Poetics Of The Pretext : Reading Lautréamont

Roland-François Lack (Comte de Lautréamont, Isidore-Lucien Ducasse)

ISBN 10: 0859894983 / ISBN 13: 9780859894982

Published by University of Exeter Press, 1998

About this Item

A New, Unread copy. Soft Cover wraps binding, with DJ, touch of extremity shelf wear (see scan). University of Exeter Press reply card laid in as called for. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Poetics Of The Pretext : Reading Lautréamont
• Publisher: University of Exeter Press
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0859894983
• ISBN 13: 9780859894982
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

Poetics of the Pretext is an original study of the French poet Lautréamont (1846-1870), who was rediscovered by the Surrealists in the 1920s and promoted to the vanguard of theoretical debate by the 'Telquelists' of the 1960s, but whose work has remained largely ignored or misinterpreted beyond a small circle of enthusiasts.

Poetics of the Pretext analyses closely the texts, pretexts and intertexts of this innovative poet, bringing Les Chants de Maldoror and Poésies to the foreground of contemporary critical debates around poetics, genre, intertextuality and influence. This book will make a major contribution to our understanding not only of the work of Lautréamont but also to the function of originality, imitation and plagiarism in the nineteenth century.

Comte de Lautréamont was the nom de plume of Isidore Lucien Ducasse, a French poet born in Uruguay.

About the Author

Roland-François Lack is Lecturer in French at University College London.