Arthur B. Evans
- Published in print:
- 2000
- Published Online:
- May 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780853236948
- eISBN:
- 9781781380604
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Discontinued
- DOI:
- 10.5949/liverpool/9780853236948.003.0002
- Subject:
- Literature, Criticism/Theory
This chapter discusses the relationship between Verne and the French literary canon. It begins in the 1863–1905 period, when the Académie Française refused to acknowledge Verne as a writer of ‘real’ ...
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This chapter discusses the relationship between Verne and the French literary canon. It begins in the 1863–1905 period, when the Académie Française refused to acknowledge Verne as a writer of ‘real’ literary merit despite his popular success. Verne's lack of ‘official’ recognition may be attributed to rigid and hierarchically defined notion of littérature itself during this period. The discussions then turn to the evolution of Verne's literary reputation during the period of 1905 to 1955, and the reassessment of Verne in the French literary canon during the 1960s and 1970s.Less
This chapter discusses the relationship between Verne and the French literary canon. It begins in the 1863–1905 period, when the Académie Française refused to acknowledge Verne as a writer of ‘real’ literary merit despite his popular success. Verne's lack of ‘official’ recognition may be attributed to rigid and hierarchically defined notion of littérature itself during this period. The discussions then turn to the evolution of Verne's literary reputation during the period of 1905 to 1955, and the reassessment of Verne in the French literary canon during the 1960s and 1970s.
