Literary Slumming - Slang and Class in Nineteenth-Century France (Paperback)

Literary Slumming: Slang and Class in Nineteenth-Century France applies a sociolinguistic approach to the representation of slang in French literature and dictionaries to reveal the ways in which upper-class writers, lexicographers, literary critics, and bourgeois readers participated in a sociolinguistic concept the author refers to as "literary slumming", or the appropriation of lower-class and criminal language and culture. Through an analysis of spoken and embodied manifestations of the anti-language of slang in the works of Eugene Francois Vidocq, Honore de Balzac, Eugene Sue, Victor Hugo, the Goncourt Brothers, and Emile Zola, Literary Slumming argues that the nineteenth-century French literary discourse on slang led to the emergence of this sociolinguistic phenomenon that prioritized lower-class and criminal life and culture in a way that ultimately expanded class boundaries and increased visibility and agency for minorities within the public sphere.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2023
Authors:	Eliza Jane Smith
Dimensions:	229 x 161mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	298
ISBN-13:	978-1-79362-116-0
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 19th century Promotions
LSN:	1-79362-116-0
Barcode:	9781793621160

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