ISBN10: 0942299396, ISBN13: 9780942299397, [publisher: Zone Books, New York] Hardcover Hardcover. A history of the mythification of Marie-Antoinette which must be interpreted, the author argues, as the misogynist demonization of women's power and authority in revolutionary France. In a series of pamphlets written from the 1770s until her death in 1793, Marie-Antoinette is portrayed as a spendthrift, a libertine, an orgiastic lesbian, and a poisoner and infant murderess. In her analyses of these pamphlets, Chantal Thomas reconstructs how the mounting hallucinatory and libelous discourse culminated in the inevitable destruction of what had become the counter-revolutionary symbol par excellence. This text seeks to expose the process by which the myth of Marie-Antoinette emerged as a crucial element in the successful staging of the French Revolution. Chantal Thomas presents the history of the mythification of one of the most infamous queens in all history, whose execution still fascinates us today. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
[Stevenage, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1999]
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