Capital Letters - Hugo, Baudelaire, Camus, and the Death Penalty

Zusammenfassung Sheds new light on how literature has dealt with society's most violent legal institution! the death penalty. This book investigates this question through the works of three major French authors with markedly distinct political convictions and literary styles: Victor Hugo! Charles Baudelaire! and Albert Camus.

Product details

• Authors: Eve Morisi, Ève Morisi
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9780810141513
• ISBN: 978-0-8101-4151-3
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: Flashpoints
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Romance linguistics / literary studies; Französisch, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / French, Literature - Classics / Criticism, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century