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Art and Literature of the Second Empire

Durham Modern Languages

By: David Baguley (Editor)

Paperback

Published: 1st June 2011
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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.

Illustrations
Preface
Pr©face
ARTS
Landscape in the Second Empire- Patricia Mainardi
Manet and the politics of art- Robert Lethbridge
Thomas Couture- Richard Hobbs
L'art de la fete sous le Second Empire- R©mi Delisson
Des artistes et des ©crivains hauts fonctionnaires du Second Empire-Catherine Vercueil-Simion
Rhetorique de la gróce ou les lettres de George Sand au lendemain du 2 d©cembre 1851- Marie- C©cile Levet
Rocambole, le Second Empire et le Paris d'Haussmann- Catherine Dousteyssier-Khoze
Th©ophile Gautier- Peter Whyte
Claude Vignon- Laurence Brogniez
Zola et l'impressionisme- Ga½l Bellalou
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ISBN: 9780719085857
ISBN-10: 0719085853
Series: Durham Modern Languages
Audience: Tertiary; University or College
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 200
Published: 1st June 2011
Dimensions (cm): 21.59 x 13.97  x 1.168
Weight (kg): 0.259