Henry de Montherlant ou le revers du blason

In the work of Henry de Montherlant, the convocation of an aristocratic imaginary is, in part, highly strategic. It is not only a question of establishing a nobility of which some are doubtful, but also of forging a heroic image. But the attacks the author was subjected to at the Liberation, and the discredit he has fallen into today, point to the limits of the aristocratic-chivalric morality displayed throughout his work.