Legends, tales, and mysteries featuring saints captivated the
French at the end of the nineteenth century. As Jean Lorrain
pointed out in an 1891 article for the popular weekly Le Courrier
Francais, the seemingly simple language of the saints lives, their
noble battles between good and evil and the atmosphere of religious
mysticism appealed to many, especially those involved in the visual
and performing arts. Ironically The Third Republic (1870-1940), a
regime that claimed to reinforce and institute the secular ideas of
the French Revolution, was witness to this great popular interest
in the saints and religious imagery.
The eight essays in this work explore the popularity of the
saints from the 1850s to the 1920s. The essays evaluate the role
they played in literature, art, music, science, history and
politics, examine portrayals of the saints lives in both low and
high culture (from childrens literature, shadow plays and the
popular press to literature, opera and theological studies), and
reveal the prevalence of the saints in fin-de-siecle France.
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