Set in America during the War of Independence, Barthélémy-Hadot's 1820 novel La Révolte de Boston reflects the author's ethical commitment to justice and equality as it explores the theme of liberation from oppression in three parallel and complementary modes: as a revolt against slavery, against political oppression, and male domination.
Less attention has been devoted to Stendhal's contributions to cultural criticism than to his literary works. Inspired by recent re-editions in that area, this essay examines the writer's militant struggles during the Restoration, as well as a work that exemplifies the originality of his thoughts on intellectuals, his 1825 political pamphlet D'un Nouveau Complot contre les Industriels. Whereas Stendhal's isolated position in the cultural field of his time has usually been ascribed to his age and his leanings towards the 18th century, it is his modernity and his significance as a theorist of the modern intellectual that are emphasized here, not only with regard to his values, but also to his conception of the classe pensante as an autonomous and independent social force. (In French)
Vu la place importante accordée à la description des us et coutumes régionaux dans les romans rustiques de George Sand, la contribution sandienne à la construction du national a été considérée avant tout sous l’angle du patrimoine, « du riche legs de souvenirs ». C’est de l’autre facette de la contribution sandienne au processus de formation identitaire, celui du « plébiscite de tous les jours », que traite cet article. L’oeuvre postérieure à 1848 est présentée ici comme l’illustration du projet politique qui la porte, c’est-à-dire du désir de transformer la France en une vraie république. Mettre en relation une oeuvre littéraire où domine la religion de l’amour et une oeuvre politique qui s’interroge sur les moyens de faire naître le « consentement libre et spontané de tous » à la nation permet de faire apparaître l’importance du sentiment d’appartenance nationale et du nationalisme dans l’oeuvre de maturité de George Sand.
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