My literary giant

Mes hommes de lettres: Petit précis de littérature française

Catherine Morris, the only cartoonist member of the French Academy of Fine Arts, has three humanities works: Literature, a light-hearted and humorous history of French literature, rewriting the biographies of French literary masters with cartoons.
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A humorous and offbeat history of French literature, rewriting the biographies of great writers from the Middle Ages to the 20th century. Catherine Morris, with her solid literary skills, skillfully blends historical, social, political, and cultural interpretations with exquisite detail. This deeply personal comic book explores captivating encounters between great writers and their characters. Pantagruel from "Gargantua and Pantagruel" recounts his turbulent upbringing; the fox from "Reynard the Fox" transforms into a troubadour, revealing how he took on the literary mission of the Middle Ages... What used to be a dry and tedious history of literature becomes a captivating story, sure to leave readers exclaiming: "I never knew literary history could be this fascinating!"
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Do you like literature?
Are you also moved by Flaubert's Madame Bovary?
"We all have this tendency to think we're pursuing some unrealistic kind of happiness..."
Or indulge in the world of reminiscence created by Proust——
"The only paradise is the paradise we have lost."
Don't you like literature?
If the fox in "Reynard the Fox" were to become a troubadour, the light of literature would also illuminate the long Middle Ages;
If you see Montaigne doing self-psychoanalysis in his high-rise study, or Zola hiding in a corner to spy on the activities of the characters in his novels... even serious literature will become light and interesting.
Catherine Morris, a member of the French Academy of Fine Arts, has a unique history of comic literature.
Every literary master and his works have become more approachable and touching than ever before.
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Your book is beautiful, Katrin. It captures everything you put into it: your humor, your romance, your spontaneity, and more than I've just given you. You're a natural creator who can surprise us with unexpected surprises.
—Kavanagh Catlin, you immortalized comics.
——Award Speech by the French Academy of Fine Arts

2024-06-01

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