Despite long-standing assertions that languages, including French
and English, cannot sufficiently communicate the experience of
smell, much of France’s nineteenth-century literature has gained
praise for its memorable evocation of odours. As French perfume was
industrialized, democratized, cosmeticized, and feminized in the
nineteenth century, stories of fragrant scent trails aligned
perfume with toxic behaviour and viewed a woman’s scent as
something alluring, but also something to be controlled. Drawing on
a wealth of resources, Perfume on the Page in Nineteenth-Century
France explores how fiction and related writing on olfaction meet,
permeate, and illuminate one another. The book examines medical
tracts, letters, manuscripts, posters, print advertisements,
magazine articles, perfume manuals, etiquette books, interviews,
and encounters with fragrant materials themselves. Cheryl Krueger
explores how the olfactory language of a novel or poem conveys the
distinctiveness of a text, its unique relationship to language, its
style, and its ways of engaging the reader: its signature scent.
Shedding light on the French perfume culture that we know today,
Perfume on the Page in Nineteenth-Century France follows the scent
trails that ultimately challenge us to read perfume and literature
in new ways.
General
Imprint: |
University of Toronto Press
|
Country of origin: |
Canada |
Series: |
University of Toronto Romance Series |
Release date: |
August 2023 |
First published: |
2023 |
Authors: |
Cheryl Krueger
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
382 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4875-4656-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
General
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LSN: |
1-4875-4656-4 |
Barcode: |
9781487546564 |
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