The Broken Angel Myth and Method in Valéry / by Ursula Franklin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Franklin, Ursula.

Series:

North Carolina studies in the Romance languages and literatures ; Number 222.

North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatures ; Number 222

Language:

Multiple languages

Subjects (All):

Valery, Paul, 1871-1945--Criticism and interpretation.

Myth in literature.

Angels in literature.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (143 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2019

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : U.N.C. Dept. of Romance Languages, 1984.

Summary:

The Broken Angel is the first book-length examination of a mythopoetic configuration that pervades Valéry's entire textual universe.The Angel is linked to almost every one of its themes and informs all of its modes, which, in turn, form and deform it.

Contents:

Cover

THE BROKEN ANGEL: MYTH AND METHOD IN VALÉRY

Title

Copyright

Dedication

TABLE OF CONTENTS

FOREWORD

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER I. BEGINNINGS UNDER THE SIGN OF MALLARMÉ AND SCHOPENHAUER

CHAPTER II. THE "ANAGOGICAL REVELATION" AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE "MOI ANGÉLIQUE

CHAPTER III. TESTE, AGATHE, AND "L'ANGE LIONARDO

CHAPTER IV. "L'ANGE FRAIS DE L'ŒIL NU," "LA JEUNE PARQUE" AND THE ANGELS OF "CHARMES

CHAPTER V. THE ANGEL'S DEFEAT AND THE DIALOGUES

CHAPTER VI. ANGELIC REFLECTIONS IN THE "NARCISSE" FRAGMENTS, "SÉMIRAMIS" AND "PARABOLES

CHAPTER VII. "EROS" AND "NOUS

CHAPTER VIII. "L'ANGE

CHAPTER IX. MYTH AND METHOD

POSTSCRIPT

LIST OF WORKS CITED

Back Cover.

Notes:

Text in English and French.

Bibliography: p. [135]-137.

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ISBN:

1-4696-4266-2

OCLC:

1080550307