Description: New, insightful essays from musicologists, historians, art historians, and literary scholars reconsider the relationship of Debussy, Gauguin, Zola, and other great French creative artists to cultural and political trends during the Third Republic.
Brief description: JAMES ROSS is Reader in Late Medieval History at the University of Winchester, UK. He has published extensively on the late medieval nobility, kingship and political society.
Review Quotes: This brilliant series of publications now offers . . . this rich and fascinating portrait of the relationships between artistic creation and the representation of national identity during the Third Republic. . . . The volume contains some twenty illustrations that make the reading most pleasurable. In sum, a remarkable contribution, and an essential work for those who are interested in French cultural history.--Marie-Noelle Lavoie "INTERSECTIONS (CANADIAN JOURNAL OF MUSIC/REVUE CANADIENNE DE MUSIQUE)"