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- Title
A. Gérin-Lajoie. D’après ses mémoires de Henri-Raymond Casgrain. Critique d’une source hybride.
- Authors
RETG, CÉCILE
- Abstract
Personal literature is fascinating to many researchers, as it reveals their authors’ intimate thoughts, dreams, hopes, and disillusions. Beneath their apparent sincerity, these sources can, however, become entrapment. Through a specific case, that of Antoine Gérin-Lajoie’s biography by Abbé Casgrain, this article invites reflection on this particular issue. Indeed, in this biography essentially shaped by the intimate writings of Gérin-Lajoie, the mise en abyme of personal literature is revealed deep and chaotic. In unveiling the creative stages of this work of writing, from Gérin-Lajoie to Casgrain, the article presents a critical inquiry of this source. It also examines the relationships uniting the actors in the creation of A. Gérin-Lajoie. D’après ses mémoires to gain a better understanding of their intentions and interventions.
- Subjects
A. Gerin-Lajoie: D'apres ses memoires (Book); GERIN-Lajoie, Antoine, 1824-1882; CASGRAIN, H. R. (Henri Raymond), 1831-1904; 19TH century biographies; DIONNE, Rene; GARNEAU, Alfred; GARNEAU, F.-X. (Francois-Xavier), 1809-1866
- Publication
Revue d'Histoire de l'Amérique Française, 2017, Vol 70, Issue 4, p35
- ISSN
0035-2357
- Publication type
Literary Criticism
- DOI
10.7202/1040573ar