Andre Gide's Politics: Rebellion and Ambivalence

by Ed Tom Conner

At the peak of his career, after having established himself as an accomplished writer, astute moraliste, and the foremost spokesperson of his generation for personal freedom and self-realization, Gide became aware, first, that his particular brand of bourgeois individualism was becoming increasingly irrelevant in the contemporary world and, second, that social commitment and even revolution could serve as a powerful source of inspiration and self-renewal...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312227086
• ISBN13: 9780312227081
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"