Title: L'?uvre sans fin. Réception des romans de Monique Saint-Hélier par la critique française (1932-1955)
Description: Monique Saint-Hélier became quite successful during the 1930s in particular because of the violent controversy that surrounded her second novel, Bois-Mort. How is it that Saint-Hélier?s work provoked such passionate criticism, but encountered nothing but disinterest after the war? Studying unpublished sources as well as a vast corpus of book reviews, the author explores by this quite particular literary path, as well as the variations in how a work is received over time.
Subjects: 20th century, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literature: history & criticism, French, France, Criticism and interpretation, History, Appreciation, Criticism, Rezeption, Art appreciation