Andre Gide

by David H. Walker

Overview

This book presents a selection of some of the most significant critical work written on Andre Gide during his lifetime and since. As a major writer of the twentieth-century, his life and creative output, as well as his role as a leading intellectual, attracted comment from prominent contemporaries and continues to have relevance today. Containing a substantial introduction and overview, this compilation offers a variety of illuminating perspectives that will inform and guide the general and specialist reader.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138465862
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/27/2018
Series:	Modern Literatures In Perspective
Pages:	248
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

General Editor's Preface Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction Aspects of the Work 1. Justin O'Brien , From Pagan Daemon to christian devel. 2. Mischa Harry Fayer , Liberation from the existing social order. 3. Germiane Bree , Time sequences and consequences in the Gidian world. 4. David Steel , Gide's Prodigal- economics, fiction and the acte gratuit. 5. Philippe Lejeune , Andre Gide and authobiography. Approaches to the texts. 6. Lucien Dallenbach , Andre Gide's shields. 7. Vinion Rosse , The keyhole metaphor and the parable. 8. Albert Guerard , L'Immoraliste. 9. Emily Apter , L'Immoraliste - slips of the text. 10.Albert Sonnenfeld , On readers and reading in La Porte etroite. 11. William M L Bell , Religion and its avatar in La Porte etroite. 12. Alain Goulet , The figurative representation of the literary process in La Symphonie pastorale. 13. Jean Hytier , Gratuitous action and the aesthetic perspective in Les Caves due Vatican. 14. David H Walker , Challenging the novel in Les Faux-Monnayeurs. Glossary Bibliography Index