Francois Mauriac : the making of an intellectual / Edward Welch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Welch, Edward, 1973-

Series:

Faux titre ; no. 290.

Faux titre ; 290

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intellectuals--France--20th century.

Intellectuals.

Journalists--France--20th century.

Journalists.

Mauriac, François, 1885-1970--Criticism and interpretation.

Mauriac, François.

Mauriac, François, 1885-1970.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (203 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; New York, N.Y. : Rodopi, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

While François Mauriac's reputation as a novelist is well established, it is often forgotten that fiction forms only part of his output, and that in the post-war years especially, it was principally his activities as a journalist which kept him in the public eye. His interventions in the key debates of the period helped to consolidate his position as a major intellectual alongside Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus. This book examines the evolution of François Mauriac's career during the twentieth century, and his gradual transformation from novelist to intellectual. Situating Mauriac and his activities firmly in their socio-cultural context, it draws in particular on the insights provided by Bourdieusian sociology to explore the mechanisms and social processes which allow Mauriac to emerge as an authoritative voice of moral conscience. In doing so, it offers new perspective on key moments in his career, from his changing fortunes as a novelist in the 1930s, examined here for the first time through the prism of his reception by the influential Nouvelle Revue française , to his unlikely collaboration with the then-radical L'Express in the 1950s. At the same time, it argues that tracing Mauriac's trajectory helps to crystallise the broader changes affecting the literary and cultural landscape in France during the twentieth century.

Contents:

Acknowledgements

Conventions of Reference

Introduction

Chapter 1: Choices and Positionings

Chapter 2: Death and Resurrection

Chapter 3: Responsibility and Commitment

Chapter 4: Commitment and Commodification

Chapter 5: Abdication and Alienation

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-198) and index.

ISBN:

94-012-0365-2

1-4294-5636-1

OCLC:

86114555

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789401203654 DOI