This volume explores the characteristics of the art and literature of the Second Empire in France; it examines the attitudes and positioning of artists and writers of the period in relation to a regime of dubious legitimacy, and the ways in which that regime exploited to its advantage the artistic capital available to it. -- .
Edited by:
David Baguley Other:
Rebecca Mortimer Imprint: Manchester University Press Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 216mm,
Width: 138mm,
Spine: 12mm
Weight: 263g ISBN:9780719085857 ISBN 10: 0719085853 Pages: 200 Publication Date:31 October 2012 Audience:
College/higher education
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Primary
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Illustrations Préface ARTS 1. Landscape in the Second Empire- Patricia Mainardi 2. Manet and the politics of art- Robert Lethbridge 3. Thomas Couture- Richard Hobbs 4. L'art de la fete sous le Second Empire- Rémi Delisson 5. Des artistes et des écrivains hauts fonctionnaires du Second Empire-Catherine Vercueil-Simion 6. Rhetorique de la grâce ou les lettres de George Sand au lendemain du 2 décembre 1851- Marie- Cécile Levet 7. Rocambole, le Second Empire et le Paris d'Haussmann- Catherine Dousteyssier-Khoze 8. Théophile Gautier- Peter Whyte 9. Claude Vignon- Laurence Brogniez 10. Zola et l'impressionisme- Gaël Bellalou -- .
David Baguley is Emeritus Professor of French at Durham University and the University of Western Ontario.
