ISBN:
1859730299
Language:
English
Pages:
217 S.
Edition:
1. publ.
Year of publication:
1996
Series Statement:
Berg French studies
DDC:
840.9/358 20
Keywords:
Blondin, Antoine - Critique et interprétation
;
Laurent, Jacques 〈1919-〉 - Critique et interprétation
;
Nimier, Roger 〈1925-1962〉 - Critique et interprétation
;
Nimier, Roger, 1925-1962 -- Criticism and interpretation
;
Blondin, Antoine -- Criticism and interpretation
;
Laurent, Jacques, 1919- -- Criticism and interpretation
;
Nimier, Roger
;
Blondin, Antoine
;
Laurent, Jacques
;
Geschichte 1900-2000
;
Geschichte 1945-1960
;
Conservatisme - France
;
Conservatisme et littérature
;
Hussards
;
Littérature française - 20e siècle - Histoire et critique
;
Rechts (politiek)
;
French literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
;
Conservatism -- France
;
Conservatism in literature
;
Conservatism and literature
;
Schriftsteller
;
Konservativismus
;
Die Rechte
;
Literatur
;
Frankreich
;
Frankreich
;
Nimier, Roger 1925-1962
;
Blondin, Antoine 1922-1991
;
Laurent, Jacques 1919-2000
;
Frankreich
;
Literatur
;
Konservativismus
;
Geschichte 1945-1960
;
Frankreich
;
Schriftsteller
;
Die Rechte
;
Geschichte 1945-1960
Abstract:
It has long been assumed that France was dominated by the political left wing and by Existentialism throughout the 1940s and 1950s. This is the first book to re-evaluate the impact of the vigorous and unrepentant right-wing cultural and literary movement during the postwar period. In this revealing study, the author concentrates on three neglected but significant writers who constitute the group known as 'Hussards': Roger Nimier, Antoine Blondin and Jacques Laurent. He offers a detailed analysis of the work of the 'Hussards' and others on the fringe of this iconoclastic group who aggressively (and sometimes violently) opposed Existentialism while adopting a tradition from the 1920s full of nostalgia for lost values. Students and scholars will find that this book fills an important gap in French literary and cultural history of the postwar period.
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