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On Gide's Prométhée : private myth and public mystification /

Through a careful rendering of the text, deciphering its hidden ironies, Mr. Weinberg sees Prométhée as a modern allegory, a parable wrought of allusions, symbols, and images drawn from classical antiquity and calvinist theology, and a multi-leveled sotie à miroirs. Originally published in 1972....

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Weinberg, Kurt (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1972.
Series:Princeton legacy library.
Princeton essays in European and comparative literature ; 6.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Gide and The Novel
  • A Divine Gratuity, or the Misfortunes of the Elect
  • On the Seesaw of Twin Predestination
  • "Histoire de Tityre"
  • Moral: The Liberating Leap Beyond History cc.