GEORGES D´ESPARBÈS, CONTEUR ÉPIQUE D´UNE FIN DE SIÈCLE

Authors

  • Eric Vauthier
Keywords: Georges d’Esparbès, “nouvelle” épica, estética, fin de siglo, leyenda, crueldad

Abstract

Left behind, the work of Georges d’Esparbès allows us to study a little-known aspect of the French short story at the end of the 19th century: the heroic tale. In books such as La Légende de l’Aigle, La Guerre en dentelles or La Grogne, the short story writer transposes the heroic deeds of Louis XV’s and Napoleon’s armies into the epic mode. Close to idealist aesthetics, he is first and foremost a writer enamoured of legend, with all that that implies in terms of simplicity and naivety. For all that, his work is far from being reassuring. Dark and cruel, it evokes the war in all its horror, sometimes in the form of apocalyptic tableaux in the style of Léon Bloy. Thus, d’Esparbès testifies to the trauma caused by the French defeat of 1870.

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Author Biography

Eric Vauthier

Université Toulouse-Le Mirail
How to Cite
Vauthier, E. (2007). GEORGES D´ESPARBÈS, CONTEUR ÉPIQUE D´UNE FIN DE SIÈCLE. Anales de Filología Francesa, 15, 297–310. Retrieved from https://revistas.um.es/analesff/article/view/21121