03552nam 2200649Ia 450 991097107250332120200520144314.09780791481998079148199997814294118131429411813(CKB)1000000000466450(OCoLC)74752240(CaPaEBR)ebrary10579191(SSID)ssj0000103411(PQKBManifestationID)11138354(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000103411(PQKBWorkID)10061507(PQKB)10148162(MdBmJHUP)muse6390(Au-PeEL)EBL3407768(CaPaEBR)ebr10579191(OCoLC)923409738(DE-B1597)682137(DE-B1597)9780791481998(MiAaPQ)EBC3407768(Perlego)2672359(EXLCZ)99100000000046645020050519d2006 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrAndre Gide and the Second World War a novelist's occupation /Jocelyn Van Tuyl1st ed.Albany State University of New York Pressc20061 online resource (270 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780791467145 0791467147 9780791467138 0791467139 Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-248) and index.From Munich to Montoire : national crisis and the man of letters -- Accommodation and reaction : the wartime N.R.F. -- Coded messages : the "Interviews imaginaires" -- Battles on the home front : domestic allegory in the Tunis journal -- Repositionings : Pages de journal and Thesee -- Coming home : the purge and the aftermath -- Epilogue : what happened to Andre Gide.Arguably the most influential French writer of the early twentieth century, André Gide is a paradigmatic figure whose World War II writings offer an exemplary reflection of the challenges facing a leading writer in a time of national collapse. Tracing Gide's circuitous "intellectual itinerary" from the fall of France through the postwar purge, this book examines the ambiguous role of France's senior man of letters during the Second World War. The writer's intricate maneuverings offer privileged insights into three issues of broad significance: the relationship of literature and politics in France during World War II, the repressions and repositionings that continue to fuel controversy about the period, and the role of public intellectuals in times of national crisis.With the exception of the early wartime Journal, Gide's publications during France's "dark years" have received little critical attention. This book scrutinizes the entire wartime oeuvre in depth, tracing the evolution of Gide's political views and, most importantly, reading the wartime texts against each other. It is the interplay among these texts that reveals the full complexity of Gide's political positionings and the rhetorical brilliance he deployed to redress his tarnished image.World War, 1939-1945Literature and the warWorld War, 1939-1945Literature and the war.848/.91209Van Tuyl Jocelyn1964-1328468MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910971072503321Andre Gide and the Second World War4368440UNINA