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Confronting Evil : The Psychology of Secularization in Modern French Literature.

Powers, Scott M.

Confronting Evil : The Psychology of Secularization in Modern French Literature. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (275 pages) - Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures Series ; v.66 . - Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures Series .

Cover -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Writing against Theodicy: Secularization in Baudelaire's Poetry and Critical Essays -- Chapter Two: The Mourning of God and the Ironies of Secularization in Baudelaire's Le Spleen de Paris -- Chapter Three: Sublimation and Conversion in Zola and Huysmans -- Chapter Four: The Staging of Doubt: Zola and Huysmans on Lourdes -- Chapter Five: Religious and Secular Conversions: Transformations in Céline's Medical Perspective on Evil -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book -- About the Author.

9781612494524


Secularization - France.


Electronic books.

PQ307.E87 -- .P69 2016eb

840.9/353

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