Paris As Revolution

"In this absolutely powerful and innovative book, Priscilla Parkhurst Ferguson illuminates the complex links between the Revolution of 1789, the different revolutions that took place in 19th-century Paris, and two aesthetic forms characteristic of the cultural discourses of modernity: panoramic journalism and the realist and historical novels authored by Balzac, Flaubert, Hugo, Zola, and Vallegrave;s. A work of cultural history with stimulating implications,Paris as Revolutionis well-structured, carefully argued and problematized, and compelling in its scholarship."--Catherine Nesci, author ofLa Femme mode d'emploi "A fascinating and richly suggestive essay on the cultural geography of nineteenth-century Paris. It is imaginatively conceived, broad in its reach, boldly interdisciplinary. Ferguson's success in combining literary criticism, historical interpretation and sociological analysis to reconstruct the shifting meanings given to the experiences of urbanization and revolution is most impressive."--Jonathan Beecher, author ofCharles Fourier: The Visionary and His WorldFerguson, Priscilla P. is the author of 'Paris As Revolution' with ISBN 9780520086425 and ISBN 0520086422.