François-René, Vicomte de Chateaubriand, De la monarchie selon la Charte [The Monarchy according to the Charter]

Ian Morrison (Independent Scholar - Europe)

Ed. by Jennifer Yee, University of Oxford
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.5.2.05: French Writing and Culture: The Nineteenth-Century , 1800-1900.
Vol. editors: David Elwyn Evans (University of St Andrews), Edward Forman (University of Bristol), Elisabeth Gerwin (University of Lethbridge), Nigel Harkness (University of Newcastle upon Tyne), Tim Unwin (University of Bristol), David Williams (University of Sheffield), Jennifer Yee (University of Oxford)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1816

Places

France (Country of Origin)

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Essays/ Lectures (any)

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While Chateaubriand is famed for literary works such as

Atala

and

René

, he also wrote autobiography,

Mémoires d’outre-tombe

[Memoirs from beyond the grave], apologetics,

Génie du christianisme

[The Genius of Christianity] and political pieces, including

De la monarchie selon la Charte

, which echoes his experience as a peer and a minister. When it appeared in 1816 France was being shaken by internal conflicts. In 1814, after military defeat, Napoleon abdicated and was replaced by a restored Bourbon monarch, Louis XVIII. Louis tried to lay new constitutional foundations with his Charte

constitutionnelle

(Constitutional Charter) of June 1814. However, in March 1815 Napoleon came back, seeking to reimpose his Empire. In France, he met little opposition, but was defeated at Waterloo in…

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Citation: Morrison, Ian. "De la monarchie selon la Charte". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 19 May 2023 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=41235, accessed 26 April 2024.]

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