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- Title
Literary Escapes and Astral Shelters of an Incarcerated Conspirator.
- Authors
de Behar, Lisa Block
- Abstract
The article presents an in-depth discussion into the history of the 19th-century French writer and revolutionary Louis-Auguste Blanqui. Details are given highlighting the authorship of his book "Eternity Through the Stars," published in 1872, and the physical and philosophical contexts behind its creation. Subjects addressed include his physical imprisonment and his writing as a form of literary escapism, the text's reflections of his personal philosophies, and the intellectual history of his meditations on astronomy.
- Subjects
BLANQUI, Auguste, 1805-1881; ETERNITY Through the Stars (Book); FRENCH authors; FRENCH prisoners' writings; 19TH century French philosophy; ASTRONOMY &; philosophy; INFLUENCE (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- Publication
CR: The New Centennial Review, 2009, Vol 9, Issue 3, p61
- ISSN
1532-687X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/ncr.0.0088