Popular Literature from Nineteenth-Century France: English Translation Paperback / softback
by Masha Belenky, Anne O'Neil-Henry
Part of the Texts and Translations series
Paperback / softback
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The city of Paris experienced rapid transformation in the middle of the nineteenth century: the population grew, industry and commerce increased, and barriers between social classes diminished.
Innovations in printing and distribution gave rise to new mass-market genres: literary guidebooks known as tableaux de Paris and illustrated physiologies examined urban social types and fashions for a broad audience of Parisians hungry to explore and understand their changing society.
The works in this volume offer a lively, humorous tour of the manners and characters of the flâneur (a leisurely wanderer), the grisette (a young working-class woman), the gamin (a street urchin), and more.
While the names of authors such as Paul de Kock are no longer familiar, their works still open a window onto a vivid time and place.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:292 pages
- Publisher:Modern Language Association of America
- Publication Date:30/12/2020
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- ISBN:9781603294966
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:292 pages
- Publisher:Modern Language Association of America
- Publication Date:30/12/2020
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- ISBN:9781603294966
