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The pataphysician's library : an exploration of Alfred Jarry's livres pairs /
The Pataphysician?s Library is a study of aspects of 1890s French literature, with specific reference to the traditions of Symbolism and Decadence. Its main focus is Alfred Jarry, who has proved, perhaps surprisingly, to be one of the more durable fin-de-siècle authors. The originality of this stud...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Liverpool :
Liverpool University Press,
2000.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The Pataphysician?s Library is a study of aspects of 1890s French literature, with specific reference to the traditions of Symbolism and Decadence. Its main focus is Alfred Jarry, who has proved, perhaps surprisingly, to be one of the more durable fin-de-siècle authors. The originality of this study lies in its use of the enigmatic list of books termed the livres pairs, which appears in Jarry?s 1898 novel Gestes et Opinions du docteur Faustroll, pataphysicien, his best-known prose work. The greatest interest of the livres pairs lies in a group of works by Jarry?s friends and contemporaries, |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (225 pages) : color illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-221) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781846313721 1846313724 9781781388013 1781388016 |