Birth of a national icon
Subtitle: the literary avant-garde and the origins of the intellectual in France
By: Venita Datta.
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Albany, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 327
Subjects: Social change -- France; Avant-garde (Aesthetics) -- France; Intellectuals -- France -- Political activity -- History -- 19th century; France -- Intellectual life -- 19th century -- Political aspects
Description: "Birth of a National Icon examines the emergence of the intellectual in fin-de-siecle France, setting this important phenomenon against the backdrop of an emerging mass democracy and concentrating on the key role played by the avant-garde."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-305) and index.