Louis-Ferdinand Céline : journeys to the extreme / Damian Catani.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Catani, Damian, 1973- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Novelists, French--20th century--Biography.

Novelists, French.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (393 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London, England : Reaktion Books, [2021]

Summary:

The first English-language biography in more than two decades of the French writer, one of the great novelists of the twentieth century.Louis-Ferdinand Céline was one of the most innovative novelists of the twentieth century, and his influence both in his native France and beyond remains huge. This book sheds light on Céline's groundbreaking novels, which drew extensively on his complex life: he rose from humble beginnings to worldwide literary fame, then dramatically fell from grace only to return, belatedly, to the limelight. Céline's subversive writing remains fresh and urgent today, despite his controversial political views and inflammatory pamphlets that threatened to ruin his reputation. The first English-language biography of Céline in more than two decades, this book explores new material and reminds us why the author belongs in the pantheon of modern greats.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Introduction

1: A Petit-bourgeois Childhood

2: War and Colonialism

3: Inventor and Doctor

4: Novelist and Pamphleteer

5: Antisemite and Fascist Sympathizer

6: Prison and Exile

7: Death, Legacy and the Céline Culture Wars

Epilogue

References

Bibliography

Acknowledgements

Photo Acknowledgements

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781789144680

178914468X

OCLC:

1272989263