The Cult of the Self

Sous l’œil des barbares (1888)

Un homme libre (1889)

Le jardin de Bérénice (1891)

The Cult of the Self (French: Le Culte du moi) is a trilogy of books by French author Maurice Barrès, sometimes called his trilogie du moi.^[1] The trilogy was influenced by Romanticism, and it also made an apology of the pleasure of the senses.^[2]

Background

Barrès wrote the works while living in Italy. The first book, Under the Eyes of the Barbarians, (Sous l'œil des barbares) was published in 1888.^[3] The second work, A Free Man, (Un Homme libre), was published in 1889. The final book, The Garden of Berenice (Le Jardin de Bérénice), was published in 1891.

References

1. ^ Huneker, James (July 1907). The evolution of an egoist: Maurice Barrès. The Atlantic Monthly
2. ^ Mellé, Rosine (1894). The contemporary French writers. Ginn & Company
3. ^ Thorold, Algar (January 1916). The ideas of Maurice Barrès. The Edinburgh Review, pp. 83-99.

External links

• The Cult of the Self: Sous l'oeil des barbares, Un homme libre, and Le jardin de Bérénice (in French) via Project Gutenberg