Critic of civilization : Georges Duhamel and his writings /
L. Clark Keating.
- [Lexington] : University of Kentucky Press, (c)1965.
- 1 online resource (xx, 268 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Introduction; PART I: The Creative Writer; 1. The Years of Apprenticeship; 2. The Impact of Two Wars; 3. The Life and Death of Louis Salavin; 4. The Theory and Practice of Fiction; 5. The Pasquier Chronicle; 6. The Art of the Pasquier Chronicle; 7. Children's Books, Fantasy, and Satire; PART II: The Observer and Commentator; 8. The Patriot and World Traveler; 9. Critic of Civilization; 10. The Doctor Defends Humane Letters; 11. Portrait: Subjective and Objective; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; U; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S.
As one of the outstanding minds of France, the career of George Duhamel reflects the universal range of his interests. A physician turned poet, playwright, novelist, publicist, critic, and world traveler, Duhamel for half a century has sought as a liberal humanist to defend the moral and aesthetic values of Western civilization against the encroachment of a dehumanizing machine age. Duhamel first achieved fame as a writer with two eloquent outcries against war in Vie des Martyrs and Civilisation, written while he was a front-line surgeon during World War I. His later plays and novels continue.