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The Subversive Tradition in French Literature, Volume I:1721-1870 (review)

This study is the first of two volumes examining "opposition or protest literature during the 250 years between 1721 and 1971." In the introduction, entitled "L'Art de Rouspéter," the author traces the history of "criticism or ridicule of the authorities" in French literature since the Middle Ages, explains his method, and justifies his choice of examples. The works selected for analysis "attack specific conditions or acts rather than general vices," but have enough literary merit to transcend the unimportance for posterity of some of the issues they