Parisians And Provincials

Author : Alexandre Dumas
Publisher : Red Sea Press(NJ)
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Fiction
ISBN : IND:30000043745011

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Parisians and Provincials by Alexandre Dumas Pdf

In an exciting and productive life, Alexandre Dumas produced a number of novels, plays and poetry, celebrated in France and Europe, some of which were made into films, teledramas, radio plays, etc. Here, for the first time in English is a translation of one of Dumas' forgotten gems, a novella, first published in a French journal in 1885. Set in Dumas' birthplace, Villiers-Cotterets, and amongst the Parisian bourgeoisie of the mid-19th century, it tells the story of romance - the marriage of the merchant bourgeois, prosy and pompous Monsieur Peluche, manufacturer and dealer of artificial fruit and flowers, and his easy going, sporting friend in the country, Madeleine. The former is the father of a beautiful, rosy, innocent daughter, Camille, the latter the father-figure for his dead best friend's son, Henri. Written with a keen sense of irony, satire, and twists in plotting, the novel reveals Dumas' keen eye for romance and also exhibits his interest in matters of race.

Author : William Peniston
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136572999

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Pederasts and Others by William Peniston Pdf

Examine how a community of support in Nineteenth-Century Paris became a blueprint for modern sexual identity! A unique social history, Pederasts and Others: Urban Culture and Sexual Identity in Nineteenth-Century Paris is a valuable addition to the growing field of gay and lesbian studies. The book examines the interaction between the city's male homosexual subculture and Parisian authority figures who attempted to maintain political and social order during the early years of the French Third Republic by using laws against public indecency and sexual assault to treat same-sex sexuality as a crime. Faced with a constant cycle of surveillance, harassment, and arrest, the city's gay men survived the hostile urban environment by forming a community of support that had a widespread and lasting influence on the development of modern sexual identities. Pederasts and Others: Urban Culture and Sexual Identity in Nineteenth-Century Paris is based on a statistical analysis of more than 800 working-class and middle-class men who were arrested or investigated by Parisian police between 1873 and 1879. Their stories, presented through long and short case studies, represent nearly 2,000 names recorded by police in “Pederasts and Others,” a ledger detailing the arrests of male homosexuals for public offenses against decency and other minor offenses. (The term “pederast” identified those suspected of same-sex sexual activity, not the modern definition that indicates homosexual relations with a minor.) The ledger entries reveal specific habits, attitudes, values, and characteristics about these men that set them apart—the same traits that identified them as part of a community based on their behavior and relationships. Pederasts and Others: Urban Culture and Sexual Identity in Nineteenth-Century Paris examines: the forces of authority the laws regarding same-sex sexual behavior the role of the police the role of the magistrates the role of the doctors the common characteristics of the city's male homosexual subculture the sexual behaviors of the Paris underground the geography of the subculture and takes an expanded look at three case studies: “A Decadent Aristocrat and A Delinquent Boy” “Pederasts, Prostitutes, and Pickpockets” “Love and Death in Gay Paris” Pederasts and Others: Urban Culture and Sexual Identity in Nineteenth-Century Paris also includes tables, appendices, and maps linked to statistical data. The book is an essential resource for historians, sociologists, sexologists, criminologists, and other scholars working in the fields of gay and lesbian studies, urban studies, social and cultural history, and French history.

Author : Nina M. Athanassoglou-Kallmyer
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2003-05
Category : Art
ISBN : 0226423085

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Cezanne and Provence by Nina M. Athanassoglou-Kallmyer Pdf

Discusses painter Paul Cézanne's 1886 departure from Paris to his native city, Aix-en-Provence, arguing that it was related to French regionalist politics of the time, and shows how the move affected his art.

Author : Michelle
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-23
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781796034141

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A Passport to Me by Michelle Pdf

“I sat, lost in thought, on that plane to France. Illinois was my home, but I felt like an outsider. Haiti was the place of my birth, but I no longer felt like I belonged. The thing at the heart of all this was that I clung to the French language and culture. Maybe, just maybe, France and the French language held the key to finding a place of my own amongst mankind.” The previous passage is an excerpt from the book’s preface. Shortly after graduation, Michelle felt this inexorable feeling to leave in search of God’s will for her life—a journey that would change her and close the door to her innocence and her ignorance. A Passport to Me takes you on a delightful journey. The people you will meet will make you laugh and cry, but most importantly, you will gain a better appreciation for traveling.

Author : Philip Gilbert Hamerton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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French & English a Comparison by Philip Gilbert Hamerton Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Group reading
ISBN : UOM:39015067932544

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The Bay View Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : Philip Gilbert Hamerton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Electronic
ISBN : ONB:+Z319495209

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French and English by Philip Gilbert Hamerton Pdf

Author : Brian Chapman
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781040041116

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The Prefects and Provincial France by Brian Chapman Pdf

Originally published in 1955, this book traces the history of the Corps from its foundation in 1800, the successive stages in the career of a Prefect, his or her legal powers and influence on the social, political and economic life of the country. As well as being an original piece of research, it provides an absorbing picture of life in provincial France and explains the fundamental strength of France despite her political contradictions.

Author : Moritz Busch
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4066339523364

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Bismarck by Moritz Busch Pdf

"Bismarck" by Moritz Busch. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Author : Honoré de Balzac
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1900
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UFL:31262001343697

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Provincial Parisians by Honoré de Balzac Pdf

Author : Shanny Peer
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0791437094

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France on Display by Shanny Peer Pdf

Explores national identity in twentieth-century France.

Author : Vivian R. Gruder
Publisher : Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015008026711

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The Royal Provincial Intendants by Vivian R. Gruder Pdf

Author : Honore de Balzac
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783734090479

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Parisians in the Country by Honore de Balzac Pdf

Reproduction of the original: Parisians in the Country by Honore de Balzac

Author : Carol Jean Smucker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015037449983

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Paris, Pinnacle of Civilization by Carol Jean Smucker Pdf

Author : Rori Bloom
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2022-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781496231734

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Making the Marvelous by Rori Bloom Pdf

At a moment when France was coming to new prominence in the production of furniture and fashion, the fairy tales of Marie-Catherine d’Aulnoy (1652–1705) and Henriette-Julie de Murat (1670–1716) gave pride of place to richly detailed descriptions of palaces, gardens, clothing, and toys. Through close readings of these authors’ descriptive prose, Rori Bloom shows how these practitioners of a supposedly minor genre made a major contribution as chroniclers and critics of the decorative arts in Old Regime France. Identifying these authors’ embrace of the pretty and the playful as a response to a frequent critique of fairy tales as childish and feminine, Making the Marvelous demonstrates their integration of artisan’s work, child’s play, and the lady’s toilette into a complex vision of creativity. D’Aulnoy and Murat changed the stakes of the fairy tale, Bloom argues: instead of inviting their readers to marvel at the magic that changes rags to riches, they enjoined them to acknowledge the skill that transforms raw materials into beautiful works of art.