André Maurois (1885-1967)

Fortunes and Misfortunes of a Moderate

J. Gossman (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

123 Seiten

2014
Palgrave Pivot (Verlag)
978-1-137-40269-1 (ISBN)

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Respected by his peers and hugely successful internationally in his own time, André Maurois is now hardly read. Moderate and conciliatory in everything, including his literary style, he appealed to the educated reader of his time, but did those very qualities prevent him from achieving lasting distinction and impact?

Lionel Gossman is the M. Taylor Pyne Professor of Romance Languages emeritus at Princeton University, USA.

1. An International Reputation 2. A Literary Phenomenon 3. The Middle Road 4. The Mission of Reconciliation 5. Making Sense: The 'New Biography' 6. Mediator between France and Britain, France and the US 7. Concluding Comment. The Limits of the Middle Ground

Erscheint lt. Verlag	13.1.2014
Zusatzinfo	X, 123 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-137-40269-5 / 1137402695
ISBN-13	978-1-137-40269-1 / 9781137402691
Zustand	Neuware