Paris, capital of the world
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Paris, capital of the world
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2002
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Paris, capitale du monde
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [439]-466) and index
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ISBN 9780674008878
Description
In an original and evocative journey through modern Paris from the mid-eighteenth century to World War II, Patrice Higonnet offers a delightful cultural portrait of a multifaceted, continually changing city. He explores Paris as the capital of revolution, science, empire, literature, and art, describing such incarnations as Belle Epoque Paris, the Commune, the surrealists' city, and Paris as viewed through American eyes. He also evokes the more visceral Paris of alienation, crime, material excess, and sensual pleasure.
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: pbk ISBN 9780674017580
Description
In an original and evocative journey through modern Paris from the mid-eighteenth century to World War II, Patrice Higonnet offers a delightful cultural portrait of a multifaceted, continually changing city. He explores Paris as the capital of revolution, science, empire, literature, and art, describing such incarnations as Belle Epoque Paris, the Commune, the surrealists' city, and Paris as viewed through American eyes. He also evokes the more visceral Paris of alienation, crime, material excess, and sensual pleasure.
Table of Contents
1. A City of Myths 2. Capital of the Modern Self 3. Capital of Revolution 4. Mysterious Capital of Crime 5. Negative Myths of La Parisienne 6. Capital of Science 7. Reading the Parisian Myths 8. The Urban Machine 9. Capital of Alienation 10. Paris in the World 11. Three Literary Visions 12. Capital of Pleasure 13. The American Imagination 14. From Myth to Phantasmagoria 15. The Surrealists' Quest 16. Capital of Art 17. A Universal City
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