| Description |
109 p. ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN |
9780252030192 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0252030192 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| Note |
Translation of: Fleurs de Tarbes, ou, La terreur dans les lettres. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [95]-109). |
| Contents |
I.A portrait of terror. Literature in its wild state -- Poverty and hunger -- Words are frightening -- II. The myth of the power of words. Terror in more detail -- In which the reader sees the author the other way round -- Terror is seen to be wanting -- III. Inventing a rhetoric. An optical illusion -- Terror finds a way of justifying itself -- Terror fulfilled -- A device to reverse the direction of literature. |
| Note |
Translated from the French. |
| Library Class |
French C145
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| Subject |
French literature -- History and criticism.
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Literature -- Psychology.
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| Other Author |
Syrotinski, Michael, 1957-
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| Alt Title |
Terror in literature
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