The Invention of Paris
The Invention of Paris: A History in Footsteps
Eric Hazan
Translated by David Fernbach
Ouvrage publié avec le concours du Ministère français chargé de la culture—
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This work was published with the help of the French Ministry of Culture—
Centre national du livre
This paperback edition first published by Verso 2011
First published in English by Verso 2010
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Translation © David Fernbach 2010
First published as L’Invention de Paris. Il n’y a pas de pas perdus © Éditions du Seuil 2002 All rights reserved
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‘Lost steps? But there aren’t any.’
– André Breton, Nadja
Contents
A Few More Wrinkles: Preface to the English-Language Edition
1. Psychogeography of the Boundary
THE RIGHT BANK QUARTERS: Palais-Royal
THE LEFT BANK QUARTERS: The Left Bank Boulevards
THE RIGHT BANK FAUBOURGS: Champs-Élysées
Popincourt and Faubourg du Temple
Faubourg Saint-Martin and Faubourg Saint-Denis
Faubourg Poissonnière and Faubourg Montmartre
Saint-Georges and Nouvelles-Athènes
THE LEFT BANK FAUBOURGS: Faubourg Saint-Marcel
THE LEFT BANK VILLAGES:Vaugirard and Grenelle
Denfert-Rochereau and the 14th Arrondissement
The 13th Arrondissement, Butte-aux-Cailles, the Italie Quarter