“Written with equal measures of passion and perspicacity, this book illustrates how, while wilful amnesia might contrive to erase the violence of two particularly shameful periods in French history—the Vichy years, and Algerian War of Independence—for decades playwrights have sought to expose this past on its main stages.”— Clare Finburgh Delijani, Goldsmiths, University of London
“John Ireland highlights how French memory in the 20th century, soiled by collaboration with the Nazis and the colonial war in Algeria, has been inscribed in the theater. Magnificently documented by literary and political history, his study reveals the gradual expression of traumas from Sartre to Kateb and Koltès.”— Francois Noudelmann, New York University
“John Ireland offers us a superb study of the French and Francophone theatrical representation of two major political traumas: the German occupation of France (1940–44) and Algeria’s war for independence (1954–62). Linking oral and written literature, classical and modern tragedy, as well as artistic avant-garde and political ideals, this book is a beautiful, memorable achievement.”— Thomas Pavel, University of Chicago
“John Ireland highlights how French memory in the 20th century, soiled by collaboration with the Nazis and the colonial war in Algeria, has been inscribed in the theater. Magnificently documented by literary and political history, his study reveals the gradual expression of traumas from Sartre to Kateb and Koltès.”— Francois Noudelmann, New York University
“John Ireland offers us a superb study of the French and Francophone theatrical representation of two major political traumas: the German occupation of France (1940–44) and Algeria’s war for independence (1954–62). Linking oral and written literature, classical and modern tragedy, as well as artistic avant-garde and political ideals, this book is a beautiful, memorable achievement.”— Thomas Pavel, University of Chicago
“Written with equal measures of passion and perspicacity, this book illustrates how, while wilful amnesia might contrive to erase the violence of two particularly shameful periods in French history—the Vichy years, and Algerian War of Independence—for decades playwrights have sought to expose this past on its main stages.”— Clare Finburgh Delijani, Goldsmiths, University of London
"Drawing upon the contributions of anthropology and sociology, Ireland addresses concepts such as memory, whereby people analyze experiences after the actual events, thereby producing more realistic evaluations with the benefit of hindsight."— Frederick J. Augustyn Jr., Library Journal
“Written with equal measures of passion and perspicacity, this book illustrates how, while wilful amnesia might contrive to erase the violence of two particularly shameful periods in French history—the Vichy years, and Algerian War of Independence—for decades playwrights have sought to expose this past on its main stages.”— Clare Finburgh Delijani, Goldsmiths, University of London
“John Ireland highlights how French memory in the 20th century, soiled by collaboration with the Nazis and the colonial war in Algeria, has been inscribed in the theater. Magnificently documented by literary and political history, his study reveals the gradual expression of traumas from Sartre to Kateb and Koltès.”— Francois Noudelmann, New York University
“John Ireland offers us a superb study of the French and Francophone theatrical representation of two major political traumas: the German occupation of France (1940–44) and Algeria’s war for independence (1954–62). Linking oral and written literature, classical and modern tragedy, as well as artistic avant-garde and political ideals, this book is a beautiful, memorable achievement.”— Thomas Pavel, University of Chicago
"Drawing upon the contributions of anthropology and sociology, Ireland addresses concepts such as memory, whereby people analyze experiences after the actual events, thereby producing more realistic evaluations with the benefit of hindsight."— Frederick J. Augustyn Jr., Library Journal
“Written with equal measures of passion and perspicacity, this book illustrates how, while wilful amnesia might contrive to erase the violence of two particularly shameful periods in French history—the Vichy years, and Algerian War of Independence—for decades playwrights have sought to expose this past on its main stages.”— Clare Finburgh Delijani, Goldsmiths, University of London
“John Ireland highlights how French memory in the 20th century, soiled by collaboration with the Nazis and the colonial war in Algeria, has been inscribed in the theater. Magnificently documented by literary and political history, his study reveals the gradual expression of traumas from Sartre to Kateb and Koltès.”— Francois Noudelmann, New York University
“John Ireland offers us a superb study of the French and Francophone theatrical representation of two major political traumas: the German occupation of France (1940–44) and Algeria’s war for independence (1954–62). Linking oral and written literature, classical and modern tragedy, as well as artistic avant-garde and political ideals, this book is a beautiful, memorable achievement.”— Thomas Pavel, University of Chicago
"Drawing upon the contributions of anthropology and sociology, Ireland addresses concepts such as memory, whereby people analyze experiences after the actual events, thereby producing more realistic evaluations with the benefit of hindsight."— Frederick J. Augustyn Jr., Library Journal
“Written with equal measures of passion and perspicacity, this book illustrates how, while wilful amnesia might contrive to erase the violence of two particularly shameful periods in French history—the Vichy years, and Algerian War of Independence—for decades playwrights have sought to expose this past on its main stages.”— Clare Finburgh Delijani, Goldsmiths, University of London
“John Ireland highlights how French memory in the 20th century, soiled by collaboration with the Nazis and the colonial war in Algeria, has been inscribed in the theater. Magnificently documented by literary and political history, his study reveals the gradual expression of traumas from Sartre to Kateb and Koltès.”— Francois Noudelmann, New York University
“John Ireland offers us a superb study of the French and Francophone theatrical representation of two major political traumas: the German occupation of France (1940–44) and Algeria’s war for independence (1954–62). Linking oral and written literature, classical and modern tragedy, as well as artistic avant-garde and political ideals, this book is a beautiful, memorable achievement.”— Thomas Pavel, University of Chicago
