Ornament, Fantasy, and Desire in Nineteenth-Century French Literature /

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In this examination of the role of ornament in nineteenth-century French literature, Rae Beth Gordon shows that ornament, far from being a simple accessory, raises problems that are at the very heart of aesthetic experience: limits and their transgression, illusion and seduction, pleasure and tensio...

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Main Author: Gordon, Rae Beth, 1940- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1992]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Psychoanalysis and literature.
French literature.
French language > Figures of speech.
Fantasy in literature.
Desire in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > French.
ART > History > General.
Desir dans la litterature.
Fantasmes dans la litterature.
Psychanalyse et litterature > France.
Français (Langue) > 19e siecle > Figures de rhetorique.
Litterature française > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Psychoanalysis and literature > France.
French language > 19th century > Figures of speech.
French literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
France.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover ; Contents ; Acknowledgments ; Part I: Romanticism ; Part II: Symbolism and Decadence ; Conclusion; Appendix.

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