Family Romance of the French Revolution (Hardcover)

Using a wide range of artistic, iconographic, literary and historical sources, Lynn Hunt undertakes a Freudian-influenced-analysis of the French Revolution. The depostion of France's monarchy, allegations of Marie-Antoinette's sexual debauchery and incest with her son, followed by the execution of Louis XVI and later his wife, were part of an unfolding revolutionary family drama, in which the positions of fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters were being realigned according to the new standards of rationalism, universalism, and especially, fraternity. Lynn Hunt investigates how the narratives of family relations structured the collective political unconscious, and how the French Revolution violently disrupted the patriarchal model of authority. Hunt's argument includes re-readings of a number of interesting and sometimes bizarre, cultural manifestations that surfaced during the revolutionary period: literary obsessions with orphaned children and incest, pornography focusing on Marie-Antoinette and a tour-de-force analysis of Sade's work.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 1992
First published:	1992
Authors:	Lynn Hunt
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	228
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-08236-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > European history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
LSN:	0-415-08236-6
Barcode:	9780415082365

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