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The City in French Writing/Ecrire La Ville Au Dix-huitieme Siecle: The Eighteenth-Century Experience
Siofra Pierse
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Description for The City in French Writing/Ecrire La Ville Au Dix-huitieme Siecle: The Eighteenth-Century Experience
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The city intrigues and fascinates in every era. In this book, the author explores images of urban life and the city as depicted in 18th-century French writings, with particular reference to Paris, Geneva and the utopian ideal. The 18th-century French city posed particular challenges to writer and citizen alike, presenting possibilities and pitfalls specific to the pre-Revolutionary decades. In contrast to previous studies of the beautiful or of the imaginary city, these essays in this collection consider everyday life on the streets of the metropolis, providing an outlook that is novel and markedly distinct. Most striking is the dramatic change ... Read more
The city intrigues and fascinates in every era. In this book, the author explores images of urban life and the city as depicted in 18th-century French writings, with particular reference to Paris, Geneva and the utopian ideal. The 18th-century French city posed particular challenges to writer and citizen alike, presenting possibilities and pitfalls specific to the pre-Revolutionary decades. In contrast to previous studies of the beautiful or of the imaginary city, these essays in this collection consider everyday life on the streets of the metropolis, providing an outlook that is novel and markedly distinct. Most striking is the dramatic change ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9781904558088
SKU
V9781904558088
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99-2
Reviews for The City in French Writing/Ecrire La Ville Au Dix-huitieme Siecle: The Eighteenth-Century Experience
"[has] the virtue of examining a theme that has received surprisingly little critical attention while at the same time bringing to the fore less-known authors and texts." CHOICE April 2005 "This collection of well-written and informative essays enriches our understanding and appreciation of the crucial role that urban life, and Paris in particular, played in the fiction ... Read more