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  • Gisèle Sapiro
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The French Writers' War, 1940-1953
This chapter is in the book The French Writers' War, 1940-1953
© 2020 Duke University Press, Durham, USA

© 2020 Duke University Press, Durham, USA

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. Introduction 1
  5. PART I The Literary Logics of Political Engagement
  6. 1 Choices under Constraints 13
  7. 2 The Responsibility of the Writer 81
  8. 3 Literary Salvation and the Literature of Salvation 158
  9. PART II Literary Institutions and National Crisis
  10. 4 The Sense of Duty 187
  11. 5 The Sense of Scandal 243
  12. 6 The Sense of Distinction 293
  13. 7 The Sense of Subversion 362
  14. PART III Literary Justice
  15. 8 The Literary Court 437
  16. 9 Literary Institutions and National Reconstruction 491
  17. Conclusion 537
  18. Appendix 1: Presentation of the Survey 551
  19. Appendix 2: The Social Recruitment of the Literary Field and of Its Institutions 561
  20. Notes 573
  21. Bibliography 677
  22. Name Index 721
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822395126-002

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. Introduction 1
  5. PART I The Literary Logics of Political Engagement
  6. 1 Choices under Constraints 13
  7. 2 The Responsibility of the Writer 81
  8. 3 Literary Salvation and the Literature of Salvation 158
  9. PART II Literary Institutions and National Crisis
  10. 4 The Sense of Duty 187
  11. 5 The Sense of Scandal 243
  12. 6 The Sense of Distinction 293
  13. 7 The Sense of Subversion 362
  14. PART III Literary Justice
  15. 8 The Literary Court 437
  16. 9 Literary Institutions and National Reconstruction 491
  17. Conclusion 537
  18. Appendix 1: Presentation of the Survey 551
  19. Appendix 2: The Social Recruitment of the Literary Field and of Its Institutions 561
  20. Notes 573
  21. Bibliography 677
  22. Name Index 721
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