Remembering Paris in Text and Film

For Baudelaire, Paris streets conjured visions of the past even as he contemplated the present. This book investigates this and other cases of double vision, tracing back into antiquity and following Baudelaire forwards as his poetry is translated, received and referenced through text and film to the twentieth century and beyond. 8 b/w illus.

About the author

Alistair Rolls is associate professor of French studies at the University of Newcastle, Australia. His research is in the fields of twentieth-century French and English literature, with an especial focus on crime fiction.
Marguerite Johnson is professor of classics at the University of Newcastle, Australia. Her areas of expertise include classical reception, including the influence of Sappho in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Paris.

Summary

For Baudelaire, Paris streets conjured visions of the past even as he contemplated the present. This book investigates this and other cases of double vision, tracing back into antiquity and following Baudelaire forwards as his poetry is translated, received and referenced through text and film to the twentieth century and beyond. 8 b/w illus.

Product details

• Assisted by: Rolls Alistair (Editor), Alistair Rolls (Editor), Marguerite Johnson (Editor)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 01.05.2023
• Subject: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet
• EAN: 9781789387605
• ISBN: 978-1-78938-760-5
• Illustrations: 8 b&w images, Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Dimensions (packing): 17 x 24.4 x 1.3 cm
• Weight (packing): 381 g
• Subjects: France, POETRY / General, Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / French, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Modernism, Paris (City), Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Modern and contemporary poetry (c 1900 onwards), Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Individual Film Directors, Film-Makers, PERFORMING ARTS / Individual Director