| Charles Maurras's Classicising Aesthetics: An Aestheticization of Politics Contributor(s): Alvarez-Detrell, Tamara (Editor), Paulson, Michael G. (Editor), Deleonibus, Gaetano (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820438782 ISBN-13: 9780820438788 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $76.29 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 2000 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - French - Political Science | History & Theory - General - History | Europe - France |
| Dewey: 848.912 |
| LCCN: 99019407 |
| Series: Currents in Comparative Romance Languages and Literatures |
| Physical Information: 162 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - French |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Charles Maurras, founder of the Action Fran aise, was a highly influential thinker in fin-de-si cle literary and political scenes, but has fallen out of favor among current academics due to his radical right-wing ideology. This study seeks to understand that ideology in terms of his aestheticization of politics, a driving principle behind Maurras, the person, the critic, and the storyteller. Originally formulated in the early 1890s, Maurras's classicising aesthetics aims to reintegrate the ethical and the political back into an organic whole, as represented by the classical and neo-classical traditions, and informs both his racist and nationalist discourses. |