Bibliograph

Type

Label

And the show went on, cultural life in Nazi-occupied Paris, by Alan Riding

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-378) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmapsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

And the show went on

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

503042137

Responsibility statement

by Alan Riding

Sub title

cultural life in Nazi-occupied Paris

Summary

Throughout this penetrating and unsettling account, Riding keeps alive the quandaries facing many of these artists. Were they "saving" French culture by working? Were they betraying France if they performed before German soldiers or made movies with Nazi approval? Was it the intellectual's duty to take up arms against the occupier? Then, after Paris was liberated, what was deserving punishment for artists who had committed "intelligence with the enemy"? By throwing light on this critical moment of twentieth-century European cultural history, And the Show Went On focuses anew on whether artists and writers have a special duty to show moral leadership in moments of national trauma. -- From publisher description

Table Of Contents

Everyone on stage -- Not so drole -- Shall we dance? -- L'américain -- Paris by night -- Resistance as an idea -- Maréchal, nous voilà! -- Vivace, ma non troppo -- A ripped canvas -- Distraction on screen -- Mirroring the past -- Writing for the enemy -- Chez Florence -- "On the side of life" -- The pendulum swings -- Vengeance and amnesia -- Surviving at a price

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