Aloysius Bertrand's Gaspard de la nuit : beyond the prose poem / Valentina Gosetti.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gosetti, Valentina, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bertrand, Aloysius, 1807-1841. Gaspard de la nuit.

Bertrand, Aloysius.

Gaspard de la nuit (Bertrand, Aloysius).

French poetry--19th century--History and criticism.

French poetry.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

x, 170 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Legenda, Modern Humanities Research Association and Routledge, 2016.

Summary:

Aloysius Bertrand's Gaspard de la Nuit (1842) is a familiar title to music lovers, thanks to Ravel's piano work of the same name, and to specialists of French literature, especially those interested in Baudelaire's prose poetry. Yet until very recently the collection and its author have generally been viewed almost exclusively through the prism of their pioneering role in the development of the prose poem. By placing Bertrand back in his original context, adopting a comparative approach and engaging with recent critical work on the collection, Valentina Gosetti proposes a substantial reassessment of Gaspard de la Nuit and promotes a new understanding of Bertrand in his own terms, rather than those of his successors. Through his playful and ironic reinterpretation of Romantic clichés, and his overt defiance of the boundaries of poetry and beauty, Bertrand emerges as a fascinating figure in his own right. -- From publisher's website.

Contents:

Introduction

1 Louis Bertrand between Dijon and Paris

2 Mysterious geographies

3 Gaspard de la Nuit: a fantastic text?

4 Intertextuality and cultural exchange in Gaspard de la Nuit

5 Gaspard de la Nuit and the hermeneutics of form

Conclusion

Appendix

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1909662836

9781909662834

OCLC:

910773428