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1 online resource (xv, 304 pages) : illustrations |
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Bicentennial reflections on the French Revolution |
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Bicentennial reflections on the French Revolution.
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e-Duke books scholarly collection.
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Editors' Introduction -- Preface -- Translator's Note -- Introduction -- 1. Genesis of a Political Symbol: The Bastille, 1715-1789 -- Anti-Bastille Journalism: Scandalous Stories of Prisoners -- The Reality-Forming Power of the Symbolic: Prison Practice versus Social Consciousness -- 2. The Storming of the Bastille: The Historical Event as Collective Symbolic Action -- The Storming of the Bastille: Causes and Process -- How a Decisive Event in World History Is "Made": The Symbolic Exaggeration of 14 July 1789 |
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3. Revolutionary Symbolism under the Sign of the Bastille, 1789-1799: A Prime Example of the Self-Mystification of the French -- Radicalization and Diversification of a Collective Symbol -- The New Heroes: The Role-Model Function and Self-Staging of the Victors of the Bastille -- Martyrs of Freedom, Victims of Despotism: The Triumph of the Prisoners of the Bastille -- "The Patriot" Palloy: Conqueror of the Bastille and Vulgarizer -- The Patriotic Cult of Relics: The Staging of the Bastille Stones in Paris and in the French Provinces |
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The Symbolic Foundation of National Identity: Festivals, Speeches, and Monuments Commemorating 14 July 1789 -- Revolutionary Activism under the Sign of the Bastille -- Echo and Export of Bastille Symbolism Abroad: Germany as a Significant Example -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Appendix C -- 4. Bastille Symbolism in Modern France: The Republican Legacy of the French Revolution -- Heroic Martyrs of Freedom in History and Literature -- The Storming of the Bastille: A National Act of Faith -- Utilizations in Domestic Politics: From the July Revolution to the Resistance -- Appendix A -- Appendix B |
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Final Remarks: On the Origin and Function of a Historical Symbol -- Appendix: Reports on the Storming of the Bastille, 1789 -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index |
| Summary |
This book is both an analysis of the Bastille as cultural paradigm and a case study on the history of French political culture. It examines in particular the storming and subsequent fall of the Bastille in Paris on July 14, 1789 and how it came to represent the cornerstone of the French Revolution, becoming a symbol of the repression of the Old Regime. Lüsebrink and Reichardt use this semiotic reading of the Bastille to reveal how historical symbols are generated; what these symbols' functions are in the collective memory of societies; and how they are used by social, political, and ideol |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Translation of: Bastille |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Bastille.
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Bastille fast |
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Bastille. nli |
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Liberty -- History
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Symbolism in politics -- France
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HISTORY -- Europe -- France.
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Liberty
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Symbolism in politics
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Iconografie.
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Mentaliteit.
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Symboliek.
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Bastille.
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Liberty -- History.
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Symbolism in politics -- France.
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Révolutions -- Mythologie.
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Symbolisme en politique -- France.
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Liberté -- Histoire.
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France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Influence.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051332
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France
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France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Influence.
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Paris (France) -- Bastille.
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France -- 14 juillet 1789 -- Influence.
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History
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Reichardt, Rolf, author.
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| ISBN |
9780822382751 |
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082238275X |
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