TY  - BOOK
AU  - Keating,L.Clark
TI  - Critic of civilization: Georges Duhamel and his writings 
SN  - 9780813163345
AV  - PQ2607 .C758 1965
PY  - 1965///
CY  - [Lexington]
PB  - University of Kentucky Press
KW  - Duhamel, Georges,
KW  - Duhamel, Georges, 1884-1966
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 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; 2; b
N2  - 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
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