Karel Pletinck is a postdoctoral researcher interested in the interconnections between history, philosophy, and the arts, with a focus on post-war Europe. He has published his work in journals such as French Forum, Journal of Aesthetics and Culture, and French Screen Studies.

• Acknowledgements Abbreviations Note on translations and referencing Introduction Part I. Romantic Legacies in French Revelationist Film Criticism (1940s–1950s) Chapter 1. The myth of revelationist poetry Chapter 2. Towards an incarnationalist realism Chapter 3. The Romantic paradox in modern cinema Part II. Revelationist Aesthetics in Modern and Contemporary Cinema (1960s–2000s) Chapter 4. Lyricism at the heart of political modernism, 1967–89 Chapter 5. Between cinema’s childhood and demise, 1986–99 Chapter 6. Revelationist poetry in times of need, 1989–2005 Conclusion Bibliography Index