Writers and Revolution
Author | : Jonathan Beecher |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 495 |
Release | : 2021-04-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781108905237 |
ISBN-13 | : 1108905234 |
Rating | : 4/5 (234 Downloads) |
Download or read book Writers and Revolution written by Jonathan Beecher and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-04-01 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on the efforts of nine European intellectuals, including Tocqueville, Flaubert and Marx, to make sense of 1848, Jonathan Beecher casts a fresh and engaging perspective on the experience and impact of the Revolution, and on why, within two generations, a democratic revolution had twice culminated in the dictatorship of a Napoleon.