Eccentricity and the Cultural Imagination in Nineteenth-Century Paris
Author | : Miranda Gill |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 341 |
Release | : 2009-01-15 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780199543281 |
ISBN-13 | : 0199543283 |
Rating | : 4/5 (283 Downloads) |
Download or read book Eccentricity and the Cultural Imagination in Nineteenth-Century Paris written by Miranda Gill and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2009-01-15 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What did it mean to call someone 'eccentric' in 19th-century Paris? Drawing on etiquette manuals, fashion magazines, newspapers, novels, and psychiatric treatises, this interdisciplinary study illuminates figures of Parisian modernity, from the courtesan and Bohemian to the female dandy and circus freak.