{"product_id":"balzac-on-the-barricades-the-literary-origins-of-an-economic-revolution-paperback","title":"Balzac on the Barricades: The Literary Origins of an Economic Revolution - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRebecca Terese Powers\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe role of nineteenth-century French literature in a distinctively modern political movement\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When Parisian workers took to the streets in February 1848, they adopted the rallying cry of \u003ci\u003edroit au travail\u003c\/i\u003e (the right to work). That protesters increasingly framed employment as a political right represented a radical and modern development. But where had this idea originated? In her examination of this cause célèbre of France's Second Republic, Rebecca Powers shows that the redefinition of labor as a basic right sprang not only from political debates but also directly from contemporary literature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Powers charts the rise of this revolutionary concept through the tales of bourgeois dominance in the novels and newspaper articles of Honoré de Balzac. As Powers explains, this realist semiotician of French provincial and urban life par excellence was the first to attempt a definition of modern labor as an integral part of the emerging modern society. Powers makes clear how recognizing Balzac's influence on mid-nineteenth-century political discourse is essential to understanding the course of events in that earth-shaking year.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRebecca Terese Powers\u003c\/b\u003e teaches English at the Collège Sévigné in Paris. She holds a PhD in French literature from Johns Hopkins University and has taught French and comparative literature at Warwick University in the UK, the University of California Santa Barbara in the United States, and at Institut des Etudes Politiques (Sciences Po) in France.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 246\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 13, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45551846522982,"sku":"9780813951416","price":67.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/6TR-s2FkOQ9780813951416.webp?v=1777175247","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/balzac-on-the-barricades-the-literary-origins-of-an-economic-revolution-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}