Roman et religion en France (1713-1866).(Book Review)
Publication: The Modern Language Review
Publication Date: 01-JUL-04
Author: Astbury, Katherine
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Roman et religion en France (1713-1866). Ed. by JACQUES WAGNER. Paris: Champion. 2002. 286 pp. 46 [euro]. ISBN 2-7453-0594-8.
This is a volume of revised conference papers. Under the Ancien Regime, religion and the novel were two institutions of contrasting legitimacy, and the moral and philosophical reorientation that took place provides a fascinating backdrop to these papers. The conflict between the material and the spiritual and the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries is played out nicely. The volume is presented by Jacques Wagner and concludes with an...
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