Calendar in Revolutionary France - Perceptions of Time in Literature, Culture, Politics

This study explores the reinvention of the calendar during the French Revolution and its long-lasting cultural effects.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. From myth to lived experience: the literary and cultural origins of the revolutionary calendar; 2. Between the volcano and the sun: Sylvain Maréchal against his time; 3. History and nature: the double origins of Republican time; 4. Death by volcano: revolutionary terror and the problem of year II; 5. Unenthusiastic memory: imagining the festive calendar; 6. Perishable Enlightenment: wearing out the calendar; 7. The end of the lyrical Revolution and the calendar's piecemeal decline; Conclusion; Chronology of Gregorian and Republican calendars; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Sanja Perovic is Lecturer in the French Department at King's College London.

Summary

This study traces the course of the Revolutionary Calendar, from its cultural origins to its decline and fall. Sanja Perovic reconsiders the status of the French Revolution as the purported 'origin' of modernity, the modern experience of time, and the relationship between the imagination and political action.

Product details

• Authors: Sanja Perovic, Sanja (King''s College London) Perovic, Perovic Sanja
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2015
• EAN: 9781107566453
• ISBN: 978-1-107-56645-3
• No. of pages: 292
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Cultural Studies, France, European History, HISTORY / Social History, HISTORY / Europe / France, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / French, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, c 1500 onwards to present day, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Social and cultural history, Literary studies: general, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800