Le Roman de l’énergie nationale

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Le Roman de l’énergie nationale is a trilogy of novels by French writer and politician Maurice Barrès. The trilogy includes Les Déracinés (1897), L’Appel au soldat (1900), and Leurs figures (1902).12

These novels explore themes of fervent nationalism and individualism, with a particular focus on the attachment to one's native region. Les Déracinés, for example, tells the story of young people who leave their homeland for Paris but experience disillusionment after being uprooted from their traditions. Barrès's work is considered an important document for understanding the attitudes of the French right during the Dreyfus Affair and the period between the World Wars.13

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Maurice Barrès
…a new trilogy of novels, Le Roman de l’énergie nationale (“The Novel of National Energy”), made up of Les Déracinés (1897; “The Uprooted”), L’Appel au soldat (1900; “The Call to the Soldier”), and Leurs figures (1902; “Their Figures”). In these works he expounded an individualism that included a deep-rooted attachment…
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…a new trilogy of novels, Le Roman de l’énergie nationale (“The Novel of National Energy”), made up of Les Déracinés (1897; “The Uprooted”), L’Appel au soldat (1900; “The Call to the Soldier”), and Leurs figures (1902; “Their Figures”). In these works he expounded an individualism that included a deep-rooted attachment…
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French literature
The novel later in the century
” His trilogy Le Roman de l’énergie nationale (“The Book of National Energy”), particularly Les Déracinés (1897; “The Rootless” or “Men Without Roots”), is an important document for an understanding of the attitudes of the French right during the Dreyfus Affair and between the world wars.
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” His trilogy Le Roman de l’énergie nationale (“The Book of National Energy”), particularly Les Déracinés (1897; “The Rootless” or “Men Without Roots”), is an important document for an understanding of the attitudes of the French right during the Dreyfus Affair and between the world wars.
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