The French writers' war, 1940-1953 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Sapiro, Gisèle
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Durham, North Carolina : Duke University Press, 2014.
Series:	Politics, history, and culture.
Subjects:	France > Intellectual life > 20th century. Intellectuals > France > History > 20th century. France > Cultural policy > History > 20th century.

Table of Contents:

Part I. The Lterary Lgics of Plitical Egagement: Choices under constraints; The responsibility of the writer; Literary salvation and the literature of salvation: Franc̦ois Mauriac and Henry Bordeaux
Part II. Literary Institutions and National Crisis: The sense of duty: the French academy; The sense of scandal: the Goncourt academy; The sense of distinction: the "NRF spirit"; The sense of subversion: the Comité National des Ecrivains (CNE)
Part III. Literary Justice: The literary court; Literary institutions and National reconstruction
Conclusion
Appendix 1. Presentation of the survey
Appendix 2. The social recruitment of the literary field and of its institutions.