{"product_id":"9780729410762-representing-violence-in-france-1760","title":"Representing Violence in France, 1760-1820","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eViolence was an inescapable part of people’s daily lives in eighteenth-century France. The Revolution in general and the Terror in particular were marked by intense outbursts of political violence, whilst the abuse of wives, children and servants was still rife in the home. But the representation of violence in its myriad forms remains aesthetically troublesome.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on correspondence, pamphlets, novels and plays, authors analyse the portrayal of violence as a rational act, the basis of (re)written history, an expression of institutional power, and a challenge to morality. Contributions include explorations of:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe use of the dream sequence in fiction to comprehend violence;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehow rhetoric can manipulate violent historical truth as documented by Burke in his \u003cem\u003eReflections on the Revolution in France\u003c\/em\u003e;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe political implications of commemorating the massacre at the Tuileries of 10 August 1792;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehow Sade’s graphic descriptions of violence placed the reader in a morally ambivalent position;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe differing responses of individuals subjected to brutal incarceration at Vincennes and the Bastille;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe constructive force of violence as a means of creating a sense of self.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40701049864289,"sku":"9780729410762","price":128.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_30140685.jpg?v=1726732281","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780729410762-representing-violence-in-france-1760","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}