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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798223703321

Autore

Powers Scott M.

Titolo

Confronting evil : the psychology of secularization in modern French literature / / Scott M. Powers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

West Lafayette, Indiana : , : Purdue University Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-61249-453-6

1-61249-452-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (275 p.)

Collana

Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures

Disciplina

840.9/353

Soggetti

French literature - 20th century - History and criticism

French literature - 21st century - History and criticism

Evil in literature

Ethics in literature

Secularization - France

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One: Writing against Theodicy: Secularization in Baudelaire's Poetry and Critical Essays; Chapter Two: The Mourning of God and the Ironies of Secularization in Baudelaire's Le Spleen de Paris; Chapter Three: Sublimation and Conversion in Zola and Huysmans; Chapter Four: The Staging of Doubt: Zola and Huysmans on Lourdes; Chapter Five: Religious and Secular Conversions: Transformations in Céline's Medical Perspective on Evil; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Book; About the Author