An intriguing new study of the doomed queen examines the various stages in Marie Antoinette's life from the perspective of the fashions that she popularized, from her struggle to adapt to the rigid traditions of French royal glamour as a young girl to the often extreme costumes she developed to project an image of power. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.
"A ... look at the glittering world of turn-of-the-century Paris through the first in-depth study of the three women Proust used to create his supreme fictional character, the Duchesse de Guermantes. Genevi�eve Hal�evy Bizet Straus; Laure de Sade, Comtesse de Adh�eaume de Chevign�e; and �Elisabeth de Riquet de Caraman-Chimay, the Comtesse Greffuhle--these were the three superstars of fin-de-si�ecle Parisian high society who, as Caroline Weber says, 'transformed themselves, and were transformed by those around them, into living legends: paragons of elegance, nobility, and style.' All well but unhappily married, these women sought freedom and fulfillment by reinventing themselves, between the 1870s and 1890s, as icons. At their fabled salons, they inspired the creativity of several generations of writers, visual artists, composers, designers, and journalists ... Proust, as a twenty-year-old law student in 1892, would worship them from afar, and later meet them and create his celebrated composite character for The Remembrance of Things Past"--
Alina DeCosta finds herself transported into a novel she despised, armed with memories of her past life and regained powers. Set in a beastly world where females are scarce, she must navigate the challenges posed by the original female lead, known for making life difficult for others. As she struggles to survive in this hostile environment, Alina's journey unfolds with themes of resilience and adaptation, forcing her to confront her fears and the very narrative she once loathed.
Der Band untersucht das historische Wirken von Frauen in Schleswig-Holstein, darunter Hansekauffrauen, Studentinnen und Fürstinnen. Er bietet ein facettenreiches, epochenübergreifendes Bild und beleuchtet aktuelle Diskurse zur Rolle der Frau in der Gesellschaft.