The Secret Mirror: Literary Form and History in Tocqueville's Recollections de Shiner, L.E - 1988

Cornell Univ Pr, 1988-08. Hardcover. Good.

Ithaca: Cornell University Press. Very Good in Poor dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. 0801421500 . vg in dj .

Cornell U. Press 1988 Ithaca, NY VG+/VG+ 1st Hb 224pp. Extremities lightly rubbed; bookstore stamp top edge. Extremities Dj lightly rubbed. Notes; appendix; index.. F. Hardcover.

Cornell University Press:, 1988. 224 pages. This book "represents a significant event in modern historiography, in Tocqueville studies, and in literary scholarship." FINE HARDCOVER, FINE DUST JACKET. Signed by MIT Professor/historian Arthur Kaledin.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Volume, measuring approximately 6.5" x 9.5", is bound in green cloth, with stamped gilt lettering to spine. Book is new. Jacket shows light shelfwear. Jacket is preserved in mylar cover. xvii/224 pages.
"Tocqueville opens the "Recollections," his deeply ambivalent memoir of the failed 1848 Revolution in France, with an explicit denial of any literary intent or rhetorical appeal. Forced by illness into an unaccustomed state of leisure, Tocqueville claims to record his experiences solely for his own amusement, holding up a "secret mirror" through which he will be able to contemplate the past truthfully. In this innovative study, L. E. Shiner examines the "Recollections" as a text case of the relation between form and content in historical writing. Drawing on current literary theory and semiotics, Shiner offers a close reading which at once confirms the inevitably literary character of historical writing and demonstrates how rhetorical analysis of Tocqueville's wring deepens our understanding of his… Leer más

Ithaca, NY, U.S.A.: Cornell Univ Press , 1988 224 pages. The dust jacket has some wear, with what appears to be insect damage on the edges. The page edges are lightly tanned and foxed. The front endpaper has a felt-tip pen scribble in the top-right corner. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Ithaca, N.Y. ; London : Cornell University Press, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xvii, 224 p. ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects: Tocqueville, Alexis de 1805-1859. Recollections; Tocqueville, Alexis de 1805-1859. Souvenirs; Tocqueville, Alexis de 1805-1859; Literature and history; Historiography; History Philosophy; Literature and history; Autobiography; France History February Revolution, 1848 Historiography.

NCROL, 1988-08-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!