The delirium of words: Robert Antelme’s return to life
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Robert Antelme, Holocaust literature, testimony.
Abstract
In May 1945, after the liberation of Dachau, Robert Antelme, a member of the French Resistance, began his complex process of coming back to life. Two years later, he published his only book, L’espèce humaine, in which he recounted his experience in the camp. Henceforth, he didn’t speak nor write about his past, he didn’t do interviews, and no biography has been published. This paper takes into account the immediate aftermath of his return during which, on the contrary, he was assailed by the «delirium of words». The uniqueness of this case resides in the evidence provided by his family and friends –specially Marguerite Duras and Dionys Mascolo– that enable us to consider his life reconstruction from the perspective of the other. Considering this period of time casts fresh light on the understanding of a key literary text on the Holocaust literature.Downloads
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Published
2017-04-24
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Valle Morán I. (2017). The delirium of words: Robert Antelme’s return to life. Revista de Filología Románica, 33, 223-233. https://doi.org/10.5209/RFRM.55851
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