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The Allegorical Impulse in the Works of Julien Gracq

The Allegorical Impulse in the Works of Julien Gracq History as Rhetorical Enactment in Le Rivage Des Syrtes and Un Balcon En Forêt - North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatures

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Publisher's Synopsis

The first extensive study in English of Julien Gracq's work, this book focuses on the role of history in his two major novels and his critical essays. Carol Murphy draws on contemporary theories of allegory, textuality, and history in her analysis of the interplay of fictional and factual history in Gracq's writings. She also shows that history's rhetorical dimension, as presented by Gracq, puts forth the hypothesis that narratives of history influence actual events. In addition, she uses Freudian theory to investigate the links between Walter Benjamin's understanding of history as ruin, Gracq's sense of catastrophic history, and Andre Breton's notion of the ""emotional coefficient"" of history.

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UNC Department of Romance Studies

Book information

ISBN: 9780807892541
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Imprint: UNC Department of Romance Studies
Pub date:
DEWEY: 843.914
DEWEY edition: 20
Language: English
Number of pages: 199
Weight: 525g
Height: 233mm
Width: 151mm
Spine width: 15mm