This is a stroll through the spaces and representations of the 19th-century French metropolis. Inspired by the cultural histories of Walter Benjamin and Wolfgang Schivelbusch, "Expositions" explores the spatial and cultural logic of Haussmann's sweeping Paris boulevards, classic novels by Balzac and Zola, the Bon Marche department store, and the poetry of Baudelaire. The author investigates spectacular public spaces such as the "Exposition universelle" and relates how the entire urban landscape became a stage, while the ...
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This is a stroll through the spaces and representations of the 19th-century French metropolis. Inspired by the cultural histories of Walter Benjamin and Wolfgang Schivelbusch, "Expositions" explores the spatial and cultural logic of Haussmann's sweeping Paris boulevards, classic novels by Balzac and Zola, the Bon Marche department store, and the poetry of Baudelaire. The author investigates spectacular public spaces such as the "Exposition universelle" and relates how the entire urban landscape became a stage, while the culture of the image attained ever greater currency in the daily experience of advertising, fashion, photography and illustration.
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Fine in Fine dust jacket. 0520073258. As New. Translated by Katia Sainson-Frank and Lisa Maguire. Introduction by Richard Sieburth. Black-and-white illustrations and photographs. The dust jacket is protected by a Brodart mylar cover and is not clipped. Not an ex-library copy. No remainder marks. Most books shipped within 24 hours. All books mailed with Delivery Confirmation. A volume in the New Historicism: Studies in Cultural Poetics series.; The New Historicism: Studies in Cultural Poetics; B & W Illustrations; 8vo.; 218 pages.
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