The Second World War and the German Occupation continue to be a major focal point in French culture and society, with new and sometimes controversial titles appearing every year - Irene Nemirovsky's Suite francaise and Jonathan Littell's Les Bienveillantes, both rapidly translated into English, offer just two examples of this significant phenomenon in the last decade. There has, however, been no major critical reappraisal of narratives of war and occupation in France for over two decades. Gathering within one volume studies of genres, visual cultures, chronology, narrative theory, and a...
The Second World War and the German Occupation continue to be a major focal point in French culture and society, with new and sometimes controversial ...