The French writers' war, 1940-1953 / Gisèle Sapiro ; translated by Vanessa Doriott Anderson and Dorrit Cohn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sapiro, Gisèle.

Series:

Politics, history, and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cultural policy.

History.

Intellectuals.

France--Intellectual life--20th century.

France.

Intellectual life.

Intellectuals--France--History--20th century.

France--Cultural policy--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

740 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Durham ; London : Duke University Press, 2014.

Contents:

Part I. The Lterary Lgics of Plitical Egagement: Choices under constraints; The responsibility of the writer; Literary salvation and the literature of salvation: Franc̦ois Mauriac and Henry Bordeaux

Part II. Literary Institutions and National Crisis: The sense of duty: the French academy; The sense of scandal: the Goncourt academy; The sense of distinction: the "NRF spirit"; The sense of subversion: the Comité National des Ecrivains (CNE)

Part III. Literary Justice: The literary court; Literary institutions and National reconstruction

Conclusion

Appendix 1. Presentation of the survey

Appendix 2. The social recruitment of the literary field and of its institutions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 677-719) and index.

ISBN:

9780822351788

0822351781

9780822351917

0822351919

OCLC:

863695521