The Order of Mimesis :Balzac, Stendhal, Nerval and Flaubert - Cambridge Studies in French
The Order of Mimesis :Balzac, Stendhal, Nerval and Flaubert - Cambridge Studies in French
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28 October, 1988
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This book is a challenging investigation of the idea of literary mimesis in the light of contemporary literary theory. Drawing on a range of theoretical perspectives developed in and around the work of Barthes, Kristeva, Genette and Derrida, Dr Prendergast explores approaches to the concept of mimesis and relates these to a number of narrative texts produced in the period which literary history familiarly designates as the age of realism: Balzac's Illusions Perdues and Splendeurs et Misères des Courtisanes, Stendhal's Le Rouge et le Noir, Nerval's Sylvie and Flaubert's L'Education Sentimentale. The book is not merely expository however: one of the author's aims is to engage with much of the polemical debate which has surrounded the topic, in the belief that a recognition of the historical conditions determining both the theory and practice of mimesis must be recovered.
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780521369770 |
| ISBN10 | 0521369770 |
| Number Of Pages | 300 |
| Item Weight | 460 g |
| Product Dimensions | 142 x 224 x 28 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Cambridge University Press |
| Format | paperback |
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