Europe, 1859: In the Ebb and Flow of Modernity

by Arthur Haberman

In 1859, Charles Baudelaire is writing the poetry and criticism of the new urban cultural and social world which would make him described by a number of historians as the first modern. Indeed, it is he who coined the term 'modernity'. In the east, Ivan Turgenev with On the Eve begins reflections about Russia and modernity which would result in his next novel, set in 1859, Fathers and Sons. The latter still resonates today. In Switzerland, Jacob...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110792842
• ISBN13: 9783110792843
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: de Gruyter Oldenbourg
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"