The New Bibliopolis : French Book Collectors and the Culture of Print, 1880-1914 /
The late-nineteenth century in Europe was a period of profound political, social, and technological change. One result of these changes was the rise in France of an upper-bourgeois bohemian class. Many of its members stimulated interest in unique forms of artistic expression such as illustrated book...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés Francés |
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Toronto [Ont.] :
University of Toronto Press,
2008
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction. New Bibliopolis
- 1. Books Worthy of Our Era? Octave Uzanne, Technology, and the Luxury Book
- 2. Ancients against Moderns: Bibliophilia at the Fin de Siecle
- 3. Everything to the Moderns: Independent and Contemporary Bibliophiles
- 4. Artist and Amateur in the Creation of Fin-de-Siecle Illustrated Books
- 5. Unpacking His Library. Robert de Montesquiou and the Aesthetics of the Book
- 6. Enemies of Books? Women and the Bibliophilic Imagination
- 7. Conclusion: The End of Books?