Les Romans de la TerreurL’invention d’un imaginaire (1793-1874)
Publication type: Book
Author:Kompanietz (Paul)
Adaptor:Kompanietz (Paul)
Abstract: From Lettres trouvées dans des portefeuilles d’émigrés (1793) by Isabelle de Charrière to Victor Hugo’s Quatrevingt-Treize (1874), the years 1793–1794 have stoked the imagination of numerous novelists. Beyond the scenes featuring the guillotine, how did the novel help invent an imaginary of the “Terreur”?