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Hippolyte Taine was a crucial influence on naturalism, but today he is best known for his writings, especially his multi-volume work on the French Revolution as part of his gigantic The Origins of Contemporary France. As one of the seminal social revolutions in human history,... Read Full Overview

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections
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The Modern Regime V1 is a book written by Hippolyte A. Taine. It is a historical analysis of the political and social changes that occurred in Europe during the 19th century. The book focuses on the rise of modern democracy and the decline of traditional aristocratic rule. Taine... Read Full Overview

"The Modern Regime Volume I" from Hippolyte Taine. French critic and historian (1828-1893).

Volume five of Taine's Origins of Contemporary France arrives, finally, at the modern r gime. This first of two volumes on the subject focuses on Napoleon and the system of government he implemented following the coup that brought down the Directory, the final phase of the French... Read Full Overview

Hippolyte Adolphe Taine (1828 -1893) was a French critic and historian. He was the chief theoretical influence of French naturalism, a major proponent of sociological positivism and one of the first practitioners of historicist criticism. Literary historicism as a critical movement... Read Full Overview

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