Ornament, Fantasy, and Desire in Nineteenth-Century French Literature

by Rae Beth Gordon

Book Overview

In this examination of the role of ornament in nineteenth-century French literature, Rae Beth Gordon shows that ornament, far from being a simple accessory, raises problems that are at the very heart of aesthetic experience: limits and their transgression, illusion and seduction, pleasure and tension, harmony and confusion, excess and marginality. After placing texts by Nerval, Gautier, Mallarm, Huysmans, and Rachilde within the context of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691606331
• ISBN13: 9780691606330
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"