The Invention of Europe in French Literature and Film [Hardcover]

Ousselin sets out to show that Europe is essentially a literary fiction and that the ongoing movement towards European unity cannot be understood without reference to the literary works that helped bring it about.Voltaire's Europe The European Spirit of Germaine de Stael Victor Hugo's European Utopia The Shrunken Europe of Maurice Barres Europe Onscreen: Jean Renoir Institutionalizing the Dream: Denis de Rougemont

'While avoiding undue simplification, [Edward Ousselin] has thus written a book that is admirably accessible to the general reader...No faint praise is intended in saying that Ousselin's study is essentially an (intelligent and incisive) introduction to the subject.' - French Studies

EDWARD OUSELLIN?is Associate Professor of French at Western Washington University, USA.