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Record Nr.

UNINA9910338228703321

Autore

Duroisin Pierre

Titolo

Montherlant et l’Antiquité / / Pierre Duroisin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Liège, : Presses universitaires de Liège, 2018

ISBN

979-1-03-651650-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (259-[10] p.)

Disciplina

848/.91209

Soggetti

Classicism - France - History - 20th century

French literature - Classical influences

Civilization, Ancient, in literature

Greece In literature

Rome In literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

L'influence exercée par l'antiquité classique sur la personnalité et l'œuvre de Henry de Montherlant est clairement révélée par l'analyse de sa biographie, et surtout par l'étude des thèmes principaux de l'œuvre ainsi que des écrits consacrés par l'auteur à l'antiquité, si on les confronte à leurs sources antiques. Henry de Montherlant apparait alors comme l'un des écrivains contemporains qui auront le plus manifestement prouvé la permanence dans les lettres françaises de la civilisation gréco-romaine.  The influence exerted on Montherlant's personality and works by antiquity is clearly revealed by the perusal of his biography and above all of the main themes as well as the pieces of writing dealing with antiquity, should they be confronted with their antique sources. Henry de Montherlant is thus emerging as one of the contemporary writers that would have demonstrated in the most obvious way the permanence of greco-latin civilization in French literature.