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In the King's Wake: Post-Absolutist Culture in France
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In the King's Wake: Post-Absolutist Culture in France Hardcover - 2000 - 1st Edition

by Jay Caplan


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Long before the guillotines of the 1789 Revolution brought a grisly political end to the ancien rgime, Jay Caplan argues, the culture of absolutism had already perished. In the King's Wake traces the emergence of a post-absolutist culture across a wide range of works and genres: Saint-Simon's memoirs of Louis XIV and the Regency; Voltaire's first tragedy, Oedipe; Watteau's last great painting, L'Enseigne de Gersaint; the plays of Marivaux; and Casanova's History of My Life. While absolutist culture had focused on value directly represented in people (e.g., those of noble blood) and things (e.g., coins made of precious metals), post-absolutist culture instead explored the capacity of signs to stand for something real (e.g., John Law's banknotes or Marivaux's plays in which actions rather than birth signify nobility). Between the image of the Sun King and visions of the godlike Romantic self, Caplan discovers a post-absolutist France wracked by surprisingly modern conflicts over the true sources of value and legitimacy.

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LOUIS DE ROUVROY, duc de Saint-Simon, has achieved posthumous recognition as one of the greatest writers in the French language.

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  • Title In the King's Wake: Post-Absolutist Culture in France
  • Author Jay Caplan
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 213
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Chicago Press
  • Date February 15, 2000
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780226093116 / 0226093115
  • Weight 1.01 lbs (0.46 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.3 x 6.26 x 0.83 in (23.62 x 15.90 x 2.11 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: French
  • Library of Congress subjects France - Intellectual life - 18th century, Louis - Symbolism - Influence
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 99040561
  • Dewey Decimal Code 944.032
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