Pour la Serbie
"Pour la Serbie" (For Serbia) is a speech written by Victor Hugo, on 29 August 1876, and published the following day in the French newspaper Le Rappel; it was later included in Actes et Paroles (Words and Deeds) Hugo's collected political writings.[1]
Content
In this text, Hugo delivers a plea protesting against the impassivity of European governments in the face of the massacre committed by the Ottoman during the Serbo-Turkish War.[2] Hugo's eloquent appeal is calling European governments to take action, and people to raise their voices in universal indignation. This speech is considered as one of the founding acts of the European idea.[3][4]
What is happening in Serbia demonstrates the necessity of the United States of Europe
— Victor Hugo, Pour la Serbie
References
- ^ Bradley Stephens (2019). Victor Hugo. Reaktion Books. p. 213. ISBN 978-1-78914-111-5.
- ^ Marieke Stein (2007). Victor Hugo orateur politique, 1846-1880 (in French). Champion. ISBN 978-2-7453-1448-2.
- ^ "Bicentenaire de Victor Hugo (1802-2002) - Sénat, French Government". www.senat.fr.
{{cite web}}: no-break space character in|title=at position 40 (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Florence Chaltiel (2006). Naissance du peuple européen (in French). Odile Jacob. p. 25. ISBN 978-2-7381-1843-1.
Further reading
- Victor Hugo (1940). Actes et paroles. 3 v. Ollendorff.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Victor Hugo (1885). Œuvres complètes de Victor Hugo (in French). Éditions Hetzel-Quantin, L. Hébert.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Graham Robb (1999). Victor Hugo. W.W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0-393-31899-9.
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