Cock and Bull Stories: Folco de Baroncelli and the Invention of the Camargue
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In the French Camargue--the delta surrounding the mouth of the Rhone River and part of the southern "nation" of Occitania--the bull is a powerful icon of nationalism, literature, and culture. How this came to be--how the Camargue bull came to confront the French cock, venerable symbol of a unified and republican France--is the story told in this ingenious study. Robert Zaretsky considers how in fin-de-si cle France the young writer Folco de Baroncelli,...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0803218389
ISBN13:9780803218383
Release Date:May 2008
Publisher:University of Nebraska Press
Length:208 Pages
Weight:0.70 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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