Research Catalog

Title

Roberte ce soir and the revocation of the edict of Nantes / Pierre Klossowski ; translated by Austryn Wainhouse ; [Illustrated by the author].

Author

Klossowski, Pierre

Publication

New York : Grove Press, Inc., ©1969.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Wainhouse, Austryn
• Grove Press, publisher.

Description

214 pages : illustrations; 21 cm

Uniform Title

Roberte ce soir. English

Alternative Title

• Roberte ce soir.
• Roberte ce soir
• Revocation of the edict of Nantes

Subject

• France. > Fiction
• Edit de Nantes (France)
• Erotic literature, French > Translations into English
• Erotic literature, French

Genre/Form

• Erotic stories.
• Erotic fiction
• Fiction.
• Translations.
• Erotic fiction.

Note

• Translation of Roberte ce soir and La révocation de l'édit de Nantes.

Contents

1. Overview -- Defining the problem -- Land of the unredeemed: the traditionalists -- Marxist interpretations -- Towards an alternative explanation -- Building the Republic: overcoming mistrust -- The 1858 Constitution: a working document -- The sudden death of the Republic -- 2. The Presidency of Fruto Chamorro and the National War Antecedents of the Conservative Republic, 1853-57 -- Revaluing the geography of Nicaragua -- The presidency of Fruto Chamorro and the 1854 Constitution -- A radical agenda -- The National War -- 3. The 1858 Constitution: A Troubled Birth, 1858-70 -- Reconstruction and the search for constitutional balance -- The ambiguous legacy of Martinez' presidencies -- The presidency of Fernando Guzman -- 4. The Works of the Conservatives, 1871-82 -- Taking stock of the nation -- A perfect peace -- The foundations of progress -- In search of a candidate -- Progress and the Conservatives -- 5. The Reds and the Iglesieros, 1883-89 -- The expulsion of the Jesuits -- The presidency goes to Rivas -- The great conspiracy -- The Barrios telegram -- The maturing of political institutions -- A second Rivan to the presidency -- 6. The Fall of the Conservative Republic: An Accidental Death, 1889-96 -- Sacasa's first months -- Sacasa's second term -- El Cuartelazo -- The 1893 Constitution: 'the arch-Liberal' -- War with Honduras, and the fiscal crunch -- The break with Leon -- Tyranny and the acceleration of history.

LCCN

• 69018124
• GP-523

OCLC

• ocm00006005
• 6005
• SCSB-9419438

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library