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1 online resource |
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Cover; IN THE COURT OF THE PEAR KING; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. It's a Pear!; 2. Realist Reality and Realist Duality; 3. George Sand the Phallocrat and Don Juan the Pussycat; 4. Liberty the Goddess, Robert the Devil, and Louis-Philippe the King; 5. Julien, Lucien, and Realist History; Conclusion: Realism Is Representational; Notes; Work Cited; Index |
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"The period 1830-1832 witnessed a remarkable series of cultural and political milestones in France. In 1830, a revolution overturned one monarchy, only to replace it with another. In 1831, Charles Philippon's caricature of Louis-Philippe, the new monarch, as a pear achieved extraordinary popularity. Drawn on walls from one end of France to another, the pear caricature became a national obsession. In that same year, George Sand moved from the provinces to Paris and challenged gender stereotypes by adopting men's clothes and writing fiction in a man's voice. During 1830-1832, Stendhal and Balzac developed the techniques of the realist novel that still dominate much of the world's fiction |
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Sandy Petrey explores the factors accounting for such consequential innovations in so short a time, so restricted a space. In Petrey's view, these disparate events betoken a common recognition of society's capacity to make and unmake what it recognizes as real."--Jacket |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-175) and index |
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Louis Philippe, King of the French, 1773-1850 -- Influence
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Louis Philippe, King of the French, 1773-1850 -- Influence
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Louis Philippe, King of the French, 1773-1850 fast |
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Symbolism in politics -- France -- 19th century
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Realism in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Modern -- 19th Century.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- French.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- France.
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Intellectual life
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Realism in literature
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Symbolism in politics
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Realisme (letterkunde)
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Politieke cultuur.
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France -- History -- Louis Philippe, 1830-1848.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051402
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France -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051441
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France
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Electronic books
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781501729393 |
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150172939X |
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