The French generation of 1820 / Alan B. Spitzer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Spitzer, Alan B. (Alan Barrie), 1925- author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Generations--France--History--19th century.

Generations.

France--History--Restoration, 1814-1830.

France.

France--Intellectual life--19th century.

France--Social conditions--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (353 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1987]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Alan Spitzer approaches the history of the French Restoration by examining the experience of a particular age group born between 1792 and 1803: the generation of 1820. A predominantly male, middle-class, educated minority of this group was perceived as representing all that was most promising and specifically youthful in the period. Their response to the pressures of transition was expressed in the fractious behavior of the youth of the schools,'' and in voluntary associations, masonic lodges, conspiratorial cells, and influential journals, which depended on a dense network of personal relationships. Professor Spitzer portrays these connections in a set of sociograms using new techniques for the visual representation of social networks.Originally published in 1987.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

CHAPTER 1. Introduction: The Generation as a Social Network

CHAPTER 2. Youth as the Age of Dissent

CHAPTER 3. Victor Cousin: The Professor as Guru

CHAPTER 4. The Globe: Flagship for a Generation

CHAPTER 5. The Muse Francaise, the Literary Orbit of Victor Hugo, and the Generational Fission of the Romantics

CHAPTER 6. The Producteur and the Search for a "New General Doctrine"

CHAPTER 7. Shared Assumptions and a Common Temper of Mind

CHAPTER 8. A Cohort of Laureats de Concours

CHAPTER 9. An Excess of Educated Men?

CHAPTER 10. Lost Illusions: Class and Generation Reconsidered

CHAPTER 11. A Conclusion and an Epilogue

Appendix A. 183 Members of the "Generation of 1820" as They Were Entered on a Two-Dimensional Matrix

Appendix B. A Sociogram of the Generation Network

Bibliography

Index

Backmatter

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages [299]-326.

ISBN:

0-691-63783-0

0-691-60957-8

1-4008-5857-7

OCLC:

889253996