Poetics of the Pretext

Reading Lautréamont
Erscheinungsjahr 1998
ISBN: 978-0-85989-498-2
Verlag: University of Exeter Press

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 524 g

Poetics of the Pretext is an original study of the French poet Lautréamont (1846-1870), who was rediscovered by the Surrealists in the 1920s and promoted to the vanguard of theoretical debate by the 'Telquelists' of the 1960s, but whose work has remained largely ignored or misinterpreted beyond a small circle of enthusiasts.

Poetics of the Pretext analyses closely the texts, pretexts and intertexts of this innovative poet, bringing Les Chants de Maldoror and Poésies to the foreground of contemporary critical debates around poetics, genre, intertextuality and influence. This book will make a major contribution to our understanding not only of the work of Lautréamont but also to the function of originality, imitation and plagiarism in the nineteenth century.

Comte de Lautréamont was the nom de plume of Isidore Lucien Ducasse, a French poet born in Uruguay.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lack, Roland-François

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik

Über Autor(innen)

Lack, Roland-François
Roland-François Lack is Lecturer in French at University College London.

Roland-François Lack is Lecturer in French at University College London.