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OverviewA history of the mythification of Marie-Antoinette which must be interpreted, the author argues, as the misogynist demonization of women's power and authority in revolutionary France. In a series of pamphlets written from the 1770s until her death in 1793, Marie-Antoinette is portrayed as a spendthrift, a libertine, an orgiastic lesbian, and a poisoner and infant murderess. In her analyses of these pamphlets, Chantal Thomas reconstructs how the mounting hallucinatory and libelous discourse culminated in the inevitable destruction of what had become the counter-revolutionary symbol par excellence. This text seeks to expose the process by which the myth of Marie-Antoinette emerged as a crucial element in the successful staging of the French Revolution. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Chantal Thomas , Julie RosePublisher: Zone Books Imprint: Zone Books Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.399kg ISBN: 9780942299403ISBN 10: 094229940 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 10 October 2001 Recommended Age: From 18 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Language: English Table of ContentsReviewsThomas offers a brilliant and provocative analysis of the techniques of scurrilous pamphleteering and shows how every aspect of Marie-Antoinette's... became fodder for the pornographic imagination. - Lynn Hunt Author InformationChantal Thomas is a researcher at Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. She is the author of Marquis de Sade: L'Oeil de la lettre (1978) and Casanova: Un Voyage libertin (1985). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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