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The Return of Martin Guerre by Natalie Zemon Davis (1984, Trade Paperback)
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- Condition
- Like New
- Seller notes
- “no marking in text.”
- Book Title
- Return of Martin Guerre
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Intended Audience
- Adults
- ISBN-13
- 9780674766914
- Age Level
- Trade
- ISBN
- 9780674766914
- EAN
- 9780674766914
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Item Length
- 9.2 in
- Publication Year
- 1984
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.5 in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Drama, History
- Topic
- Modern / 16th Century, European / General, Europe / France, Historical
- Item Weight
- 8 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.1 in
- Number of Pages
- 176 Pages
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The clever peasant Arnaud du Tilh had almost won his case when a man with a wooden leg swaggered into the French courtroom, denounced du Tilh, and reestablished his claim to the identity, property, and wife of Martin Guerre. This book, by the noted historian who served as a consultant for the film, adds new dimensions to this famous legend.
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Publisher
Harvard University Press
ISBN-10
0674766911
ISBN-13
9780674766914
eBay Product ID (ePID)
762106
Product Key Features
Book Title
Return of Martin Guerre
Number of Pages
176 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1984
Topic
Modern / 16th Century, European / General, Europe / France, Historical
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Drama, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
8 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
19
Reviews
In her intelligent and subtle analysis, the story gives an inside view of an otherwise little-known world, the private lives of peasants... Natalie Davis has also collaborated on an excellent film of the story (produced in France) as well as writing this book... One can only admire Natalie Davis for the major work of historical reconstruction she has performed without any kind of ideological bias... About Martin Guerre, I would say, without hesitation, the movie was great, but Natalie Davis's book is even greater., A fascinating reconstruction of a famous incident of impostorship and love in sixteenth-century rural France. Davis delicately deploys historical fact to suggest what is singular about the modern individual., Written in a lively prose style that is accessible without ever being simplistic. The Return of Martin Guerre may be the most vivid, informative and entertaining history writing since Barbara Tuchman's A Distant Mirror... a rich and colorful picture of life, love and justice in 16th-century France., One can only admire Natalie Davis for the major work of historical reconstruction she has performed without any kind of ideological bias ... the movie was great but Natalie Davis's book is even better., The fullest account to date of this extraordinary tale. Davis has constructed a fine piece of social history, a look into the lives of 16th-century peasants who left no records because they could neither read nor write., Davis combines a veteran researcher's expertise with a lay reader's curiosity and an easygoing style. She draws on sophisticated...work in land tenure, legal rights, and demography to reinterpret a 'prodigious history' among the French peasantry... Davis's book combines ingredients essential to good social history--painstaking historical research and a vividly empathetic imagination. The result of this happy combination is that character emerges in context... Davis's book balances possibility and constraint, character and situation. It puts people back into history but doesn't take the social and political forces out of it. The universal is there in particular, and it makes you think not only about their choices then, but about ours now., Written in a lively prose style that is accessible without ever being simplistic. The Return of Martin Guerre may be the most vivid, informative and entertaining history writing since Barbara Tuchman's A Distant Mirror ...a rich and colorful picture of life, love and justice in 16th-century France., Davis combines a veteran researcher's expertise with a lay reader's curiosity and an easygoing style. She draws on sophisticated...work in land tenure, legal rights, and demography to reinterpret a 'prodigious history' among the French peasantry...Davis's book combines ingredients essential to good social history--painstaking historical research and a vividly empathetic imagination. The result of this happy combination is that character emerges in context...Davis's book balances possibility and constraint, character and situation. It puts people back into history but doesn't take the social and political forces out of it. The universal is there in particular, and it makes you think not only about their choices then, but about ours now., In her intelligent and subtle analysis, the story gives an inside view of an otherwise little-known world, the private lives of peasants...Natalie Davis has also collaborated on an excellent film of the story (produced in France) as well as writing this book...About Martin Guerre, I would say, without hesitation, the movie was great, but Natalie Davis's book is even greater., The fullest account to date of this extraordinary tale. Davis has constructed a Fine piece of social history, a look into the lives of 16th-century peasants who left no records because they could neither read nor write., A fascinating anecdote, with enough colorful background, psychological complexity, and unsolved mysteries to delight any intelligent audience., Natalie Zemon Davis...has scoured the legal and notarial records of south-western France to recreate for the reader not merely a highly entertaining story but a vivid picture of the world which fashioned its principal characters. Her observations on property rights, inheritance, customs, family relationships and the mechanisms of the law are welded together by a rare blend of historical craft and imagination... Professor Davis's ability to combine lively narrative, wit, historical reflection and psychological analysis will ensure for this book a wide audience. It is truly captivating story with which to pass a rainy weekend; it is also a brilliantly professional reconstruction of the rural world of sixteenth-century France, which will both stimulate and inform for many years to come., Natalie Zemon Davis...has scoured the legal and notarial records of south-western France to recreate for the reader not merely a highly entertaining story but a vivid picture of the world which fashioned its principal characters. Her observations on property rights, inheritance, customs, family relationships and the mechanisms of the law are welded together by a rare blend of historical craft and imagination...Professor Davis's ability to combine lively narrative, wit, historical reflection and psychological analysis will ensure for this book a wide audience. It is truly captivating story with which to pass a rainy weekend; it is also a brilliantly professional reconstruction of the rural world of sixteenth-century France, which will both stimulate and inform for many years to come.
Lccn
83-000277
Dewey Decimal
001.9/5/0924
Copyright Date
1983
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