Format:
1 online resource (343 pages)
ISBN:
9781442221642
,
9781306518147
,
1306518148
Content:
In 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 years, underscored by the ever-more-ominous drumbeat of the approaching Great War-a cataclysm that would brutally bring the Belle Epoque to its close. Through rich illustrations and evocative narrative, McAuliffe brings this remarkable era from 1900 through World War I to vibrant life.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Enter the King -- Chapter 2: Bohemia on the Seine -- Chapter 3: Death of a Queen -- Chapter 4: Dreams and Reality -- Chapter 5: Arrivals and Departures -- Chapter 6: Alliances and Misalliances -- Chapter 7: Wild Beasts -- Chapter 8: La Valse -- Chapter 9: Winds of Change -- Chapter 10: Unfinished Business -- Chapter 11: Idyll -- Chapter 12: Deep Waters -- Chapter 13: Between Heaven and Hell -- Chapter 14: Dancing on the Edge -- Chapter 15: Fireworks -- Chapter 16: "Dear France, dear country" -- Chapter 17: "This war which never ends" -- Chapter 18: "Ils ne passeront pas" -- Chapter 19: Dark Days -- Chapter 20: Finale -- Notes -- Bibliography -- About the Author.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781442221635
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781442221635
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=1655576
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