''The Cult of the Self'' (French: ''Le Culte du moi'') is a

trilogy A trilogy is a set of three works of art that are connected and can be seen either as a single work or as three individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, and video games, and are less common in other art forms. Three-part wor ...

of books by French author

Maurice Barrès Auguste-Maurice Barrès (; 19 August 1862 – 4 December 1923) was a French novelist, journalist and politician. Spending some time in Italy, he became a figure in French literature with the release of his work ''The Cult of the Self'' in 1888. ...

, sometimes called his ''trilogie du moi''.Huneker, James (1907)
"The Evolution of an Egoist: Maurice Barrès,"
''The Atlantic Monthly,'' Vol. C, pp. 205–215 (rep. i
''Egoists: A Book of Supermen''
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1909, pp. 207–235.) The trilogy was influenced by

Romanticism Romanticism (also known as the Romantic movement or Romantic era) was an artistic, literary, musical, and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century, and in most areas was at its peak in the approximate ...

, and it also made an apology of the pleasure of the senses.Mellé, Rosine (1894)
"Egotists."
In: ''The Contemporary French Writers.'' Boston: Ginn & Company, pp. 168–174.

Background

Barrès wrote the works while living in

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...

. The first book, ''Under the Eyes of the Barbarians'', (''Sous l'œil des barbares'') was published in 1888.Thorold, Algar (1916)
"The Ideas of Maurice Barrès,"
''The Edinburgh Review'', Vol. CCXXIII, No. 455, pp. 83–99. 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

External links

* The Cult of the Self
Sous l'oeil des barbaresUn homme libre
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Le jardin de Bérénice
(in French) via

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