Lucien Herr
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| - | '''''La Revue blanche''''' was a French art and [[literary magazine]] run between 1889 and 1903. The greatest writers and artists of the time were its collaborators. | + | '''Lucien Herr''' (17 January 1864 – 18 May 1926) was a [[France|French]] intellectual, librarian at the ''[[École Normale Supérieure]]'' in Paris, and mentor to a number of well-known socialist politicians and writers, including [[Jean Jaurès]] and [[Charles Péguy]]. He was a leading strategist in the [[Dreyfusard]] cause (seeking to overturn the wrongful conviction for treason of Captain [[Alfred Dreyfus]]). |
| - | == History == | + | ==Influence== |
| - | The ''Revue blanche'' was founded in Liège in 1889 and run by the Natanson brothers (Alexander, Thaddeus and Louis-Alfred, aka "Alfred Athis"). In 1891, the magazine moved to Paris where it rivaled the ''[[Mercure de France]]'', hence its name, which served mark the difference with the ''Mercure'''s purple cover. Thaddeus's wife, Misia, participated in the launch of the magazine and served as a model for some covers.The critics [[Lucien Muhlfeld]] and [[Félix Fénéon]] from 1896 to 1903 served as secretaries, as well as [[Léon Blum]] himself. | + | Herr was born at [[Altkirch]], [[Haut-Rhin]]. [[Léon Blum]], the first socialist prime minister of [[France]] described Herr's intellectual impact thus: "Herr’s strength, his truly incredible and unique strength – for I have never noted it in any other to the same degree – was essentially this: in him, conviction became evidence. For him the truth was conceived with a power so complete, so tranquil that it was communicated without effort and with ease to his interlocutor. The possibility of discussion seemed to be set aside. From his entire being there emanated this assurance: “Yes, I think this, I think that. It is absolutely impossible for an individual of a certain quality to not think or believe it. And you would realize that you did think or believe like him." (Léon Blum, Souvenirs sur l’Affaire. Paris, Gallimard, 1981; first published 1935). |
| - | The journal served as a representative for the cultural and artistic intelligentsia of the time. Starting from 1898, at the instigation of [[Lucien Herr]], it contributed to the [[Dreyfus affair]], siding with the captain accused of treason. [[Octave Mirbeau]] published his ''[[The Diary of a Chambermaid (novel)|Diary of a Chambermaid]]'' in serial form in the ''Revue blanche'' in 1900. | + | ==References== |
| - | + | *Daniel Halévy, ''Péguy and Les Cahiers De La Quinzaine'' (London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1947) | |
| - | The ''Revue blanche'' disappeared in 1903 after 237 issues. | + | *Bernard Henri Lévy, Richard Veasey, ''Adventures on the Freedom Road'' [http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/harvill/ Harvill Press (an imprint of Random House)], 1995, hardcover, ISBN 1-86046-035-6 |
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Lucien Herr (17 January 1864 – 18 May 1926) was a French intellectual, librarian at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, and mentor to a number of well-known socialist politicians and writers, including Jean Jaurès and Charles Péguy. He was a leading strategist in the Dreyfusard cause (seeking to overturn the wrongful conviction for treason of Captain Alfred Dreyfus).
Influence
Herr was born at Altkirch, Haut-Rhin. Léon Blum, the first socialist prime minister of France described Herr's intellectual impact thus: "Herr’s strength, his truly incredible and unique strength – for I have never noted it in any other to the same degree – was essentially this: in him, conviction became evidence. For him the truth was conceived with a power so complete, so tranquil that it was communicated without effort and with ease to his interlocutor. The possibility of discussion seemed to be set aside. From his entire being there emanated this assurance: “Yes, I think this, I think that. It is absolutely impossible for an individual of a certain quality to not think or believe it. And you would realize that you did think or believe like him." (Léon Blum, Souvenirs sur l’Affaire. Paris, Gallimard, 1981; first published 1935).
References
- Daniel Halévy, Péguy and Les Cahiers De La Quinzaine (London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1947)
- Bernard Henri Lévy, Richard Veasey, Adventures on the Freedom Road Harvill Press (an imprint of Random House), 1995, hardcover, ISBN 1-86046-035-6
