In this Book
- Through the Past Darkly: History and Memory in François Mauriac’s Bloc-notes
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: The Catholic University of America Press
summary
This book, the first English-language study of Mauriac's Bloc-notes, presents these poignant, incisive editorials on social justice, war, and human rights in postwar France as both symptomatic of a culture imbued with the past and emblematic of a Christian humanist's ethical approach to history and memory.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- p. ix
- 1. The Presence of the Past
- pp. 1-18
- 2. The Story of History
- pp. 19-66
- 3. An Uncertain Idea of France
- pp. 67-93
- 4. The Lessons of History
- pp. 94-142
- 5. In Search of Times Past
- pp. 143-202
- 6. The Bloc-notes in History
- pp. 203-226
- Bibliography
- pp. 233-236
Additional Information
ISBN
9780813215884
Related ISBN(s)
9780813213804
MARC Record
OCLC
726826957
Pages
253
Launched on MUSE
2013-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2004