Article Title：In Vidocq's footsteps - A comparative study of some explicit and implicit references to the adventurer Vidocq in nineteenth-century literature
Abstract：
Whether in person or in the guise of some fictional character, the figure of Eugene-Francois Vidocq appears regularly in the literature of the nineteenth century. In the present article, I study the figure's literary posterity and examines how the ex-convict who rose to the rank of chief of police was treated by some French and English authors of the time, including Jerrold, Balzac and Collins. By doing so I establish the various processes involved in the making of a legend and explore the different stages in the development of the adventurer as a social type in the nineteenth century.
Keywords: adventurer; Balzac; Collins; Jerrold; Raban
DOI: 10.1177/00472441030332003
Source：JOURNAL OF EUROPEAN STUDIES
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