Journal of My Life

Jacques-Louis Ménétra; Roche, Daniel; Robert Darton; Arthur Goldhammer

ISBN 10: 0231061293 / ISBN 13: 9780231061292

Published by Columbia University Press, New York, 1986

text clean and unmarked. binding tight. covers have very light wear. edges of pages have very light wear. Seller Inventory # 5040446

Synopsis:

An eighteenth-century Frenchman describes life in Paris, the events of the French Revolution, and his own fondness for pranks and jokes.

Review: The autobiography of an 18th-century Parisian glassworker, this book provides a fascinating glimpse into working-class culture during the Enlightenment and a street-level view of the French Revolution. Traveling on foot for seven years on a journeyman's tour of France, Menetra details a worker's everyday experience and what it meant to be a man two centuries ago. Three themes predominate: male friendship and the ties created by laughter and good times; the violence and brutality of lower-class life; and the amazing degree of sexual freedom accorded to men in a sexually segregated culture. Although well-placed footnotes and an extensive commentary by French historian Roche could assist general readers, this is a book to be treasured by scholars and specialists.--LIBRARY JOURNAL

Bibliographic Details

Title: Journal of My Life
Publisher: Columbia University Press, New York
Publication Date: 1986
Binding: Trade Paperback
Condition: Very Good