TY - EJOUR A1 - Colin, Yoann TI - Octave Mirbeau and Léon Bloy - The revealing cliché of “being bourgeois” T2 - Cahiers Octave Mirbeau 2020, n° 27. varia JO - Cahiers Octave Mirbeau (ISSN 2726-0518), 27, 2020 DO - 10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-10518-3.p.0211 SN - 2726-0518 SP - 211 EP - 229 AB - Bloy and Mirbeau, both harsh critics of the bourgeois spirit, make their bourgeois characters speak in commonplaces to reveal their stupidity. In Bloy’s work, the interpretation of bourgeois platitudes also underpins their refusal to submit to God, while Mirbeau’s work thus brings to light the hidden injustice of society. PY - 2020 DA - 2020/06/03 DP - Classiques Garnier PB - Classiques Garnier CY - Paris KW - Octave Mirbeau, Léon Bloy, bourgeois, commonplace, justification LA - fre UR - https://classiques-garnier.com/cahiers-octave-mirbeau-2020-n-27-varia-octave-mirbeau-and-leon-bloy.html Y2 - 2024/07/11 ER -