Culture wars and political identity in novels of the French Third Republic
By: Gilbert D. Chaitin.
Publisher: The Ohio State University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Columbus
Language: eng
Number of pages: 314
ISBN-13: 9780814202319
Subjects: French fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Politics and literature -- France -- History -- 19th century; France -- History -- Third Republic, 1870-1940
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Universal education, culture wars, and national identity; title: The disciple, by Paul Bourget : a dangerous experiment in education; title: The novel of national energy, by Maurice Barrès : Maurice Barrès proto-fascist?; title: The novel of national energy : nationalism, identity, and the transferential novel; title: Contemporary history, by Anatole France : the memory of the present; title: Contemporary history : filling the emptiness within; title: Truth, by Émile Zola : Zola's daymare and the truth of vérité; title: Truth : true treason, or the rape of the Republic; title: The erotics of politics.