Glory and terror : seven deaths under the French Revolution / by Antoine de Baecque ; translated by...
Glory and terror : seven deaths under the French Revolution / by Antoine de Baecque ; translated by...
Glory and terror : seven deaths under the French Revolution / by Antoine de Baecque ; translated by Charlotte Mandell.
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New York : Routledge, 2001.
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Date
2001.
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N944.044/14
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English
French
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p. cm.
Contents
Introduction: Sublime Abjection: The Ascendancy of Corpses -- Mirabeau; or, The Spectacle of a Public Corpse -- Voltaire; or, The Body of the Philosopher King -- The Princesse de Lamballe; or, Sex Slaughtered -- Louis XVI; or, The Sacred Remains -- Geffroy; or, The Fear of Others -- Robespierre; or,...
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Publisher
New York : Routledge, 2001.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2001.
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"Fully engaging our fascination with the macabre, Glory and Terror illustrates how certain corpses became highly charged political symbols during the course of the French Revolution. Arguing that the key moments of the Revolution were "dialogues with the dead," this study dramatically evokes the passions inflamed by seven famous corpses. Antoine de...
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Glory and terror : seven deaths under the French Revolution / by Antoine de Baecque ; translated by Charlotte Mandell.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N944.044/14
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74VvQxqLkGOM
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ISBN
0415926173 (pbk.)
9780415926164 (hardbound)
0415926165 (hardbound)
9780415926171 (pbk.)
DDC
944.0440922
940.0440922
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991014666849702626
