Paris and the Nineteenth Century
Author | : Christopher Prendergast |
Publisher | : Blackwell Publishing |
Total Pages | : 283 |
Release | : 1995-02-27 |
ISBN-10 | : 0631196943 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780631196945 |
Rating | : 4/5 (945 Downloads) |
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.