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.

Edinburgh critical studies in Atlantic literatures and cultures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Commune (Paris : 1871).

Public opinion--United States.

Public opinion.

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

Political culture.

Paris (France)--History--Commune, 1871--Public opinion.

Paris (France).

France--Foreign public opinion, American.

France.

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

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 228 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh University Press 2016

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Remaps the borders of transatlantic feeling and resituates the role of international memory in U.S. culture in the long nineteenth century and beyond.<p>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. Throughout, it uncovers how a foreign revolution came back to life as a domestic commodity, and why for decades another nation's memory came to feel so much our own. 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.</p>Key Features<ul><li>Multi-disciplinary study of the cultural legacy of the Paris Commune in both mainstream and leftist U.S. memory</li><li>Contributes to recent work on the global dimensions of pre-Popular front radical culture in the US</li><li>Addresses a critical ongoing blind spot in American Studies by extending the borders of transatlantic affiliation beyond the confines of Anglo-American attachments</li><li>Offers innovative readings of well-known and altogether neglected cultural texts</li></ul>

Contents:

Framing the pétroleuse : postbellum poetry and the visual culture of gender panic

Becoming Americans in Paris : the Commune as frontier in turn-of-the-century adventure fiction

Radical calendars : the Commune rising in postbellum internationalism

Tasting space : sights of the commune in Henry Jame's Paris.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 10 May 2017).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Mai 2022)

ISBN:

9781474426800

1474426808

9781474411226

1474411223

9781474411219

1474411215

OCLC:

1301548692

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access