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Literary Paris: A Photographic Tour
Până la Nichole Robertson
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Literary Paris: A Photographic Tour
Până la Nichole Robertson
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- Editor:
- Chronicle Books Digital
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- Jun 11, 2019
- ISBN:
- 9781452169385
- Format:
- Carte
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Literary Paris - Nichole Robertson
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INTRODUCTION
Paris: Ville Lumière, or City of Light.
The moniker elicits images of a twinkling city of illuminated lampposts, light-flooded architecture, and beacons atop a sparkling Eiffel Tower. But the city’s superficial beauty only hints at her true identity. Before the seductive lightscapes of her monuments and the romantic charm of her lamplit streets, Ville Lumière
referred to the city as a locus of intellectual illumination and of enlightened people. The Age of Enlightenment in the 18th century marked a profound shift in the importance of literacy in the Western world, and Paris was at the heart of this intellectual revolution. The literary and cultural movement questioned the authority of both church and monarchy and promoted knowledge and free thinking—through discussion in literary salons, coffeehouses, and printed books. This free-thinking, skeptical attitude helped to form the new public opinion in France. For the first time, French citizens were reading more and openly questioning and analyzing the world around them.
These ideas, liberated from the closed garden walls of the church and government, spilled into the city’s open spaces and cafes. It was the public intellectuals, the philosophes of the day, and the lively communal debates that cemented Paris as a center of literary life.
Paris has a dual identity of sorts: She’s an A-list celebrity and dresses the part; but, behind the sparkle, Paris has a spectacular intellectual life. The city’s storied cafes, salons, and bookstores drew writers, artists, philosophers, and thinkers for centuries; and
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