Representing the French Revolution: Literature, Historiography, and Art - Softcover

 
9780874515862: Representing the French Revolution: Literature, Historiography, and Art
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ISBN 10: 0874515866 ISBN 13: 9780874515862
Publisher: Dartmouth College Press, 1992

Synopsis

Why is the anniversary of the French Revolution celebrated on July 14, the day the Bastille was stormed, rather than on August 26, the day the Declaration of the Rights of Man was signed? Why don’t the French do as the Americans, who see their revolution epitomized by the signing of the Declaration of Independence? “There is surely something to be learned from contemplating the difference between these two ways of representing a revolution,” writes James Heffernan. In this volume, he and 13 other distinguished scholars consider representations of the French Revolution in literature, historical narratives, and art as central to understanding it. Challenging the idea that history is a body of fact separable from fictions wrought by literature and the visual arts, they show that study of a major historical event inevitably leads to study of representation.

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About the Author

James A. W. Heffernan is a professor of English at Dartmouth College.

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Publisher
Dartmouth College Press
Publication date
1992
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0874515866
ISBN 13 
9780874515862
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
304
Editor
Heffernan James A. W.

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