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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787019103321

Titolo

The flâneur abroad : historical and international perspectives / / edited by Richard Wrigley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4438-6981-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (402 p.)

Disciplina

307.76

Soggetti

Flâneurs

Flaneurs in motion pictures

Flaneurs in literature

Flaneurs in art

Flaneurs - lemac

Sociology, Urban

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.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER THIRTEEN; CHAPTER FOURTEEN; CHAPTER FIFTEEN; CHAPTER SIXTEEN; BIBLIOGRAPHY; CONTRIBUTORS

Sommario/riassunto

This volume offers new perspectives on a crucial figure of nineteenth-century cultural history - the flâneur. Recent writing on the flâneur has given little sustained attention to the widespread adaptation of the flâneur outside Paris, let alone outside France and indeed Europe, whether in the form of historic antecedents, modern sequels, or contemporary echoes. Yet it is clear that the allure of the flâneur's persona has led to its translation and adoption far beyond Parisian boulevards and ...