Voisines et Rivales
Seiten
2018
Pallas Athene Arts (Verlag)
978-1-84368-165-6 (ISBN)
Pallas Athene Arts (Verlag)
978-1-84368-165-6 (ISBN)
Written in the eighteenth century by Louis-Sébastien Mercier, this seminal work of travel writing was too Anglophile for French readers of the time. It was to remain unpublished for over 200 years.
Mercier first travelled to London, and began recording his impressions, in 1780. A leading exemplar of a new form of literature, with a journalistic style, less rigid and more reflexive, he presented emotive representations of the city as collections of experiences, habits and personalities. And in contrast to Dickens’s London or Baudelaire’s Paris, with their vivid contrasts of opulence and misery, Mercier’s descriptions transport us to a less familiar urban environment – one more optimistic, and perhaps even utopian. His version of London is, in fact, a projection of his philosophical imagination – not simply a rounded portrait of the British capital but also a reflection of what Mercier hoped Paris could become.
For this first publication in English, Laurent Turcot and Jonathan Conlin’s translation preserves all of the life and humour of Mercier’s text. It is profusely illustrated with contemporary images, with a particular emphasis on Thomas Rowlandson and Gabriel-Jacques de Saint-Aubin, a Parisian flâneur artiste.
Mercier first travelled to London, and began recording his impressions, in 1780. A leading exemplar of a new form of literature, with a journalistic style, less rigid and more reflexive, he presented emotive representations of the city as collections of experiences, habits and personalities. And in contrast to Dickens’s London or Baudelaire’s Paris, with their vivid contrasts of opulence and misery, Mercier’s descriptions transport us to a less familiar urban environment – one more optimistic, and perhaps even utopian. His version of London is, in fact, a projection of his philosophical imagination – not simply a rounded portrait of the British capital but also a reflection of what Mercier hoped Paris could become.
For this first publication in English, Laurent Turcot and Jonathan Conlin’s translation preserves all of the life and humour of Mercier’s text. It is profusely illustrated with contemporary images, with a particular emphasis on Thomas Rowlandson and Gabriel-Jacques de Saint-Aubin, a Parisian flâneur artiste.
Laurent Turcot is a professor of history at l’Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, and specialises in the sixteenth to the nineteenth century, and in urban culture and leisure. Jonathan Conlin, a senior lecturer at the University of Southampton, specialises in modern British cultural history from the eighteenth century to the present, with a focus on urban history. His previous books include The Nation’s Mantelpiece (Pallas Athene), Evolution and the Victorians (Bloomsbury) and Civilisation (BFI).
| Erscheinungsdatum | 28.12.2018 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 113 colour illustrations |
| Sprache | französisch |
| Maße | 195 x 135 mm |
| Themenwelt | Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Europa |
| ISBN-10 | 1-84368-165-X / 184368165X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-84368-165-6 / 9781843681656 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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