Counter-modernities in nineteenth-century French literature : constellations of loss in Baudelaire, Rimbaud, and Flaubert /

'Counter-Modernities in Nineteenth-Century French Literature' explores a counterview of modernity in late nineteenth-century French literature (1848-1891). The principal claim of this book is that what we find in the works of Baudelaire, Rimbaud, and Flaubert is a form of 'writing aga...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
St. Clair, Robert (Assistant Professor of French)
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2025]
Zusammenfassung:
'Counter-Modernities in Nineteenth-Century French Literature' explores a counterview of modernity in late nineteenth-century French literature (1848-1891). The principal claim of this book is that what we find in the works of Baudelaire, Rimbaud, and Flaubert is a form of 'writing against the grain' of history: not the elegant lyricism of history's victors, but a use of literature against the erasures of past injustices and for those 'lost futurities' upon which the order of the present is founded.
Umfang:
1 online resource : illustrations
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-890538-6
0-19-890540-8
Schlagworte:
Baudelaire, Charles, > 1821-1867 > Criticism and interpretation.
Rimbaud, Arthur, > 1854-1891 > Criticism and interpretation.
Flaubert, Gustave, > 1821-1880 > Criticism and interpretation.
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