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Le petit monde de l'édition en langue d'oc au temps des félibres (seconde moitié du XIXe siècle)

2001; Librairie Droz; Volume: 159; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3406/bec.2001.463058

1953-8138

Philippe Martel,

Medieval European Literature and History

In the latter half of the 19th century, Provençal literature was deeply influenced by the rise of a revival movement led by the society known as the Félibrige, created in 1854 by Frédéric Mistral and his friends. This study of the printed production of the Félibrige aims to assess the importance of Provençal writings in relation to the whole bulk of writings then printed in France and more particularly in the Provencal-speaking part of the country. It is based on the copyright ('dépôt légal') registers of the three départements most productive in that field, namely Vaucluse (the birth-place of the Félibrige), Bouches-du-Rhône and Hérault. The raw data thus collected (titles, names of authors and printers, numbers printed) not only provide the means of quantifying the Provençal output, but also shed light on the logistic foundations of a literary revival based on a language which had no real status in contemporary society.