed Be a Bad Deed?; 6. The Impotence of Speech; 7. Those Parisians Storming Heaven; Notes; Selected Bibliography

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Bibliography: p. [127]-129.

ISBN:

1-283-35976-6

9786613359766

90-272-8103-3

OCLC:

769342199