What Forms Can Do - The Work of Form in 20th And 21st Century French Literature Thought

How does form propose a bridge between the text and the world beyond? This volume investigates the agency of form across a spectrum of twentieth- and twenty-first century French and Francophone writings, renewing the engagement with form that has been a key feature of French cultural production and of analysis in French studies.

About the author

Patrick Crowley is Senior Lecturer in French at University College Cork, Ireland.
Shirley Jordan is Professor of French Studies at the University of Newcastle and Co-Director of the Centre for Contemporary Women's Writing (CCWW) in the School of Advanced Studies, University of London.

Summary

How does form propose a bridge between the text and the world beyond? This volume investigates the agency of form across a spectrum of twentieth- and twenty-first century French and Francophone writings, renewing the engagement with form that has been a key feature of French cultural production and of analysis in French studies.

Product details

• Authors: Patrick Crowley, Patrick (School of Languages Crowley
• Assisted by: Patrick Crowley (Editor), Patrick (School of Languages Crowley (Editor), Shirley Jordan (Editor), Shirley (School of Modern Languages Jordan (Editor)
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.02.2020
• EAN: 9781789620658
• ISBN: 978-1-78962-065-8
• No. of pages: 342
• Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures; CONTEMPORARY FRENCH AND FRANCO
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Frankreich