In this essay, Vittorio Frigerio explores the often-fraught relationship between anarchism and the literary milieu in France, starting with a discussion of Proudhon’s opinions on literature and the place given to serialized novels in his newspapers, and presenting some of the many publications where writers and militants crossed paths, up until the Second World War.
Vittorio Frigerio is Emeritus Professor of French at Dalhousie University (Halifax, N.S., Canada). He is the author of the recent book Nous nous reverrons aux barricades. Les feuilletons des journaux de Proudhon (1848-1850) (Grenoble : UGA, 2021), as well as of several others on anarchism and literary creation, including La littérature de l’anarchisme. Anarchistes de lettres et lettrés face à l’anarchie (Grenoble : ELLUG, 2014). Click here for more information on his activities.
Anarchist Essays is brought to you by Loughborough University's Anarchism Research Group. For more information on the ARG, visit www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/politics-international-studies/research/arg/ . You can follow us on Twitter @arglboro
Our music comes from Them'uns (featuring Yous'uns). Hear more at https://soundcloud.com/user-178917365
Artwork by Sam G: https://www.instagram.com/passerinecreations
Essay #42: Sophie Scott-Brown, ‘Adventures in Anarchist Autobiography’
Essay #41: Nathaniel Andrews, ‘Anarchist Children and Childhoods in the ‘Argentinian Barcelona’’
Essay #40: Sarah Gelbard, ‘Practicing Performances of Punk Anarchism in the Academy’
Essay #39: Frankie Hines, ’Anarchism, Literature, and the Problem of Representation’
Essay #38: Dorian Wallace, ‘Liberation Music Therapy’
Essay #37: Janet Biehl, ‘Their Blood Got Mixed’
Essay #36: Elizabeth Vasileva, ‘The Curse of Morality’
Essay #35: Mark Bray, ‘The Anarchist Inquisition’
Essay #34: Alice Béja, ‘Emma Goldman, the Glorious Undesirable”
Essay #33: Chantelle Gray, ‘Algorithms, Automated Politics, and Anarchist Responses’
Essay #32: Michael Denner, ‘Anarty’
Essay #31: Anthony Ince, ‘Uncharted Territory: Thinking about Space Beyond the State’
Essay #30: Eric Laursen, ‘Climate Change, Anarchy, and the End of the State’
Essay #29: Jeff Ferrell, ‘Dumpster Diving as Direct Action‘
Essay #28: Hayyim Rothman, ‘Anarcho-Judaism and the Thought of Avraham Heyn‘
Essay #27: Adam Barker, ‘Pitfalls of Anarchist Solidarity with Indigenous Communities‘
Essay #26: Iwona Janicka, ‘Anarchism: Solidarity with Singularity and Mimesis‘
Essay #25: Laney Lenox, ‘Methodology as Political Process‘
Essay #23: Hamish Kallin, ‘Anarchism, Marxism, and the Right to the City‘
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
The Modern West
Voices of Misery Podcast
House of Whimsical Terror
Dairyland Frights
Stuff You Should Know
Timcast IRL