French Political Travel Writing in the Interwar Years Radical Departures |
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| Author:
| Cornick, Martyn
Hurcombe, Martin
Kershaw, Angela |
| Series title: | Routledge Research in Travel Writing Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-135-10871-7 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2017 |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Group
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| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | USD $48.95 |
Book Description:
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This book studies travel writing produced by French authors following visits to dictatorial regimes perceived in inter-war France as totalitarian in nature. It gauges the appeal of totalitarian alternatives and their apparent promise for the French intellectual, considering to what extent the interest in such regimes reflects a utopian aspiration.
This book studies travel writing produced by French authors following visits to dictatorial regimes perceived in inter-war France as totalitarian in nature. It gauges the appeal of totalitarian alternatives and their apparent promise for the French intellectual, considering to what extent the interest in such regimes reflects a utopian aspiration.