Literary Slumming: Slang and Class in Nineteenth-Century France

ISBN-13: 9781793621160 / Angielski

Eliza Jane Smith

Opis

Literary Slumming: Slang and Class in Nineteenth-Century France reveals how the use of slang in French literature and culture led to the emergence of a sociolinguistic phenomenon that prioritized criminal life and culture in a way that expanded class boundaries and increased visibility for minorities within the public sphere.