The Writing of Melancholy: Modes of Opposition in Early French Modernism
Ross Chambers
ISBN 10: 0226100707 ISBN 13: 9780226100708
Published by University of Chicago Press, 1993
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Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993. First edition. First printing. Hardbound. Translated by Mary S. Trouille. Brand new! Very fine/Very fine. A perfect unread copy. Still in original shrinkwrap. FERRY. Seller Inventory # 66758
Synopsis:
Ross Chambers, an eminent critic of French literature, proposes an original theory of the development of French modernism. His work brings together practical criticism, textual theory, and historical analysis to fashion a new way of thinking about writing and reading as they intersect with history. Along the way, Chambers offers brilliant readings of texts from Madame Bovary to Les Fleurs du mal.
After the failed revolution of 1848, the sense of disillusion that swept through France deeply affected the literature of the time. Chambers argues that literary melancholy and disorientation constituted a symptom of historical conditions rather than, as many other critics contend, a willful resistance to them.
Enriched by careful readings of works by Flaubert, Nerval, Baudelaire, Gautier, and Hugo, this book is a subtle meditation on the powers of writing and reading and a suggestive contribution to current debates over the historical status of literary texts. Originally published in French, the book has been revised and expanded to include a new chapter on Gérard de Nerval's "Sylvie."
After the failed revolution of 1848, the sense of disillusion that swept through France deeply affected the literature of the time. Chambers argues that literary melancholy and disorientation constituted a symptom of historical conditions rather than, as many other critics contend, a willful resistance to them.
Enriched by careful readings of works by Flaubert, Nerval, Baudelaire, Gautier, and Hugo, this book is a subtle meditation on the powers of writing and reading and a suggestive contribution to current debates over the historical status of literary texts. Originally published in French, the book has been revised and expanded to include a new chapter on Gérard de Nerval's "Sylvie."
About the Author:
Ross Chambers is the Marvin Felheim Distinguished University Professor of French and Comparative Literature at the University of Michigan. Mary Seidman Trouille is a lecturer in French and the humanities at the University of Chicago.
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Title: The Writing of Melancholy: Modes of ...
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication Date: 1993
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New
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Edition: 1st Edition