Les Hors Nature de Rachilde : la querelle des nationalistes et des cosmopolites à la sauce décadente
Rachilde’s Les Hors Nature: the quarrel between nationalists and cosmopolitans in decadent sauce

Summary/Abstract: The central theme of Rachilde’s Les Hors Nature, written at the peak of French nationalism, is the confrontation between two nationalities, representing two cultures, two homelands and two personalities. The novel describes two opposite positions: a cosmopolitan one versus a traditional and historical one. Rachilde, despite her open anti-German declarations during the two World Wars, seems here inclined to much more moderate opinions. She does so in her own way, combining ideological statements with a wish to be original and provocative.

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