Popular Front Paris and the Poetics of Culture
Andrew and Ungar, professors of film and literature, present a complex and highly specialized book that should fascinate both French and cultural historians. The focus is on the Popular Front years, which were marked by an optimistic vision of social solidarity and political change. Yet, in sharp contrast to more traditional histories of the period, like Eugen Weber's The Hollow Years, this text is more concerned with the process of historical writing. The authors apply a concept known as "poetics...
