The enemy within : culture wars and political identity in novels of the French Third Republic / Gilbert D. Chaitin.

Author: Chaitin, Gilbert D.

Imprint:Columbus : Ohio State University Press, c2009.

Descriptionv, 314 p. ; 24 cm.

Note:Universal education, culture wars, and national identity -- The disciple, by Paul Bourget : a dangerous experiment in education -- The novel of national energy, by Maurice Barrès : Maurice Barrès proto-fascist? -- The novel of national energy : nationalism, identity, and the transferential novel -- Contemporary history, by Anatole France : the memory of the present -- Contemporary history : filling the emptiness within -- Truth, by Émile Zola : Zola's daymare and the truth of vérité -- Truth : true treason, or the rape of the Republic -- The erotics of politics.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 280-292) and index.

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