The French Writers´ War, 1940-1953
Gisèle Sapiro
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Description for The French Writers´ War, 1940-1953
Hardback. Offers an account of French writers and literary institutions from the beginning of the German Occupation through France's passage of amnesty laws in the early 1950s. To understand how the Occupation affected French literary production as a whole, this book uses Pierre Bourdieu's notion of the "literary field." Translator(s): Doriott Anderson, Vanessa; Cohn, Dorrit. Num Pages: 672 pages, 5 tables, 4 graphs. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JJH; 3JJPG; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1125.
The French Writers' War, 1940–1953, is a remarkably thorough account of French writers and literary institutions from the beginning of the German Occupation through France's passage of amnesty laws in the early 1950s. To understand how the Occupation affected French literary production as a whole, Gisèle Sapiro uses Pierre Bourdieu's notion of the "literary field." Sapiro surveyed the career trajectories and literary and political positions of 185 writers. She found that writers' stances in relation to the Vichy regime are best explained in terms of institutional and structural factors, rather than ideology. Examining four major French literary institutions, from the ... Read more
The French Writers' War, 1940–1953, is a remarkably thorough account of French writers and literary institutions from the beginning of the German Occupation through France's passage of amnesty laws in the early 1950s. To understand how the Occupation affected French literary production as a whole, Gisèle Sapiro uses Pierre Bourdieu's notion of the "literary field." Sapiro surveyed the career trajectories and literary and political positions of 185 writers. She found that writers' stances in relation to the Vichy regime are best explained in terms of institutional and structural factors, rather than ideology. Examining four major French literary institutions, from the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
672
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822351788
SKU
V9780822351788
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About Gisèle Sapiro
Gisèle Sapiro is a sociologist in Paris, where she is Director of Research at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.
Reviews for The French Writers´ War, 1940-1953
“Gisèle Sapiro’s La Guerre des écrivains originally appeared in 1999. This welcome, if belated, translation after a gap of fifteen years reflects its considerable impact on literary and cultural studies of the Occupation of France since then….What undoubtedly accounts for much of the success of The French Writers’ War 1940–1953 is its impressive mastery of a huge amount of data ... Read more