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100 1 _aRenan, Ernest,
_d1823-1892
245 1 0 _aPages françaises
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2025
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2025-12-10
508 _aLaurent Vogel (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica))
520 _a"Pages françaises" by Ernest Renan is a collection of political and literary essays written in the late 19th century. The volume gathers Renan’s speeches, letters, and articles on France’s destiny, European politics, the culture of French society, and the idea of nationhood as a voluntary, spiritual community rather than a matter of race or language. Readers should expect lucid liberal patriotism, critiques of militarism and coercive nationalism, and counsel addressed to citizens and youth. The opening of this anthology sets the stage with an editor’s foreword: selected political and social pieces—many tied to the 1870 war and France’s mission—are brought together to correct the caricature of Renan as a skeptic and to highlight his fervent, if measured, patriotism. A key thread is “l’adhésion libre,” culminating in the highlighted conference “Qu’est-ce qu’une nation?,” which argues that nations rest on shared memories and the present will to live together, not on race, language, or frontiers. Early pieces defend the distinctive liveliness of French society and literature, respond to a German friend by praising the older humanistic Germany while criticizing Prussian harshness and over-militarization, and offer brief, emblematic reflections on Richelieu, political foresight (the “actor of Antioch” parable), admiration for effective action, and tender loyalty to “la vieille mère,” France. Advice to students urges legality, liberty, and steadfast attachment to the country. The selection then begins the famous essay on nationhood with a historical survey and firm rejections of race, language, religion, and geography as sufficient bases for a nation, before breaking off as he turns to the problem of secession. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cParis: Calmann-Lévy, 1921
653 _aFrance -- Civilization
653 _aFranco-Prussian War, 1870-1871
653 _aFrance -- Relations -- Germany
856 4 _uhttps://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bd6t543538685
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77436
999 _c118156
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