Overview
This volume, the third part of Realms of Memory , focuses on the emblems that signify Frenchness to people around the world. It includes 13 essays on cultural icons from Joan of Arc to Descartes; the national motto of Liberty, Equality, Fraternity ; the tricolour flag; and the French language itself. The closing essay on commemoration provides an overview of the series.
Full Product Details
Author: Pierre Nora ,
Lawrence Kritzman ,
Arthur Goldhammer ,
Arthur Goldhammer
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Imprint: Columbia University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 18.80cm
, Height: 4.80cm
, Length: 25.70cm
Weight: 1.589kg
ISBN: 9780231109260
ISBN 10: 0231109261
Pages: 751
Publication Date: 01 May 1998
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Language: English
Reviews
This is an indispensable guide to understanding France and the French. As usual, Arthur Goldhammer's translation is superb. Foreign Affairs This unusual book deals fascinatingly with everything from the creation of the rousing anthem La Marseillaise to the changing role of Joan of Arc in France's collective memory. Even the Eiffel Tower shines forth in surprising new facets. Chicago Tribune Provides arresting genealogies of a number of the major cleavages in French history, with chapters on the embattled relationship of Jews to the French republic, the peculiar affinities of Gaulism and Communism, and... Paris' haughty condescension toward la province... Without resorting to polemics, the volume reminds us that the image of the French past is confected as much out of amnesia as out of memory. Lingua Franca A magisterial attempt to define what it is to be French. Times Literary Supplement A magnificent achievement... [The essays included] are the high-carat jewels of the project. The New Republic
This is an indispensable guide to understanding France and the French. As usual, Arthur Goldhammer's translation is superb. -- Foreign Affairs This unusual book deals fascinatingly with everything from the creation of the rousing anthem La Marseillaise to the changing role of Joan of Arc in France's collective memory. Even the Eiffel Tower shines forth in surprising new facets. -- Chicago Tribune Provides arresting genealogies of a number of the major cleavages in French history, with chapters on the embattled relationship of Jews to the French republic, the peculiar affinities of Gaulism and Communism, and... Paris' haughty condescension toward la province... Without resorting to polemics, the volume reminds us that the image of the French past is confected as much out of amnesia as out of memory. -- Lingua Franca A magisterial attempt to define what it is to be French. -- Times Literary Supplement A magnificent achievement... [The essays included] are the high-carat jewels of the project. -- The New Republic
Author Information
Pierre Nora is Editorial Director of Editions Gallimand. He is editor of the journal Le Debat and is Directeur D'Etudes at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris.
