The Consecration of the Writer is the definitive study of the first stages of a phenomenon that has profoundly affected world literature: the process by which modern writers ceased to speak as representatives of some religious or political power and instead seized the mantle of spiritual authority in their own right, speaking directly to and in the name of humanity. Paul Bénichou identifies three great moments in this process: the advent of the Enlightenment faith in philosophy and the rise of its literary concomitant, the man of letters; the literary creations of the counterrevolution and their surprising involvement in the elevation of the status of poetry; and, finally, the fusion of these tendencies in the early phases of romanticism in France. Bénichou deepens our understanding of romanticism by showing that it was a revision of the Enlightenment faith rather than a reaction against it. The extraordinary depth of Bénichou’s research, the originality of his conclusions, and the importance of his methodological reflections make this study an essential reference in the contemporary return to literary history.

The Consecration of the Writer, 1750-1830: Le Sacre De L'Ecrivain, 1750-1830 (European Horizons)

Literature & Fiction

Bénichou, Paul

History & Criticism

University Of Nebraska Press

The Consecration of the Writer, 1750-1830: Le Sacre De L'Ecrivain (European Horizons)

Cornelius, Jansenism, Racine and Moliere are at the heart of this study. The author analyzes the last battle between feudalism and the modern world in the seventeenth century and develops this view by analyzing the complexity of all doctrines which clashed at that time.

Morales du grand siècle

Essays & Correspondence

Фоліо

Les mages romantiques

Poetry

Gallimard]

Selon Mallarmé

Romantismes français (1)

Literary

Romantismes français (2)

Le sacre de l'écrivain

CORTI

Obra que desentraña una figura ineludible, la del escritor, cuya función que ha llegado a ser sacralizada y entronizada. Paul Bénichou describe cómo, cuando suena la crítica profana a la religión y a las instituciones hasta entonces sagradas, las letras se erigen en la sede del espíritu, mientras el literato, versificador o filósofo, es promovido al rango de pensador y de profeta.

La coronación del escritor 1750-1830 : ensayos sobre el advenimiento de un poder espiritual laico en la Francia moderna (Spanish Edition)

Reference

Words, Language & Grammar

FONDO DE CULTURA ECONOMICA*

En El tiempo de los profetas, Paul Bénichou se propuso escribir una historia de la literatura francesa a partir del estudio de los sistemas doctrinarios y las ideologías políticas, sociales y religiosas, para llegar a la comprensión de la literatura que se desarrolló en el lapso que abarcan los años de 1800 a 1850.

El tiempo de los profetas : doctrinas de la época romántica (Spanish Edition)

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