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9780271019314: Panorama of Paris: Selections from "Tableau de Paris"
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ISBN 10 : 027101931X ISBN 13 : 9780271019314
Editeur : Penn State University Press, 1999

Synopsis

Panorama of Paris offers English-language readers an introduction to one of the forgotten masterpieces of French literature, Louis-Sébastien Mercier's twelve-volume Le Tableau de Paris (published from 1781 to 1788), an important and original work that helped shape many kinds of French writing. Colorfully written, the text provides a fascinating portrait of everyday life in Paris on the eve of the French Revolution, describing the interactions of workers, street peddlers, prostitutes, police spies, actresses, noblemen, parish priests, servants, and criminals. Based on Helen Simpson's lively 1933 abridged translation, this edition includes seven newly translated chapters and an introduction by Jeremy D. Popkin.

Earlier authors had described Paris's monuments and the lives of its wealthy elites, but Mercier was the first to try to capture in words the texture of its everyday life. His text, contemporary with Rousseau's Confessions, is the first attempt to write the autobiography of a unique urban community. His writing deeply influenced Balzac and other nineteenth-century French novelists and continues to serve as a major source of social and cultural history for French historians.

Panorama of Paris will fascinate all lovers of Paris and its history. It should be of special interest to students of French literature and history, and to anyone interested in the origins of modern attitudes toward city life.

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À propos de l'auteur

Jeremy D. Popkin is Professor of History at the University of Kentucky. His books include Revolutionary News: The Press in France, 1789-1799 (1990) and A Short History of the French Revolution (1998).

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Éditeur
Penn State University Press
Date d'édition
1999
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
027101931X
ISBN 13 
9780271019314
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
246
Éditeur
Popkin Jeremy
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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