03298nam 2200649 450 991078782610332120230126212301.01-4422-2164-X(CKB)2670000000547094(EBL)1655576(SSID)ssj0001133116(PQKBManifestationID)12376520(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001133116(PQKBWorkID)11156038(PQKB)11677000(MiAaPQ)EBC1655576(Au-PeEL)EBL1655576(CaPaEBR)ebr10850215(CaONFJC)MIL583065(OCoLC)874323039(EXLCZ)99267000000054709420140404h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTwilight of the Belle Epoque the Paris of Picasso, Stravinsky, Proust, Renault, Marie Curie, Gertrude Stein, and their friends through the Great War /Mary McAuliffeLanham, Maryland :Rowman & Littlefield,2014.©20141 online resource (433 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4422-7613-4 1-4422-2163-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Map; Introduction; Ch01. Enter the King; Ch02. Bohemia on the Seine; Ch03. Death of a Queen; Ch04. Dreams and Reality; Ch05. Arrivals and Departures; Ch06. Alliances and Misalliances; Ch07. Wild Beasts; Ch08. La Valse; Ch09. Winds of Change; Ch10. Unfinished Business; Ch11. Idyll; Ch12. Deep Waters; Ch13. Between Heaven and Hell; Ch14. Dancing on the Edge; Ch15. Fireworks; Ch16. "Dear France, dear country"; Ch17. "This war which never ends"; Ch18. "Ils ne passeront pas"; Ch19. Dark Days; Ch20. Finale; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the AuthorIn Twilight of the Belle Epoque, Mary McAuliffe portrays Paris in full flower at the turn of the twentieth century, where creative dynamos such as Picasso, Matisse, Stravinsky, Debussy, Ravel, Proust, Marie Curie, Gertrude Stein, Jean Cocteau, and Isadora Duncan set their respective circles on fire with their revolutionary visions and discoveries. But all was not well in this world, remembered in hindsight as a golden age, and wrenching struggles between Church and state as well as between haves and have-nots shadowed these yeaIntellectualsFranceParisBiographySocial changeFranceParisHistory20th centurySocial conflictFranceParisHistory20th centuryWorld War, 1914-1918Social aspectsFranceParisParis (France)Intellectual life20th centuryParis (France)History1870-1940Paris (France)Social conditions20th centuryIntellectualsSocial changeHistorySocial conflictHistoryWorld War, 1914-1918Social aspects944/.3610813McAuliffe Mary1943-1562224MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787826103321Twilight of the Belle Epoque3829665UNINA