Roger Martin Du Gard and Maumort - The Nobel Laureate and His Unfinished Creation

In the late 1930s and early 1940s, Roger Martin du Gard was one of the most famous writers in the Western world. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1937, and his works, especially Les Thibault, a multivolume novel, were translated into English and read widely. Today, this close friend of André Gide, Albert Camus, and André Malraux is...

List of contents

Acknowledgments

1. Illusions

2. Realities

3. Hubris

4. Retribution

5. Vindication

6. Triumph

7. Displaced

8. Discomfited

9. Bereft

10. Estrangement

11. Afterlife

Notes

Index

About the author

Benjamin Franklin Martin is Professor of History Emeritus at Louisiana State University. He is the author of six previous books, among them, Years of Plenty, Years of Want. He has been a consulting scholar to the Jewish Museum in New York for the celebrated exhibition The Dreyfus Affaire: Art, Truch and Justice and a featured contributor to documentaries by The History Channel.

Summary

In the late 1930s and early 1940s, Roger Martin du Gard was one of the most famous writers in the Western world. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1937, and his works, especially Les Thibault, a multivolume novel, were translated into English and read widely. Today, this close friend of André Gide, Albert Camus, and André Malraux is...

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Martin, Benjamin Franklin Martin
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.02.2020
• EAN: 9781501747830
• ISBN: 978-1-5017-4783-0
• No. of pages: 277
• Series: NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Biographies, autobiographies; Frankreich, Literaturwissenschaft: 1900 bis 2000