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Георг Брандес. Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature - 3. The Reaction in France

Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature - 3. The Reaction in France

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THE REACTION IN FRANCE

INTRODUCTION

I. THE REVOLUTION

II. THE CONCORDAT

III. THE PRINCIPLE OF AUTHORITY

IV "LE GÉNIE DU CHRISTIANISME"

V. JOSEPH DE MAISTRE

VI. BONALD

VII. CHATEAUBRIAND

VIII. MADAME DE KRÜDENER

IX. LYRIC POETRY: LAMARTINE AND HUGO

X. LOVE IN THE LITERATURE OF THE PERIOD

XI. DISSOLUTION OF THE THEORETICAL PRINCIPLE OF AUTHORITY

XII. DISSOLUTION OF THE PRACTICAL PRINCIPLE OF AUTHORITY

XIII. CULMINATION AND COLLAPSE OF THE REACTION

XIV. CONCLUSION

MAIN CURRENTS IN. NINETEENTH CENTURY LITERATURE. By GEORGE BRANDES. In Six Vols, illustrated

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Georg Brandes

Published by Good Press, 2019

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And when the fear was expressed that such proceedings would result in civil war, the noted Girondist, Guadet, a disciple of Holbach, reassured the Assembly with a speech containing the following assertion: "Every one knows that a priest is as cowardly as he is covetous, that he wields no weapons but those of superstition, and that, having fought nowhere but in the theological prize-ring, he is a nonentity on the field of battle." It was soon seen how mistaken, in this matter at least, Guadet and his sympathisers were, and what bold, enthusiastic leaders the priests made in the sanguinary civil war which ensued.

Things reached such a pitch that speakers actually began to excuse themselves when they were obliged to address the Assembly on church matters. François de Nantes (as spokesman of a committee, be it noted) declares: "Our one consolation in being obliged to take up your time with the discussion of church matters is the hope that the measures you will take will prevent the necessity of your ever hearing of them again." His whole speech is a tissue of audacities.

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