| Description |
x, 381 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [377]-381. |
| Contents |
A dual heritage. Peace in wartime / Henry de Montherlant -- November 1941 / Jean Guéhenno. |
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Confrontation with defeat. The military defeat. Richard II forty = Richard II Quarante / Louis Aragon -- The June solstice / Henry de Montherlant -- A fine kettle of fish / Louis-Ferdinand Céline -- from the Triumph of life / Jean Giono. |
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Confrontation with defeat. Choosing sides. The past reassessed : points of view -- from Our prewar years / Robert Brasillach -- July 1940 / Jean Guéhenno -- from The black notebook / François Mauriac. |
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Confrontation with defeat. Choosing sides. The national conscience : points of view -- To La nación of Buenos Aires / Charles Maurras -- First letter / Albert Camus -- For the anniversary of Valmy / Jean Guéhenno. |
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Confrontation with defeat. Choosing sides. The armistice -- After the Montoire meeting / Charles Maurras -- from Journal (1944-45) / Pierre Drieu La Rochelle -- July 1940 / Jean Guéhenno -- from Caligula / Albert Camus -- Kill : tuer / Paul Éluard -- Note for January 12, 1941 / André Gide. |
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Confrontation with defeat. The sides taken. from Antigone / Jean Anouilh. |
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Daily life. War and defeat. The time of crossword puzzles = Le temps des mots croisés / Louis Aragon -- Guignol's band I / Louis-Ferdinand Céline -- Song for a barrel organ = Complainte pour l'orgue de la nouvelle barbarie / Louis Aragon -- War journal / Simone de Beauvoir. |
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Daily life. The occupation : general concerns. Reflections of a prisoner / Robert Brasillach -- The life ration / Marcel Aymé -- To the German I pass in the street / Jean Guéhenno -- The southern zone / Jean Guéhenno. |
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Daily life. Resistance. The reseda and the rose = La rose et le réséda / Louis Aragon -- The case of the Musée de l'homme / Louis Aragon -- The resurrection of France / Claude Aveline -- Seven poems of love in war = Les sept poèmes d'amour en guerre / Paul Éluard -- FTP / Edith Thomas -- Courage / Paul Éluard -- Departure / Dominique Aury. |
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Daily life. Collaborationist point of view. June 23 and October 25 / Robert Brasillach. |
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The literary scene : man's fate. Literature and commitment. Manifesto of the Éditions de Minuit / Pierre de Lescure -- from The poet to his party : Du poète à son parti / Louis Aragon. |
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The literary scene : man's fate. Confrontation and contestation. The absurd. The labyrinth = Labyrinthe / Henri Michaux -- from Sodom and Gomorrah / Jean Giraudoux -- from The stranger / Albert Camus -- The Iliad, poem of force / Simone Weil. |
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The literary scene : man's fate. Confrontation and contestation. Revolt and freedom. Enormous voice = Immense voix / Henri Michaux -- from Caligula / Albert Camus -- from The flies / Jean-Paul Sartre -- The crusades = Les croisés / Louis Aragon -- The awakening / Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. |
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The literary scene : man's fate. Nostalgia : the past and the future. The republic of silence / Jean-Paul Sartre. |
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The swing of the pendulum. The balance shifts. The turning point of the war / Robert Brasillach -- Fourth letter / Albert Camus. |
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The swing of the pendulum. The last confrontation. The liberation as seen from an attic / Robert Brasillach -- from Journal (1944-45) / Pierre Drieu La Rochelle -- To breathe / Paul Valéry. |
| Form |
Also issued online. |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- France -- Literary collections.
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French literature -- Translations into English.
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| Added Author |
Bernauer, George, compilor.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Brée, Germaine. Defeat and beyond. New York, Pantheon Books [1970] (OCoLC)575859977 |
