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| 04007. THE SIGNIFICANCE AND INFLUENCE OF GIDE IN PRE-WAR FRENCH LITERATUBE. A thoroughgoing examination of Gide's career as a man of letters before the First World War; such works as The Notebooks of Andre Walther, The Fruits of the Earth, The Immoralist and The Caves of the Vatican are studied for their style and content. The conflicts in Gide's life, such as his struggle with homosexuality and his separation of his public and private lives, are discussed in detail. The essay looks at plays as well as novels, and sums up Gide's influence as a moralist and didactic writer. 26 pages, 19 footnotes, 13 bibliographic sources. |
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