The Salt Smugglers tells of Nerval’s quest, on the brink of the Second Empire, to track down a book on a seventeenth-century opponent to absolute monarchy. The censorship that came down hard on the press in 1850 led him to write a work in the spirit of the “petits journaux”. These newspapers provided a satirical take on literary, political and social issues of the day. They were intentionally whimsical, personalised, digressive and characterised by a dry humour. Nerval adopted both their form and substance and adapted them to literature.
CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques
ISBN:978-2-406-17013-6
EAN:9782406170136
ISSN: 2554-8948
DOI: 10.48611/isbn.978-2-406-17013-6.p.0091
Publisher: Classiques Garnier
Online publication: 05-15-2024
Periodicity: Annual
Language: French
Keyword: Serial story, “petits journaux”, history, opposition, fancy