Visions of war in France fiction, art, ideology - Brosman, Catharine Savage 1934- (Louisiana State University Press, 1999)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-227) and index
"Catharine Savage Brosman examines literary depictions of war and wartime in France from the early nineteenth century - the Napoleonic era - through World War II and its aftermath. Visions of War in France examines - in a historical, cultural, and ideological context - the development of nationalism and evolving views on warfare, how war has been treated by authors and artists in France since 1800, and especially the distinctive ways of grappling with the physical, psychological, and philosophical issues in the war-novel genre."--Jacket
The rationale of war in Enlightenment and Romantic literature -- Icons with a sword: French nationalistic and military symbolism -- Narratives of war: structures and types -- The Grande Armée and Waterloo: the Napoleonic wars in fiction -- The Franco-Prussian war and early Third Republic: war fiction and nationalism -- Where are the wars of yesteryear? the Great War and French modernism -- Variations on a theme: World War II and literary forms -- Repetition and rupture: the legacy of modern French wars