Napoléon mémorialiste, entre gloire et insignifiance ou « le plus grand homme dévoré d’inquiétude » // Napoleon memorialist, between grandeur and insignificance
During his exile at island of Saint Helena, Napoleon is condemned to look back upon his life. Le Mémorial, dictated by Napoleon and edited by Las Cases, is the very foundation of Napoleonian legend. Napoleon mentions the ingratitude of those monarchs which he installed to the throne himself and w...
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Univerzita Karlova, Filozofická Fakulta
2015-12-01
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| Series: | Svět Literatury |
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| Online Access: | http://svetliteratury.ff.cuni.cz/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2017/02/ales_pohorsky_53-63.pdf |
| Summary: | During his exile at island of Saint Helena, Napoleon is condemned to look back upon his life. Le
Mémorial, dictated by Napoleon and edited by Las Cases, is the very foundation of Napoleonian legend.
Napoleon mentions the ingratitude of those monarchs which he installed to the throne himself
and who later denied him. The work is the bases of the legend that oscillates between monarchy
and citizenship, the king and the nation and the dictatorship and liberty. As a literary work
Le Mémorial inspired Musset, Chateaubriand, Mme de Staël, Bourrienne, la duchesse d’Abrantès,
Balzac, Mme de Rémusat and many others. It has also influenced all European cultures, including
Czech literature. The one, who “changed the world” died in solitude and obscurity, in deep meditation
about his own failure. |
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| ISSN: | 0862-8440 2336-6729 |