In the course of the nineteenth century France built up a colonial empire second only to Britain's. The literary tradition in which it dealt with its colonial '

In the course of the nineteenth century France built up a colonial empire second only to Britain's. The literary tradition in which it dealt with its colonial '

This book examines the transnational phenomenon of Japonisme in the exoticist and “autoexoticist” literature of the late nineteenth century. Focusing on the

With the possible exception of Great Britain, France can justifiably lay claim to possess the richest literary history of any country in Western Europe. This bo

Following the American Revolution, French observers often viewed the United States as a laboratory for the forging of new practices of liberté and égalité, i