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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450876303321

Autore

Reynolds Sian

Titolo

Paris-Edinburgh [[electronic resource] ] : cultural connections in the Belle Epoque / / Siân Reynolds

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Aldershot, Hants, England, : Ashgate, c2007

ISBN

1-317-08406-3

1-281-24102-4

9786611241025

0-7546-8302-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 p.)

Collana

Historical urban studies

Disciplina

303.48/2413404436109034

Soggetti

Scots - France - Paris

Electronic books.

Paris (France) Intellectual life 19th century

Paris (France) Social life and customs 19th century

Paris (France) Intellectual life 20th century

Paris (France) Social life and customs 20th century

Edinburgh (Scotland) Intellectual life 19th century

Edinburgh (Scotland) Social life and customs 19th century

Edinburgh (Scotland) Intellectual life 20th century

Edinburgh (Scotland) Social life and customs 20th century

France Relations Scotland

Scotland Relations France

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-211) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; General Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Seine and Forth: Paris and Edinburgh in 1900; 2 Stone Cities; 3 Taking the Boat-train to Montparnasse: Edinburgh Artists in Paris; 4 Bringing Parisians to Edinburgh: Patrick Geddes's Networks of Academics, Anarchists and Artists, 1870's to 1890's; 5 A 'Petite Entente'? The Origins of the Franco-Scottish Society; 6 Professor Geddes Goes to the Fair: The Globe, the Assembly and the Rue des Nations at the 1900 Paris Exhibition; 7 An 'Entente Cordiale' in



Publishing, or a Scottish Victory? Nelson's French Collection

8 New Women, Old Men? Afterword; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

By the end of the nineteenth century Paris was widely acknowledged as the cultural capital of the world; Edinburgh by contrast may still be thought of as a rather staid city of lawyers and Presbyterian ministers, academics and doctors. Yet despite this apparent cultural opposition, Professor Reynolds argues that in fact both cities shared a number of similar concerns and ideals that were fostered and developed by growing links and international travel. This book seeks not to treat Paris-Edinburgh links in isolation, or to exaggerate them, but to use them to provide a fresh perspective on the

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Record Nr.

UNISOBSOBE00071779

Autore

Zanella, Giacomo <1820-1888>

Titolo

Della letteratura italiana nell'ultimo secolo : studio / di Giacomo Zanella

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Città di Castello, : S. Lapi, 1887

Titolo uniforme

Della letteratura italiana nell'ultimo secolo

Edizione

[Seconda impressione]

Descrizione fisica

237 p. ; 19 cm

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia