The French Writers’ War, 1940–1953 By Gisèle Sapiro

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A remarkably thorough account of French writers and literary institutions from the beginning of the German Occupation through France's passage of amnesty laws in the early 1950s. Having surveyed the career trajectories and literary and political positions of 185 writers, Gisèle Sapiro argues that writers' stances in relation to the Vichy regime are most accurately explained in terms of institutional and structural factors rather than ideology.