Popular Literature from Nineteenth-Century France: English Translation

An English translation of humorous works published in French for a mass audience. Describes the changing society of nineteenth-century Paris, featuring character types such as the flaneur, the grisette, the gamin, and the bourgeois. Includes texts by Paul de Kock, Honoré de Balzac, Delphine de Girardin, Louis Huart, and others.

Summary

The works in this volume offer a lively, humorous tour of the manners and characters of the flâneur (a leisurely wanderer), the grisette (a young working-class woman), the gamin (a street urchin), and more. While the names of authors are no longer familiar, their works still open a window onto a vivid time and place.

Product details

• Authors: Masha Belenky, Anne O'Neil-Henry
• Assisted by: Masha Belenky (Translation), Anne O'Neil-Henry (Translation)
• Publisher: Modern Language Association of America
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781603294966
• ISBN: 978-1-60329-496-6
• No. of pages: 292
• Dimensions: 216 mm x 140 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 342 g
• Series: Texts and Translations; MLA Texts and Translations
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies