Medieval Saints in Late Nineteenth Century French Culture (häftad)
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Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
258
Utgivningsdatum
2004-08-01
Förlag
McFarland & Co Inc
Medarbetare
Emery, Elizabeth (ed.), Postlewate, Laurie (ed.)
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photos, notes, bibliography, index
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231 x 153 x 15 mm
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368 g
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1
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9780786417698

Medieval Saints in Late Nineteenth Century French Culture

Eight Essays

av Elizabeth Emery, Laurie Postlewate
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Legends, tales, and mysteries featuring saints captivated the French at the end of the nineteenth century. As Jean Lorrain pointed out in an 1891 article for the popular weekly Le Courrier Francais, the seemingly simple language of the saints' lives, their noble battles between good and evil and the atmosphere of religious mysticism appealed to many, especially those involved in the visual and performing arts. Ironically The Third Republic (1870-1940), a regime that claimed to reinforce and institute the secular ideas of the French Revolution, was witness to this great popular interest in the saints and religious imagery. The eight essays in this work explore the popularity of the saints from the 1850s to the 1920s. The essays evaluate the role they played in literature, art, music, science, history and politics, examine portrayals of the saints' lives in both low and high culture (from children's literature, shadow plays and the popular press to literature, opera and theological studies), and reveal the prevalence of the saints in fin-de-siecle France.
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well-selected essays...fascinating collectionHistory: Reviews of New Books.

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Elizabeth Emery, an associate professor of French at Montclair State University, lives in Montclair, New Jersey. Laurie Postlewate is a senior lecturer in French at Barnard College and lives in New York.

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Table of Contents Introduction PART SAINTS AS INSPIRATION FOR ART, LITERATURE AND MUSIC 1. Sur un vitrail d'glise: Structures and Sources in Flauberts Lgende de Saint Julien lHospitalier 2. When the Saints Go Marching In: Popular Performances of La Tentation de Saint Antoine and Sainte Genevive de Paris at the Chat Noir Shadow Theater PART THE SCIENTIFIC EXAMINATION OF SAINTS VISIONS 3. Odilon Redons Temptation of Saint Anthony Lithographs 4. The Golden Legend in the Fin de Sicle: Zolas Le Rve and Its Reception PART THREE THE STRUGGLE TO RECONTEXTUALIZE HAGIOGRAPHY 5. Translatio Lidwinae: The Adaptation of Medieval Sources in Huysmans Sainte Lydwine de Schiedam 6. Discourse on Method: Hippolyte Delehayes Lgendes hagiographiques PART FOUR HAGIOGRAPHY AND THE CULT OF THE NATION 7. Polychromatic Piety: Saints According to Anatole France 8. Unofficial and Secular Saint in Integral Nationalist Discourse: Maurice Barrs Literary Jeanne dArc Conclusion Select Bibliography of Secondary Sources About the Contributors Index

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