Léon Bloy
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| + | "[[Nul]] ne sait [[meaning of life|ce qu'il est venu faire en ce monde]], à quoi correspondent ses actes, ses sentiments, ses pensées; qui sont ses plus proches parmi tous les hommes, ni quel est son nom véritable, son impérissable Nom dans le registre de la Lumière. Empereur ou débardeur nul ne sait son fardeau ni sa couronne. L'Histoire est comme un immenseTexte liturgique où les iotas et les points valent autant que des versets ou des chapitres entiers, mais l'importance des uns et des autres est indéterminableet profondément cachée." --''[[L'Ame de Napoléon]]'' by Bloy | ||
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| - | '''Léon Bloy''' ([[Périgueux]], [[July 11]], [[1846]] - [[Bourg-la-Reine]], [[November 3]], [[1917]]) was a [[France|French]] [[novel]]ist, [[essay]]ist, pamphleteer and [[poetry|poet]]. Beginning as a member of the [[Symbolism (literature)|Symbolist]] school, his later works reflect a deepening devotion to the [[Roman Catholic Church]] and most generally a tremendous craving for the Absolute. His devotion to religion resulted in a complete dependence on charity; he acquired his nickname ("the ungrateful beggar") as a result of the many letters requesting financial aid from friends, acquaintances, and complete strangers, all the while carrying on with his literary work, in which his eight-volume ''Diary'' takes an important place. | + | '''Léon Bloy''' (1846 – 1917) was a [[French writer]] known for his Catholicism, [[novels]], essays and satires. |
| - | He was a friend of the author [[Joris-Karl Huysmans]], the painter [[Georges Rouault]], and the philosopher [[Jacques Maritain]], and was instrumental in reconciling these intellectuals with Roman Catholicism. However, he acquired a reputation for bigotry because of his frequent outbursts of temper; and his first novel, "Le Désespéré", a fierce attack on Rationalism and those he believed to be in league with it, made him fall out with the literary community of his time and even many of his old friends. Soon, Bloy could count such prestigious authors as [[Emile Zola]], [[Guy de Maupassant]], [[Ernest Renan]], [[Joris-Karl Huysmans]], [[Alphonse Daudet]] and [[Anatole France]] as his enemies. | + | |
| - | In addition to his published works, he left a large body of correspondence with public and literary figures. | + | |
| ==Works== | ==Works== | ||
| - | His works include : | ||
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| ===Novels === | ===Novels === | ||
| - | * Le Désespéré (1887) ("Despairing") | + | * ''Le Désespéré'' (1887) ("Despairing") |
| - | * La Femme pauvre (1897) ("The woman who was poor") | + | * ''[[The Woman Who Was Poor|La Femme pauvre]]'' (1897) ("The woman who was poor") |
| ===Essays=== | ===Essays=== | ||
| - | * Propos d'un entrepreneur de démolitions (1884) ("The Munition Merchant's Plan") | + | * "Propos d'un entrepreneur de démolitions" (1884) ("The Munition Merchant's Plan") |
| - | * Le Salut par les Juifs (1892) ("Salvation through the Jews") | + | * "Le Salut par les Juifs" (1892) ("Salvation through the Jews") |
| - | * Je m'accuse (1900) ("I accuse myself") | + | * "Je m'accuse" (1900) ("I accuse myself"), in response to Émile Zola's 1898 essay [[J'accuse]] |
| - | * Exégèse des lieux communs (1902–1912) ("Exegesis of the Commonplaces") | + | * "Exégèse des lieux communs" (1902–12) ("Exegesis of the Commonplaces") |
| - | * Belluaires et porchers (1905) ("Gladiators and swineherds") | + | * "Belluaires et porchers" (1905) ("Gladiators and swineherds") |
| - | * Celle qui pleure (1908) ("The crying one") | + | * "Celle qui pleure" (1908) ("She Who Weeps") |
| - | * Le Sang du Pauvre (1909) ("Blood of the Poor") | + | * "Le Sang du Pauvre" (1909) ("Blood of the Poor") |
| - | * L'Ame de Napoléon (1912) ("Napoleon's Soul") | + | * "[[L'Ame de Napoléon]]" (1912) ("[[Napoleon's Soul]]") |
| - | * Jeanne d'Arc et l'Allemagne (1915) ("Joan of Arc and Germany") | + | * "Sur la Tombe de Huysmans" (1913) "On Huysmans' Tomb") |
| + | * "Jeanne d'Arc et l'Allemagne" (1915) ("Joan of Arc and Germany") | ||
| ===Short stories=== | ===Short stories=== | ||
| - | * Sueur de sang (1893) ("Sweating blood") | + | * ''Sueur de sang'' (1893) ("Sweating blood") |
| - | * [[Histoires désobligeantes]] (1894) ("Disagreeable tales") | + | * ''[[Histoires désobligeantes]]'' (1894) (''Disagreeable tales'') |
| ===Diaries=== | ===Diaries=== | ||
| - | * Le Mendiant ingrat (1898) ("The Ungrateful Beggar") | + | * ''Le Mendiant ingrat'' (1898) ("The Ungrateful Beggar") |
| - | * Mon Journal (1904) ("My diary") | + | * ''Mon Journal'' (1904) ("My diary") |
| - | * Quatre ans de captivité à Cochons-sur-Marne (1905) ("Four years of captivity in Cochons-sur-Marne") | + | * ''Quatre ans de captivité à Cochons-sur-Marne'' (1905) ("Four years of captivity in Cochons-sur-Marne") |
| - | * L'Invendable (1909) ("The Unsaleable") | + | * ''L'Invendable'' (1909) ("The Unsaleable") |
| - | * Le Vieux de la montagne (1911) ("The Old Man from the Mountain") | + | * ''Le Vieux de la montagne'' (1911) ("The Old Man from the Mountain") |
| - | * Le Pèlerin de l'Absolu (1914) ("The Pilgrim of the Absolute") | + | * ''Le Pèlerin de l'Absolu'' (1914) ("The Pilgrim of the Absolute") |
| - | * Au seuil de l'Apocalypse (1916) ("On the Threshold of the Apocalypse") | + | * ''Au seuil de l'Apocalypse'' (1916) ("On the Threshold of the Apocalypse") |
| - | * La Porte des humbles (posth., 1920) ("The Door of the Lowly") | + | * ''La Porte des humbles'' (posth., 1920) ("The Door of the Lowly") |
| - | + | ==See also== | |
| - | A useful study in English is ''Léon Bloy'' by [[Rayner Heppenstall]] (Cambridge: Bowes & Bowes, 1953). | + | *[[Catholicism in France]] |
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"Nul ne sait ce qu'il est venu faire en ce monde, à quoi correspondent ses actes, ses sentiments, ses pensées; qui sont ses plus proches parmi tous les hommes, ni quel est son nom véritable, son impérissable Nom dans le registre de la Lumière. Empereur ou débardeur nul ne sait son fardeau ni sa couronne. L'Histoire est comme un immenseTexte liturgique où les iotas et les points valent autant que des versets ou des chapitres entiers, mais l'importance des uns et des autres est indéterminableet profondément cachée." --L'Ame de Napoléon by Bloy |
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Léon Bloy (1846 – 1917) was a French writer known for his Catholicism, novels, essays and satires.
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Works
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Novels
- Le Désespéré (1887) ("Despairing")
- La Femme pauvre (1897) ("The woman who was poor")
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Essays
- "Propos d'un entrepreneur de démolitions" (1884) ("The Munition Merchant's Plan")
- "Le Salut par les Juifs" (1892) ("Salvation through the Jews")
- "Je m'accuse" (1900) ("I accuse myself"), in response to Émile Zola's 1898 essay J'accuse
- "Exégèse des lieux communs" (1902–12) ("Exegesis of the Commonplaces")
- "Belluaires et porchers" (1905) ("Gladiators and swineherds")
- "Celle qui pleure" (1908) ("She Who Weeps")
- "Le Sang du Pauvre" (1909) ("Blood of the Poor")
- "L'Ame de Napoléon" (1912) ("Napoleon's Soul")
- "Sur la Tombe de Huysmans" (1913) "On Huysmans' Tomb")
- "Jeanne d'Arc et l'Allemagne" (1915) ("Joan of Arc and Germany")
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Short stories
- Sueur de sang (1893) ("Sweating blood")
- Histoires désobligeantes (1894) (Disagreeable tales)
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Diaries
- Le Mendiant ingrat (1898) ("The Ungrateful Beggar")
- Mon Journal (1904) ("My diary")
- Quatre ans de captivité à Cochons-sur-Marne (1905) ("Four years of captivity in Cochons-sur-Marne")
- L'Invendable (1909) ("The Unsaleable")
- Le Vieux de la montagne (1911) ("The Old Man from the Mountain")
- Le Pèlerin de l'Absolu (1914) ("The Pilgrim of the Absolute")
- Au seuil de l'Apocalypse (1916) ("On the Threshold of the Apocalypse")
- La Porte des humbles (posth., 1920) ("The Door of the Lowly")
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See also
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