The spectacular past : popular history and the novel in nineteenth-century France /

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Samuels shows how new technologies allowed a cult of the spectacle to pervade the national consciousness of post-Revolutionary France, & argues that the realist fiction of Balzac & Stendhal was a reaction to the spectacular mode of historical representation.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Samuels, Maurice
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2004.
Subjects:
Stendhal.
Scott, Walter.
Balzac, Honoré de.
1800-1899
French fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
History in literature.
Roman français > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Histoire dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > French.
French fiction.
Historischer Roman
Geschichtsbild
Geschiedschrijving.
Romans.
Roman.
Französisch.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Showing the past
  • Spectacular histories
  • Napoleon takes the stage
  • Scott comes to France
  • Balzac's spectacular revolution
  • Stendhal's historical role
  • Conclusion.

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