Andre Gide
1st Edition
Published on 16. October 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
248 pages
978-0-582-22774-3 (ISBN)
Description
This book presents a selection of some of the most significant critical work written on Andre Gide during his lifetime and since. As a major writer of the twentieth-century, his life and creative output, as well as his role as a leading intellectual, attracted comment from prominent contemporaries and continues to have relevance today. Containing a substantial introduction and overview, this compilation offers a variety of illuminating perspectives that will inform and guide the general and specialist reader.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
320 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-582-22774-3 (9780582227743)
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Additional editions
Previous edition
D. Walker
Andre Gide: Mlp.Walker: Andre Gide Ppr
Book
06/1996
Longman Higher Education
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Person
David H. Walker
Content
General Editor's Preface Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction Aspects of the Work 1. Justin O'Brien , From Pagan Daemon to christian devel. 2. Mischa Harry Fayer , Liberation from the existing social order. 3. Germiane Bree , Time sequences and consequences in the Gidian world. 4. David Steel , Gide's Prodigal- economics, fiction and the acte gratuit. 5. Philippe Lejeune , Andre Gide and authobiography. Approaches to the texts. 6. Lucien Dallenbach , Andre Gide's shields. 7. Vinion Rosse , The keyhole metaphor and the parable. 8. Albert Guerard , L'Immoraliste. 9. Emily Apter , L'Immoraliste - slips of the text. 10.Albert Sonnenfeld , On readers and reading in La Porte etroite. 11. William M L Bell , Religion and its avatar in La Porte etroite. 12. Alain Goulet , The figurative representation of the literary process in La Symphonie pastorale. 13. Jean Hytier , Gratuitous action and the aesthetic perspective in Les Caves due Vatican. 14. David H Walker , Challenging the novel in Les Faux-Monnayeurs. Glossary Bibliography Index