Bøger af Elisabeth Scheele

These three studies analyze key themes in Stendhal's work: the glory of the heroism of dying for freedom, following in the footsteps of Ariosto, Greco-Roman antiquity and Napoleon, and the process of disillusionment; the conflict between royalists and republicans in the Vendée wars; and the despotism of Cardinals Richelieu and Mazarin during the Fronde, of which Cardinal de Retz was the victim.

This selection of articles examines aspects of Giraudoux's work, comparing it with the Iliad andOdyssey of Homer, Friedrich von Schiller, Jacques 'Offenbach, Jean Giono, Rupert Brooke and Bertolt Brecht. His famous drama La guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu reflects humanity's hope for peace, aware that this ever-renewed Sisyphean hope succumbs to the hydra of war.

This selection of articles examines certain aspects of Giraudoux's work, drawing parallels with other works of his, such as Les Gracques and Suzanne et le Pacifique, with the dramas of Aristophanes, and with the work of Romain Rolland and other contemporaries. His famous drama La guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu reflects humanity's hope for peace, aware that this ever-renewed Sisyphean hope succumbs to the hydra of war.

The Enlightenment had repercussions on many periods of literature, right up to the present day. Francoise de Graffigny shares the criticism of the accusers of the horrors of colonialism, echoes of which can still be found in Giraudoux. Stedhal, Mérimée and Tourguéniev took a keen interest in Voltaire, Montesquieu and their contemporaries and their accusations of despotism and the oppression of freedom.

Research on Stendhal, Vol. II These nine studies analyze Stendhal's work, his criticism of the prose of Cicero and his epigones, his evocation of reality and the nocturnal sides of humanity, his famous definition of the novel as a mirror, the interferences between Boccaccio, Shakespeare, Schiller, Beethoven and Stendhal, and his indictment of tyranny in all its forms, symbolized by the Red of the blood of tyrants and their victims and by the Black of oppression.

Alfred Loisy lived through the wars of 1870, the First World War and the beginnings of the Second, without having seen peace. This painful experience is reflected in his interest in war and peace efforts in his work, from the Assyrian wars, Homeric to the wars of his time, in which he denounced the spirit of brutality of ancient times contrary to the spirit of brotherhood of the Gospel. However, he admitted just wars against aggressor peoples. Despite his scepticism about the League of Nations and efforts to resolve conflicts through legal arbitration, he advocated beating the drum for humanity.

The memories of Napoleon's Russian campaign of 1812 are reflected in the memoirs of the generals and in the notebooks of the soldiers who took part in it, many writers and historians have been interested in it. Stendhal participated in this campaign, he was an eyewitness, the memoirs of the soldiers were one of his favorite readings. Balzac also immortalized the courage of the soldiers, Heinrich Heine, Theodor Fontane, Johann Peter Hebel also described it.