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Popular literature from nineteenth-century France
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- Book Synopsis
- 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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- ISBN
- 9781603294935
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Modern Language Association of America, (15 December 2020)
- Number of Pages
- 277
- Weight
- 352 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 226 x 152 x 25 mm
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