Peripheries Of Nineteenth-century French Studies: Views From The Edge

Peripheries of Nineteenth-Century French Studies: Views from the Edge Edited by Timothy Raser Associated University Presses Peripheries of Nineteenth-Century French Studies .......................... 9104$$ $$FM 03-01-02 11:40:45 PS This page intentionally left blank Peripheries of Nineteenth-Century French Studies Views from the Edge Edited by Timothy Raser Newark: University of Delaware Press London: Associated University Presses .......................... 9104$$ $$FM 03-01-02 11:40:48 PS 䉷 2002 by Rosemont Publishing & Printing Corp. All rights reserved. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use, or the internal or personal use of specific clients, is granted by the copyright owner, provided that a base fee of $10.00, plus eight cents per page, per copy is paid directly to the Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, Massachusetts 01923. [0-87413-765-9/02 $10.00 Ⳮ 8¢ pp, pc.] Other than as indicated in the foregoing, this book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, in any form (except as permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the U.S. Copyright Law, and except for brief quotes appearing in reviews in the public press). Associated University Presses 440 Forsgate Drive Cranbury, NJ 08512 Associated University Presses 16 Barter Street London WC1A 2AH, England Associated University Presses P.O. Box 338, Port Credit Mississauga, Ontario Canada L5G 4L8 The paper used in this publication meets the requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials Z39.48-1984 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Peripheries of nineteenth-century French studies : view from the edge / edited by Timothy Raser. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-87413-765-9 (alk. paper) 1. French literature—19th century—History and criticism. I. Title: Peripheries of 19th-century French studies. II. Raser, Timothy Bell. PQ281 .P48 2002 840.9⬘007—dc21 2001057006 PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA .......................... 9104$$ $$FM 03-01-02 11:40:48 PS Contents Acknowledgments 9 Nineteenth-Century French Studies: Views from the Edge TIMOTHY RASER The Story of a Year: Continuities and Discontinuities in Marc Angenot’s 1889 FREDRIC JAMESON Part I: Within the Peripheries Peripheral Publishing, or Is Tola Dorian Totally Boring? MELANIE HAWTHORNE Asia in Pierre Leroux’s Doctrine of Humanity BRUNO VIARD Apologia and Ambiguity: Text and Image in the Journal de l’Expe´dition des Portes de Fer GRANT CRICHFIELD The Socio-Politics of Orientalist Representations: Delacroix, Djebar, and Les Femmes d’Alger SARAH DAVIES CORDOVA ´ ducation nationale and Salvation through Literature L’E M. MARTIN GUINEY Part II: Beyond the Peripheries Aerial Misses and Spectating Messieurs: The Paradox of `cle the Lady Acrobat in the French Fin de Sie JENNIFER FORREST Powerless in Paradise: Zola’s Au bonheur des dames and the Fashioning of a City ROSEMARY LLOYD Artful Shenanigans: Painting, Prostitution, and Cinema in Jean Renoir’s La Chienne JOHN ANZALONE 5 .......................... 9104$$ CNTS 03-01-02 11:40:55 PS 15 29 59 70 84 103 119 133 156 165 6 CONTENTS A Bat’s-Eye View of the Republic; or Victor Hugo in Gotham City ILLINCA ZARIFOPOL-JOHNSTON Part III: Balzac’s Centers and Peripheries Balzac’s Bretons: Racism and National Identity in Les Chouans MARIE-PIERRE LE HIR Napoleon’s Compass: The Third Term of History in Balzac’s Les Chouans MARY JANE COWLES Territorial Peripheries: Balzac’s Forests MICHAEL TILBY Rewriting R