Heroes and legends of fin-de-siecle France : gender, politics, and national identity / / Venita Datta.
"In Heroes and Legends of Fin-de-Siecle France Venita Datta examines representations of fictional and real heroes in the boulevard theater and mass press during the fin de siecle (1880-1914), illuminating the role of gender in the construction of national identity during this formative period o...
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| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 264 p. :; ill. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : the fin-de-siecle cult of heroes
- 1. Gender, class, and heroism in the Bazar de la Charite fire of 1897
- 2. Cyrano : a hero for the fin de siecle?
- 3. 'L'appel au soldat' : visions of the Napoleonic legend in popular culture
- 4. On the boulevards : representations of Joan of Arc in the popular theater
- 5. Opium, gambling, and the demimondaine : the Ullmo spy case of 1907-1908
- Conclusion : from one war to the next : the end of heroes?.