The Ruin of Kasch
Focusing on the periods immediately before and after the French Revolution, Roberto Calasso recounts and interprets the downfall of what Baudelaire was already calling "the Modern." With French statesman Tallyrand serving as the book's "master of ceremonies, " Calasso persuades us to see our...
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Focusing on the periods immediately before and after the French Revolution, Roberto Calasso recounts and interprets the downfall of what Baudelaire was already calling "the Modern." With French statesman Tallyrand serving as the book's "master of ceremonies, " Calasso persuades us to see our civilization in an entirely new light.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780674780293 (0674780299)
ASIN: 674780299
Publish date: March 1st 1996
Publisher: Belknap Press
Pages no: 400
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Non Fiction,
Writing,
Essays,
History,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Philosophy,
France,
Italian Literature,
Mythology
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