Andre Gide's Politics : Rebellion and Ambivalence
by Tom Conner
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At the peak of his career, after having established himself as an accomplished writer, astute moraliste, and the foremost spokesperson of his generation for personal freedom and self-realization, Gide became aware, first, that his particular brand of bourgeois individualism was becoming increasingly irrelevant in the contemporary world and, second, that social commitment and even revolution could serve as a powerful source of inspiration and self-renewal. Over a ten-year period that began in show more the 1920s and ended with his public break with the Soviet Union in 1936, Gide the committed intellectual interacted with society in ways that were for him unprecedented. These essays examine the outcomes of Gide s evolving commitment to a host of controversial issues ranging from the sexual to the political, from the literary to the social. show lessMembers
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Tom Conner earned his Ph.D. at Yale University and is a professor of Modern Languages and Literatures at St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wisconsin. He is author and editor of five books and a frequent contributor to journals such as The French Review and The NECTFL Review. He lives in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
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- 848.91209 — Literature & rhetoric French Literature French miscellaneous writings 1900- 1900-1999 1900-1945 Individual authors
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- PQ2613 .I2 .Z5282664 — Language and Literature French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese literatures French literature Modern literature 1900-1960
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