Paris and the Nineteenth Century

Paris and the Nineteenth Century
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Publisher : Blackwell Publishing
Total Pages : 283
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ISBN-10 : 0631196943
ISBN-13 : 9780631196945
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Book Synopsis Paris and the Nineteenth Century by : Christopher Prendergast

Download or read book Paris and the Nineteenth Century written by Christopher Prendergast and published by Blackwell Publishing. This book was released on 1995-02-27 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paris and the Nineteenth Century moves between social and cultural history, literature, painting and photography. At its heart lies a series of readings of major nineteenth century texts - by Balzac, Hugo, Baudelaire, Michelet, Flaubert, Zola, Valles, Laforgue and others. In each of these texts the city becomes a matter for and problem of representation. Prendergast concludes by sketching some perspectives which join the pre-modern Paris of the nineteenth century to the postmodern city of the late twentieth century.


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