Grotesque Figures by Virginia E Swain

Grotesque Figures by Virginia E Swain

Offering a novel reading of Baudelaire's ambivalent engagement with the eighteenth-century, Grotesque Figures examines nineteenth-century ideological debates over French identity, Rousseau's political and artistic legacy, the aesthetic and political significance of the rococo, and the presence of the grotesque in the modern.

Grotesque Figures is an important work that rethinks the boundary between eighteenth and nineteenth century studies, offering nuanced interpretations of Rousseau, Baudelaire, and the modernity they representFrench Forum 2005 This well argued text on pantomime offers a fascinating investigation of a subgenre of British theater. -- Elisabeth Heard Scriblerian 2006 A fresh context for looking at Baudelaire. -- Patricia A. Ward L'Esprit Createur 2006 Swain's wonderful explication of 'La Corde' alone is worth the price of the book. -- Johnson Kent Wright Journal of Modern History 2006 Her comparative analysis of Rousseau's writings and Baudelaire's prose poems are often breathtakingly original, themselves extraordinary hybrids of the social, the historical, the political, and the poetic. -- Tammy Berberi Journal of the Midwest Modern Language Association 2007 Swain's reading of Baudelaire's reception of Rousseau is provocative and stimulating. -- Thomas Cooksey South Atlantic Review 2008

Virginia E. Swain is professor of French at Dartmouth College.

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ISBN 13	9780801879456
ISBN 10	0801879450
Title	Grotesque Figures
Author	Virginia E Swain
Series	Parallax: Re-Visions Of Culture And Society
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Johns Hopkins University Press
Year published	2004-12-03
Number of pages	288
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