138 Pages
by
Routledge
138 Pages
by
Routledge
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Nerval's "Les Illumines" (1852) has often been seen as a problem text, and as a strange supplement to his masterpieces "Les Chimeres", "Les Filles du feu", and "Aurelia". In this first book-length study, in English or French, of "Les Illumines", Meryl Tyers argues that it is a complex work of art in its own right and that its originality has been obscured by the tangled publishing history of its... Read more
1 Texts and Contexts 2 The Text and its Readers 3 Reading Nerval’s Library: Les Illumines and the Literature of Eccentricity 4 The Library Catches Fire: Reading Proliferation Appendices- Appendix 1: The Individual Recits Appendix 2: Source Materials for Les Illumines Appendix 3: Contemporary Reviews of Les Illumines Appendix 4: Jules de Premaray’s Review
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Meryl Tyers
