Andre Gide
1st Edition
Published on 27. September 2018
Book
Hardback
248 pages
978-1-138-46586-2 (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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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
620 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-46586-2 (9781138465862)
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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