{"product_id":"the-violence-of-modernity-9780801883088","title":"The Violence of Modernity","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe result is a study that underscores how Baudelaire's legacy continues to energize literary engagements with the violence of modernity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmbitious and thought-provoking... The Violence of Modernity is an important, enlightening book. -- Susan Blood H-France 2007 A thought-provoking and carefully researched study which offers a captivating perspective on Baudelaire's poetry. -- Nicole Fayard French Studies 2008 Offers a refreshingly innovative approach not just to Baudelaire but also to broader critical interpretations of violence, modernity, irony, politics, and form. -- Helen Abbott Modern Language Review 2008 Admirable study. -- Peter Childs Symploke 2008 A major contribution to the study of Baudelaire and his influence... It has a great deal to offer not only scholars of French literature, but to anyone interested in the complex intersections between literature and history. -- Alison James Modern Philology 2009 At a time when we are more than ever encouraged to distinguish between good guys and bad guys, it is refreshing to read a work that illustrates the impossibility of such clear-cut distinctions. -- Nicole Asquith Substance 2009 One of the most solidly critically informed works in the field. -- Michael R. Finn South Central Review 2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eList of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Violence and Representation in Baudelaire\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Baudelaire's Victims and Executioners: From the Symptoms of Trauma to a Critique of Violence\u003cbr\u003e2. Passages from Form to Politics: Baudelaire's Le Spleen de Paris\u003cbr\u003e3. Bodies in Motion, Texts on Stage: Baudelaire's Women and the Forms of Modernity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Unlikely Contestations: Baudelaire's Legacy Revisited\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4. Matter's Revenge on Form: Bad Girls Talk Back\u003cbr\u003e5. Broken Engagements: Albert Camus and the Poetics of Terror\u003cbr\u003eAfterword\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eWorks Cited\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405202465111,"sku":"9780801883088","price":54.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780801883088.jpg?v=1730489092","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-violence-of-modernity-9780801883088","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}