Although he never presented himself as a reader of Rabelais, in a century when it was common to do so, Ernest Renan saw in this erudite and joyful figure a model of a priest who was not enslaved by his faith, to the point of making Rabelais into a somewhat fantasized alter ego in his late works. Rabelais, without having been one of Renan’s principle sources, therefore constitutes a revealing background to this thinker’s work on the concept of the “nation,” an element that has not been recognized in research on Renan.
CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques
ISBN:978-2-406-10343-1
EAN:9782406103431
ISSN: 2554-9111
DOI: 10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-10343-1.p.0257
Publisher: Classiques Garnier
Online publication: 04-08-2020
Periodicity: Annual
Language: French
Keyword: Reception, religion, nineteenth century, gaiety, youth