The city of Paris experienced rapid transformation in the middle of the nineteenth century: the population grew, industry and commerce increased, and barriers between social classes diminished. Innovations in printing and distribution gave rise to new mass-market genres: literary guidebooks known as tableaux de Paris and illustrated physiologies examined urban social types and fashions for a broad audience of Parisians hungry to explore and understand their changing society. The works in this volume offer a lively, humorous tour of the manners and characters of the flâneur (a leisurely wanderer), the grisette (a young working-class woman), the gamin (a street urchin), and more. While authors such as Paul de Kock are little known today, their works still open a window onto a vivid time and place.
Paperback
Publication Date: 30/12/2020
- ISBN:
- 9781603294966
- 9781603294966
- Category:
- Literature: history & criticism
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 30-12-2020
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Modern Language Association of America
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Dimensions (mm):
- 215.9x139.7x15.24mm
- Weight:
- 0.34kg
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