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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809065703321

Autore

Kaplan Alice Yaeger

Titolo

Reproductions of banality : fascism, literature, and French intellectual life / / Alice Yaeger Kaplan ; foreword by Russell Berman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1986

ISBN

0-8166-8240-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxix, 214 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Theory and history of literature ; ; v. 36

Disciplina

944.08

Soggetti

Fascism - France - History

French literature - 20th century - History and criticism

France Intellectual life 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword: The Wandering Z: Reflections on Kaplan's Reproductions of Banality; Translations and Documentation; Fascism: Etymologies and Political Usage; 1. Theoretical Voices; 2. Fascism and Banality; 3. Slogan Text: Sorel; 4. Bodies and Landscapes: Marinetti, Drieu la Rochelle, and Céline; 5. Broadcasting: Rebatet; 6. The Movies: Bardèche and Brasillach; 7. The Late Show: Conversations with Maurice Bardèche; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Reproductions of Banality was first published in 1986. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. An established fascist state has never existed in France, and after World War II there was a tendency to blame the Nazi Occupation for the presence of fascists within the country. Yet the memory of fascism within their ranks still haunts French intellectuals, and questions about a French version of fascist ideology have returned to the political forefront.