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Michel Tournier's Metaphysi...
This study of the fictional themes and techniques of Michel Tournier reveals his profound radicalism as a social critic and novelist despite the seeming conventionality of his works. Guided by Tournier's essays and interviews, Petit examines his fiction in light of plot sources, philosophical and anthropological training, and his belief that fiction should change the world. Close study of Vendredi ou les limbes du Pacifique, Le Roi des aulnes, Les Météores, Gaspard, Melchior et Balthazar, and La Goutte d'or, as well as the short fiction in Le Coq de bruyère and Le Médianoche amoureux, shows To
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monografia Rebiun34178808 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun34178808 m o d cr |n|---||||| 111226s1991 pau o 001 0 eng d 91040887 1058139640 1259214976 9789027277749 9027277745 9789027217592 9027217599 Trade Cloth) 1283358638 9781283358637 9786613358639 6613358630 9789027217592 AU@ 000051395052 DEBBG BV044159313 DKDLA 820120-katalog:999928705705765 EBLCP eng pn EBLCP IDEBK OCLCQ YDXCP COO OCLCO OCLCQ OCLCO OCLCQ ZCU OCLCQ MERUC OCLCF OCLCO OCLCQ OCLCO ICG AU@ OCLCQ OCLCO DKC OCLCQ UKAHL OCLCQ OCLCO OCLCQ QGK OCLCO Petit, Susan Michel Tournier's Metaphysical Fictions Amsterdam/Philadelphia John Benjamins Pub. Co. 1991 Amsterdam/Philadelphia Amsterdam/Philadelphia John Benjamins Pub. Co. 1 online resource (241 pages) 1 online resource (241 pages) Text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Purdue University Monographs in Romance Languages Vol. 37 Includes index Includes bibliographical references and index MICHEL TOURNIER' S METAPHYSICAL FICTIONS; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Table of contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Vendredi: Tournier's Utopian Vision; 2. Le Roi des aulnes: The Quest for Meaning; 3. Les Météores: Uniting Heaven and Earth; 4. Essays, Sketches, and Commentaries: Tournier as Autobiographer, Teacher, and Critic; 5. The Short Fiction; 6. Gaspard, Melchior et Balthazar : In Search of Christ; 7. La Goutte d'or: Images and Signs; 8. An Interview with Michel Tournier: "I Write Because I Have Something to Say"; Works by Michel Tournier; Works Consulted This study of the fictional themes and techniques of Michel Tournier reveals his profound radicalism as a social critic and novelist despite the seeming conventionality of his works. Guided by Tournier's essays and interviews, Petit examines his fiction in light of plot sources, philosophical and anthropological training, and his belief that fiction should change the world. Close study of Vendredi ou les limbes du Pacifique, Le Roi des aulnes, Les Météores, Gaspard, Melchior et Balthazar, and La Goutte d'or, as well as the short fiction in Le Coq de bruyère and Le Médianoche amoureux, shows To English Tournier, Michel- Criticism and interpretation Tournier, Michel Metaphysics in literature Métaphysique dans la littérature Metaphysics in literature Criticism, interpretation, etc. Print version Petit, Susan. Michel Tournier's Metaphysical Fictions. Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1991 9789027217592 Purdue University monographs in Romance languages vol. 37