Paris by Patrice Higonnet
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.
"This beautifully produced study of Paris - elegant layout, many illustrations - adopts a 'mythic' approach to the city's tumultuous, many-faceted past..[This] is the kind of history of Paris we might expect from a Roland Barthes (cf. Mythologiques) or Walter Benjamin (cf. The Arcades Project). If this prospect excites you, here is your book." - Michael Dirda, Washington Post; "Already known for his incisive books on eighteenth-century France and the French Revolution, Higonnet will now be celebrated as the author of a beautifully produced work on the Paris of a century ago... All Francophiles will be enriched by this book and grateful to both the author and his perfect translator. A rich and intelligent tour of Paris by an erudite guide with an acerbic, playful mind and a passionate heart."; - Stanley Hoffman, Foreign Affairs "[Higonnet's] wide learning is worn lightly, and his technique is a pointilliste application of quotations, incidents and images." - Robert Tombs, Times Literary Supplement"
Patrice Higonnet Patrice Higonnet was born in Paris in 1938. He was educated in American, French, and English universities and is currently the Goelet Professor of History at Harvard University. He has written books on the compared history of the French and the American Revolutions, and on French history and culture, most recently Paris: Capital of the World(Harvard University Press, 2005). He has also had numerous articles published in renowned academic journals, as well as reviews in the Times Literary Supplement, the London Review, the New York Review of Books, and the New York Times Book Review.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780674008878 |
| ISBN 10 | 0674008871 |
| Title | Paris |
| Author | Patrice Higonnet |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Harvard University Press |
| Year published | 2002-10-18 |
| Number of pages | 448 |
| Prizes | Winner of Independent Publisher Book Awards (History) 2003 |
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