Perfume on the Page in Nineteenth-Century France /

Perfume on the Page in Nineteenth-Century France / / Cheryl Krueger.

Despite long-standing assertions that languages, including French and English, cannot sufficiently communicate the experience of smell, much of France's nineteenth-century literature has gained praise for its memorable evocation of odours. As French perfume was industrialized, democratized, cos...

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Krueger, Cheryl ,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2023]
2023
Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
Series:University of Toronto Romance Series
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Physical Description:1 online resource (382 p.) :; 15 colour illustrations, 29 b&w illustrations, 1 b&w figure
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • Notes on Translations, Sources, and Previously Published Material
  • Introduction: Something in the Air
  • 1 In a Violet Sillage
  • 2 The Language of Flowers and Silent Things
  • 3 Confused Words?
  • 4 The Osmazome of Literature
  • 5 Perfumed Letters and Signature Scents
  • 6 Smelling (of) Iris
  • 7 Decadent Perfuming
  • Epilogue: Cooked Apples and Exotic Perfumes
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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