Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Rouen

politics of regionalism Between the wars The Second World War 1945–70 Since 1970 Literature to 1914 Poetry From the roman de province to the roman rustique After 1900 Regionalist writers The defence of the countryside New themes 1918–45 ‘Nature naturelle’ Political awareness The ‘proletarian’ tendency Chronicles of rural life A regionalist ‘genre’? Its parochial nature The defence of the countryside Conclusion xx CONTENTS Since 1940 Postwar revival Poetry Fiction revalued Social fictions