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Rachilde, critic of Léon Bloy From “Mademoiselle Baudelaire” to “Mademoiselle Sainte-Beuve”

  • Publication type: Journal article
  • Journal: Rachilde ou les aléas de la postérité
    2023 – 6
    . De l'oubli au renouveau
  • Author: Brix (Michel)
  • Abstract: Rachilde appreciated Léon Bloy and devoted numerous reviews to his works. What interest could the author of Monsieur Vénus find in the books of a Catholic imprecator like Léon Bloy ? This article examines these reviews, which make the link between two intellectual and literary trajectories that everything seems to oppose. It brings out what Rachilde expected from literature: to show authors providing examples and lessons in honesty by talking about themselves.
  • Pages: 307 to 324
  • Journal: Journal of Modern Literature
  • Series: Minores xix-xx, n° 5
  • CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques
  • EAN: 9782406149583
  • ISBN: 978-2-406-14958-3
  • ISSN: 0035-2136
  • DOI: 10.48611/isbn.978-2-406-14958-3.p.0307
  • Publisher: Classiques Garnier
  • Online publication: 05-31-2023
  • Periodicity: Monthly
  • Language: French
  • Keyword: Rachilde, Léon Bloy, Mercure de France, realism, autobiography, sincerity