Mary Ashburn Miller
Biographic Data
| ID | 5436402 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mary Ashburn Miller |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mary Ashburn |
| FAMILY NAME | Miller |
| SIGNATURE | MILLER M A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Reed College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A Fiction of the French Nation
This article examines fictional representations of the emigration of the French Revolution. It focuses on the novels Eugénie et Mathilde, Les Petits émigrés, and Le Retour d’un émigré, which were published in France between 1797 and 1815 as émigrés were seeking to return to the nation they had fled. It argues that these novels should be interpreted as making claims about the ability of émigrés to reintegrate within the nation. The sentimental nov…
Sean Cocco. Watching Vesuvius
On December 16, 1631, Vesuvius stirred to life after centuries of dormancy: a violent eruption covered Naples in a dark, suffocating cloud of ash, only to be followed by a flood of lahar that swept down the mountain's flanks. Throughout Naples, the local population watched the eruption with a mixture of terror and curiosity: some climbed the mountain to get a closer look; others ran into the streets to pray to Naples's patron saint, San Gennaro; …
Mountain, Become a Volcano
This article establishes a relationship between the language of natural history and the political rhetoric of the French Revolution by tracing the iconography of the volcano throughout the revolutionary period. The volcano's connotations transformed with specific changes in the political realm. During the early years of the Revolution, it symbolized the potential for unbridled force and destruction. Yet for a brief period that began with the call…
Mountain, Become a Volcano
This article establishes a relationship between the language of natural history and the political rhetoric of the French Revolution by tracing the iconography of the volcano throughout the revolutionary period. The volcano's connotations transformed with specific changes in the political realm. During the early years of the Revolution, it symbolized the potential for unbridled force and destruction. Yet for a brief period that began with the call…
Mountain, Become a Volcano
This article establishes a relationship between the language of natural history and the political rhetoric of the French Revolution by tracing the iconography of the volcano throughout the revolutionary period. The volcano's connotations transformed with specific changes in the political realm. During the early years of the Revolution, it symbolized the potential for unbridled force and destruction. Yet for a brief period that began with the call…
Sean Cocco. Watching Vesuvius
On December 16, 1631, Vesuvius stirred to life after centuries of dormancy: a violent eruption covered Naples in a dark, suffocating cloud of ash, only to be followed by a flood of lahar that swept down the mountain's flanks. Throughout Naples, the local population watched the eruption with a mixture of terror and curiosity: some climbed the mountain to get a closer look; others ran into the streets to pray to Naples's patron saint, San Gennaro; …
A Fiction of the French Nation
This article examines fictional representations of the emigration of the French Revolution. It focuses on the novels Eugénie et Mathilde, Les Petits émigrés, and Le Retour d’un émigré, which were published in France between 1797 and 1815 as émigrés were seeking to return to the nation they had fled. It argues that these novels should be interpreted as making claims about the ability of émigrés to reintegrate within the nation. The sentimental nov…
History (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Archaeology (1 works)