Allegories of the purge : how literature responded to the postwar trials of writers and intellectuals in France

Allegories of the purge : how literature responded to the postwar trials of writers and intellectuals in France / Philip Watts.

Author/creator	Watts, Philip, 1961-2013
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©1998.
Description	vi, 222 pages ; 23 cm
Subject(s)	French literature--20th century --History and criticism. World War, 1939-1945--Collaborationists --France. World War, 1939-1945--Literature and the war. Trials (Treason)--France --History --20th century. Trials (Treason) in literature. Intellectuals--Political activity --France. France--History --German occupation, 1940-1945.

Contents	Literature on trial -- Sartre: sentencing literature -- Blanchot: rebuttals -- Eluard: purging poetry -- Céline: style wars -- Céline: denying history -- Conclusion: the spirit of the trial.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-216) and index.
LCCN	98035347
ISBN	0804731845 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0804731853 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	PQ307.W4 W38 1998	✔ Available	Place Hold