Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Fin-de-Siècle Cult of Heroes; 1 Gender, Class, and Heroism in the Bazar de la Charité Fire of 1897; 2 Cyrano: A Hero for the Fin de Siècle?; 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?; Selected Bibliography; Index
Summary
Venita Datta examines representations of fictional and real heroes in the boulevard theater and mass press during the fin de siècle
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-254) and index
