Eccentricity and the Cultural Imagination in Nineteenth-Century Paris
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Eccentricity and the Cultural Imagination in Nineteenth-Century Paris by Miranda Gill
What did it mean to call someone 'eccentric' in 19th-century Paris? Drawing on etiquette manuals, fashion magazines, newspapers, novels, and psychiatric treatises, this interdisciplinary study illuminates figures of Parisian modernity, from the courtesan and Bohemian to the female dandy and circus freak.
an exhaustive, scholarly, and rigorous account of the many forms that eccentricity took * Elizabeth Rechniewski, Times Higher Education *
well researched and historically sensitive.. * Graham Robb, London Review of Books *
Ms. Gill recounts the varieties of Parisian eccentricity with academic thoroughness, ranging over a wide variety of sources * The Wall Street Journal *
the book is a fund of information and insights, and it offers a subtle, sympathetic and illuminating new reading of the nineteenth century * Timothy Unwin, French Studies *
this book will serve as an invaluable reference for students, scholars, and all those interested in nineteenth-century French cultural studies
The depth and richness of this interdisciplinary study is remarkable. The flawlessness of the prose and erudition of the vocabulary make the book a pleasure to read ... an exquisitely written book. * Melissa Wittmeier, H-France Review *
well researched and historically sensitive.. * Graham Robb, London Review of Books *
Ms. Gill recounts the varieties of Parisian eccentricity with academic thoroughness, ranging over a wide variety of sources * The Wall Street Journal *
the book is a fund of information and insights, and it offers a subtle, sympathetic and illuminating new reading of the nineteenth century * Timothy Unwin, French Studies *
this book will serve as an invaluable reference for students, scholars, and all those interested in nineteenth-century French cultural studies
The depth and richness of this interdisciplinary study is remarkable. The flawlessness of the prose and erudition of the vocabulary make the book a pleasure to read ... an exquisitely written book. * Melissa Wittmeier, H-France Review *
Miranda Gill was educated at St John's College and Christ Church, Oxford, and was subsequently a research fellow at Pembroke College, Cambridge. Since 2005 she has been a university lecturer in French at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Jesus College.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780199543281 |
| ISBN 10 | 0199543283 |
| Title | Eccentricity and the Cultural Imagination in Nineteenth-Century Paris |
| Author | Miranda Gill |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2009-01-15 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
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