The Writing of Melancholy: Modes of Opposition in Early French Modernism

by Ross Chambers

Ross Chambers, an eminent critic of French literature, proposes an original theory of the development of French modernism. His work brings together practical criticism, textual theory, and historical analysis to fashion a new way of thinking about writing and reading as they intersect with history. Along the way, Chambers offers brilliant readings of texts from Madame Bovary to Les Fleurs du mal.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226100707
• ISBN13: 9780226100708
• Release Date: June 1993
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.1"