La peur dans l’oeuvre d’Erckmann‑Chatrian : du folklore au fantastique
Fear in Erckmann‑Chatrian’s work: from Folklore to Fantastic

Summary/Abstract: Two inhabitants of Lorraine, named Emile Erckmann (1822–1899) and Alexandre Chatrian (1826–1890) – authors of numerous short stories inspired from local and Rhineland’s folklore – wrote fantastic stories in which fear and anxiety are given pride of place. All the ingredients of fear are present – ghosts, apparitions, magnetism, lycanthropia, murders, violent deaths, miscarriages of justice. Would this subtle mixture of folklore and fantastic have a didactic, even metaphysical aim?

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