André Gide and the Second World War : a novelist's occupation /

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"Arguably the most influential French writer of the early twentieth century, Andre Gide is a paradigmatic figure whose World War II writings offer an exemplary reflection of the challenges facing a leading writer in a time of national collapse. Tracing Gide's circuitous "intellectual...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Van Tuyl, Jocelyn, 1964-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2006.
Subjects:
Gide, André, > 1869-1951 > Political and social views.
Gide, André, > 1869-1951
1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 > Literature and the war.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Littérature et guerre.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > French.
Political and social views
War and literature
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • From Munich to Montoire : national crisis and the man of letters
  • Accommodation and reaction : the wartime N.R.F.
  • Coded messages : the "Interviews imaginaires"
  • Battles on the home front : domestic allegory in the Tunis journal
  • Repositionings : Pages de journal and Thésée
  • Coming home : the purge and the aftermath
  • Epilogue : what happened to André Gide.

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