I probably will write more about representations of various figures in literature at some point when I'm not so busy. It's definitely a subject of great interest to me.
"Zanoni" sounds rather predictable, but looked at from the right angle I can see how it would be funny. I've never understood why people think they're insulting Robespierre by claiming that he was catlike though. I like cats!
It's not so much Camille's relationship with Lucile that I object to as the way that he's turned into some kind of sainted martyr to freedom of the press, when really all people want is one more excuse to depict Robespierre as evil. It's the same kind of hypocrisy that makes counterrevolutionaries claim they object to the violence of the Revolution when they really object to popular participation in government. But it's harder to sell people on the latter objection.
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Date: 2011-11-10 06:42 am (UTC)"Zanoni" sounds rather predictable, but looked at from the right angle I can see how it would be funny. I've never understood why people think they're insulting Robespierre by claiming that he was catlike though. I like cats!
It's not so much Camille's relationship with Lucile that I object to as the way that he's turned into some kind of sainted martyr to freedom of the press, when really all people want is one more excuse to depict Robespierre as evil. It's the same kind of hypocrisy that makes counterrevolutionaries claim they object to the violence of the Revolution when they really object to popular participation in government. But it's harder to sell people on the latter objection.