Bohemia in America, 1858-1920 /
Levin explores the construction and emergence of 'Bohemia' in American literature and culture. Simultaneously a literary trope, a cultural nexus, and a socio-economic landscape, 'la vie bohème' travelled to the United States from the Parisian Latin Quarter in the 1850s. At first...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Stanford, Calif. :
Stanford University Press,
2010.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Levin explores the construction and emergence of 'Bohemia' in American literature and culture. Simultaneously a literary trope, a cultural nexus, and a socio-economic landscape, 'la vie bohème' travelled to the United States from the Parisian Latin Quarter in the 1850s. At first the province of small artistic coteries, Bohemia soon inspired a popular vogue, embodied in restaurants, clubs, neighbourhoods, novels, poems, and dramatic performances across the country. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 469 pages) : illustrations, map |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 0804760837 9780804760836 9780804772549 0804772541 |