Celine: Journey to the End of the Night

Klappentext This textbook series is ambitious in scope. It provides concise and lucid introductions to major works of world literature from classical antiquity to the twentieth century. It is not confined to any single literary tradition or genre! and will cumulatively form a substantial library of textbooks on some of the most important and widely read literary masterpieces. Each book is devoted to a single work and provides a close reading of that text! as well as a full account of its historical! cultural! and intellectual background! a discussion of its influence! and a guide to further reading. The contributors to the series give full consideration to the linguistic issues raised by each text! and! within the overall framework of the series! are given complete freedom in the choice of their critical method. Where the text is written in a language other than English! full account is taken of readers studying the text in English translation. While critical jargon is avoided! important technical terminology is fully explained and thus this series will be genuinely accessible to students at all levels and to general readers. Zusammenfassung Journey to the End of the Night is a novel of sauage, exultant misanthropy, full of cynical humor and of the blackest pessimism in respect of humanity. In this detailed study, John Sturrock shows why Céline's extraordinary work should be acknowledged one of the chief literary landmarks of the twentieth century. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Chronology; 1. Introduction; 2. Themes; 3. Style; 4. Posterity; Guide to further reading.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: John Sturrock, Sturrock John
• Edition: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Broché
• Sortie: 10.05.1990
• EAN: 9780521378543
• ISBN: 978-0-521-37854-3
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 205 mm x 5 mm
• Thèmes: Landmarks of World Literature; Landmarks of World Literature
• Catégories: Ecole et pédagogie > Préparation de l'enseignement > Formation professionnelle; Littérature > Poésie, théâtre; French, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / French, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form