TY  - EJOUR
A1  - Bertrand, Mathilde
TI  - The last Messe de l’abbé de La Croix-Jugan or the specter of the epic in L’Ensorcelée by Jules Barbey d’Aurevilly
T2  - La Revue des lettres modernes. Memoranda
JO  - La Revue des lettres modernes (ISSN 0035-2136)
DO  - 10.48611/isbn.978-2-406-11227-3.p.0207
SN  - 0035-2136
SP  - 207
EP  - 221
AB  - With L’Ensorcelée, Barbey’s dream of a “Chouan epic” turns into an elegy. This dark novel tells of the failure of the Chouans, the impossible redemption of the Abbé de La Croix-Jugan, and the damnation of the woman who loves him. A metaphysical and aesthetic drama is played out here. Giving up on staging the great collective and popular voice of the epic, the novelist adopts the elegiac register of a disillusioned univocity, in mourning for the style of the epic that he cannot, however, break with.
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/09/29
DP  - Classiques Garnier
PB  - Classiques Garnier
CY  - Paris
KW  - novel, epic, elegy, Chouannerie, damnation, fantastic, disillusion
LA  - fre
UR  - https://classiques-garnier.com/la-revue-des-lettres-modernes-memoranda-the-last-messe-de-l-abbe-de-la-croix-jugan-or-the-specter-of-the-epic-in-l-ensorcelee-by-jules-barbey-d-aurevilly.html
Y2  - 2024/07/11
ER  -