Literature and Revolution British Responses to the Paris Commune Of 1871.

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"Between March and May 1871, the Parisian Communards fought for a revolutionary alternative to the status quo grounded in a vision of internationalism, radical democracy and economic justice for the working masses that cut across national borders. The eventual defeat and bloody suppression of t...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Holland, Owen
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, 2022.
Series:Reinventions of the Paris Commune Ser.
Subjects:
1800-1899
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Literature and society > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Littérature anglaise > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature et société > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
HISTORY / General
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
English literature.
Literature and society.
Public opinion, English.
Paris (France) > History > Commune, 1871 > Literature and the commune.
Paris (France) > History > Commune, 1871 > Influence.
France > Foreign public opinion, English.
Paris (France) > Histoire > 1871 (Commune) > Influence.
France > Paris.
France.
Great Britain.
John Ruskin, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Eliza Lynn Linton, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Anne Thackeray Ritchie, Margaret Oliphant, George Gissing, Henry James, William Morris, Alfred Austin, H.G. Wells, Refugees, Revolution, When the Sleeper Wakes, Human Tragedy, The Pilgrims of Hope, Tragedy, Literature, Parisian Communards, revolutionary, internationalism, democracy, justice, working class, Commune, British literature, bourgeois, British writers, critical study, 19th century, nineteenth century, literary criticism, trauma, cultural studies, radical change, critical analysis, literary analysis, political literature, The Princess Casamassima, Workers in the Dawn, French Revolution, Historical literature.
Electronic books.
Literary criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction: A Commune in Literature
  • 2. Refugees, Renegades, and Misrepresentation: Edward Bulwer Lytton and Eliza Lynn Linton
  • 3. Dangerous Sympathies: Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Anne Thackeray Ritchie, and Margaret Oliphant
  • 4. "Dreams of the Coming Revolution": George Gissing's Workers in the Dawn
  • 5. Revolution and Ressentiment: Henry James's The Princess Casamassima
  • 6. The Uses of Tragedy: Alfred Austin's The Human Tragedy and William Morris's The Pilgrims of Hope
  • 7. "It Had to Come Back": H. G. Wells's When the Sleeper Wakes
  • 8. Conclusion: Looking without Seeing
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author

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