THE POLITICS OF SEEING GHOSTS IN LES CHEVALIERS DU CYGNE BY MADAME DE GENLIS
Lesley H. Walker
Through an analysis of the 1795 and 1805 editions Les Chevaliers du Cygne ou la cour de Charlemagne as well its historical reception, this essay examines shifting sands entredeux moment—a time contingency when end was not yet in sight. With novel, Madame Genlis sought to intervene cultural politics 1793-95 by looking backward a glorious past order move forward, beyond Terror. By 1805, however, urgency had receded; ghosts no longer demanded be seen.
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