Description:
Offers techniques for teaching literature of the French Revolution in college courses, including considerations of the revolution's effects on modern ideas, republicanism and human rights, laïcité, and Charlie Hebdo, along with comparative approaches involving Germany, Greece, Haiti, Italy, Latin America, and Spain. Provides bibliographical resources, a timeline, and filmography.
Review Quotes:
"[T]his volume, with its clear, jargon-free prose, welcomes newcomers to the field, especially professors who may be daunted by teaching the French Revolution for the first time." --Clorinda Donato, California State University, Long Beach
"The text serves as an excellent reference book on the Revolution . . . [and] as a teaching manual for courses in French history, culture, and current events. It is an excellent read for its own sake as well as an important pedagogical tool."--The French Review