Broken Glass, Broken World: Glass in French Culture in the Aftermath of 1870 (46) (Research Monographs in French Studies)

Crystal palaces and railway stations, greenhouses and arcades, church windows and shop frontages, wine glasses and lamp shades: glass became increasingly pervasive in nineteenth-century France. Yet as bombshells and fires wreaked havoc in 1870-71, this modern dreamland was harrowed by the sight and sound of shattering glass.

• | Author: Hannah Scott
• | Publisher: Legenda
• | Publication Date: Sep 28, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 164 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1781883181
• | ISBN-13: 9781781883181