The Life of Celine A Critical Biography

This invaluable book not only assesses the life and work of one of Europe's most important and innovative writers, it also casts revealing light on crucial areas of French cultural, social, and political history.

Nicholas Hewitt is Professor of French at the University of Nottingham, and has taught previously at the universities of Hull, Southampton and Warwick. He has written widely on French literary and cultural history from the end of the First World War to the 1960s, including studies on Troyat, French interwar "malaise", CTline, and the postwar French literary Right.

List of illustrations

xi

Preface

xiii

A Parisian Childhood

1

(19)

Courbevoie

1

(5)

The Autumn of Central Paris

6

(4)

Passage de Choiseul

10

(4)

Germany and England

14

(2)

Commerce

16

(4)

National Service: The Army and the Colonies

20

(18)

The `12 Cuir'

20

(5)

The War

25

(4)

London

29

(3)

Africa

32

(6)

The Student of Medicine

38

(21)

Eureka

38

(2)

The Mission Rockefeller

40

(4)

Medical Studies

44

(4)

Semmelweis

48

(8)

Career

56

(3)

The League of Nations

59

(21)

Geneva

59

(4)

America

63

(6)

Africa Again

69

(2)

Elizabeth and the Plays

71

(9)

Clichy and Montmartre

80

(25)

Rue d'Alsace

80

(10)

Rue Fanny

90

(3)

Rue Lepic

93

(12)

Voyage au bout de la nuit

105

(18)

Composition

105

(3)

Publication

108

(3)

Literary Prizes

111

(4)

Voyage au bout de la nuit

115

(8)

The `House of Literature'

123

(23)

Success

123

(5)

Personal Life

128

(6)

Politics

134

(4)

Literature

138

(8)

1936

146

(17)

Mort a credit

146

(5)

Reactions

151

(5)

Russia

156

(4)

Mea culpa

160

(3)

Anti-Semitism

163

(20)

Travels

163

(4)

Bagatelles pour un massacre

167

(5)

The Anti-Semite

172

(5)

L'Ecole des cadavres

177

(6)

Phoney War

183

(16)

Casse-pipe

183

(4)

`Drole de guerre'

187

(7)

Les Beaux Draps

194

(5)

The Occupation

199

(27)

German Time

199

(8)

Celine and Collaboration

207

(9)

Personal Life

216

(5)

Guignol's Band

221

(5)

Exile

226

(30)

Germany

226

(5)

Sigmaringen

231

(4)

Copenhagen

235

(9)

Klarskovgaard

244

(6)

The Trial

250

(6)

Meudon

256

(23)

The Return of Celine

256

(4)

Feerie pour une autre fois

260

(6)

Purgatory

266

(7)

D'un chateau l'autre

273

(6)

Conclusion: Celine and Power

279

(7)

Notes

286

(45)

Bibliography

331

(15)

Index

346

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The Life of Celine A Critical Biography

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