"A dream of stone" : fame, vision, and monumentality in nineteenth-century French literary culture

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The work "A dream of stone" : fame, vision, and monumentality in nineteenth-century French literary culture represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries Archives. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

"A dream of stone" : fame, vision, and monumentality in nineteenth-century French literary culture

Title remainder

fame, vision, and monumentality in nineteenth-century French literary culture

Statement of responsibility

Michael D. Garval

Creator

• Garval, Michael D., 1963-

Subject

• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• France -- Intellectual life -- 19th century
• French literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism

Genre

• Criticism, interpretation, etc

Language

eng

Summary

"In reconstructing a pervasive "dream of stone," this interdisciplinary study draws upon wide-ranging evidence, from journalism to poetry, caricature to statuary. Focusing on the lives, work, and fame of Honore de Balzac, George Sand, and Victor Hugo, it uncovers the salient features, and traces the rise and fall of this monumentalizing vision of literary greatness, largely forgotten today yet so central to nineteenth-century French culture." "This book is complemented by sixty-seven illustrations that span a wide range of artistic media, sources, and subjects, including postcards, newspaper caricatures, and public monuments and monument makers, such as Eiffel and Rodin."--Jacket

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

840.9/007

Government publication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

• illustrations
• portraits

Index

index present

LC call number

PQ283

LC item number

.G37 2004

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography