Headless History : Nineteenth-Century French Historiography of the Revolution / Linda Orr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Orr, Linda, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

France.

West European History.

Local Subjects:

France.

West European History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 p.) : 2 b&w illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Linda Orr's Headless History investigates a variety of works by nineteenth-century French writers who attempted to address the major social and historical issues raised by the French Revolution. She discusses both prominent and neglected figures: Michelet, Tocqueville, Baudelaire, Flaubert, Lamartine, Thiers, Blanc, and Quinet. Orr points out that these writers worried in print about their own readership, their personal connection with the history they were writing about, and the predicaments of their time. She makes use of the personal elements in the narratives as a means of viewing nineteenth-century responses to issues that continue to concern-and confound-modern historians.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

I. Constituting the Corpus

II. The Laws of Reading: Narrative Teleology and Romantic Historiography

III. The Problem of Legitimacy: The Popular Authority of Romantic Historiography

IV. The Freedom and Terror of Unknowable History: A Reading of Tocqueville

V. The Blind Spot of History: Writing or Logography

VI. Conclusion: Inconclusive History

Appendix. Publication Figures

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Feb 2020)

ISBN:

1-5017-3739-2

OCLC:

1143813059