The Red Virgin [[electronic resource] ] : the memoirs of Louise Michel / / edited and translated by Bullitt Lowry and Elizabeth Ellington Gunter

• Autore: Michel Louise <1830-1905.>
• Pubblicazione: University, AL, : University of Alabama Press, c1981
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (241 p.)
• Disciplina: 944.081/2/0924; 944.081/2/0924 B; 944.08120924B
• Soggetto topico: Revolutionaries - France; Political prisoners - France
• Soggetto geografico: Paris (France) History Commune, 1871 Sources; New Caledonia Description and travel
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: LowryBullitt <1936-> GunterElizabeth Ellington <1942->
• Note generali: Translation of Mémoires de Louise Michel, écrits par elle-même.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliography and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Translators' Introduction; 1. Introduction; 2. Vroncourt; 3. The End of Childhood; 4. The Making of a Revolutionary; 5. Schoolmistress in the Haute-Marne; 6. Schoolmistress in Paris; 7. The Decaying Empire; 8. The Siege of Paris; 9. The Commune of Paris; 10. After the Commune; 11. The Trial of 1871; 12. Voyage to Exile; 13. Numbo, New Caledonia; 14. The Bay of the West; 15. Noumea and the Return; 16. Speeches and Journalism, November 1880-January 1882; 17. The Death of Marie Ferre; 18. Women's Rights; 19. Speeches Abroad, 1882-1883; 20. Speeches in France, 1882-1883 ; 21. The Trial of 188322. Prison; 23. My Mother's Death; 24. Final Thoughts; Epilogue; Bibliography; Translators' Note; Appendix I. Chapter List Showing Source in Original Text; Appendix II. Table of Poems in Original Text; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Louise Michel was born illegitimate in 1830 and became a schoolmistress in Paris. She was involved in radical activities during the twilight of France's Second Empire, and during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 and the siege of Paris. She was a leading member of the revolutionary groups controlling Montmarte. Michel emerged as one of the leaders of the insurrection during the Paris Commune of March-May 1871; and French anarchists saw her as martyr and saint - The Red Virgin. When the Versailles government crushed the Commune in May 1871, Michel was sentenced to exile in New
• Titolo autorizzato: The Red Virgin
• ISBN: 0-8173-8094-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451929203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II