Village Bells: The Culture of the Senses in the Nineteenth-Century French Countryside

by Alain Corbin

Book Overview

In the French canton of Brienne in November 1799, local authorities were scandalized when a crowd of girls broke through the doors of the church and rang the bells in order to mark the festival of St. Catherine. Religious use of the bells was forbidden by law, but the villagers boldly insisted on their right to celebrate with peals the feast of a beloved saint. So begins Village Bells, Alain Corbin's exploration of the "auditory landscape"...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231104502
• ISBN13: 9780231104500
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher