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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785706603321

Autore

Goncourt Edmond de <1822-1896., >

Titolo

The woman of the eighteenth century : her life, from birth to death, her love and her philosophy in the worlds of salon, shop and street / / Edmond & Jules de Goncourt ; translation by Jacques le Clercq & Ralph Roeder

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-136-24002-0

1-283-91951-6

0-203-10246-0

1-136-24003-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (383 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions : women's history ; ; v. 18

Altri autori (Persone)

GoncourtJules de <1830-1870.>

Disciplina

305.4/2/0944

305.420944

305.42094409033

Soggetti

Women - France - History - 18th century

France Social life and customs 18th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1928 [George Allen & Unwin Ltd.].

Translation of La femme au dix-huitième siècle.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; ILLUSTRATIONS; I. BIRTH-THE CONVENT-MARRIAGE; II. SOCIETY-THE SALONS; III. THE PLEASURES OF SOCIETY; IV. LOVE; V. MARRIED LIFE; VI. THE WOMAN OF THE MIDDLE CLASSES; VII. THE WOMAN OF THE PEOPLE-THE FILLE GALANTE; VIII. BEAUTY AND THE MODE; IX. THE DOMINATION AND INTELLIGENCE OF WOMAN; X. THE SOUL OF WOMAN; XI. WOMAN IN HER OLD AGE; XII. THE PHILOSOPHY AND DEATH OF WOMAN

Sommario/riassunto

This translation of the French Femme au dix-huitiéme siécle from 1862, first published in English in 1928, traces the life of the Eighteenth Century woman in an historical account. Through discussion of evidence from paintings and memoirs, the book draws an intimate lifelike account of what lay behind these images for women in France of this time. The Goncourt brothers wrote several social histories but were also art critics and novelists. Here they offer portraits of upper, middle



and working class women in France. This is one of the earliest accounts of life for women in this per