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The writer's way in France

Title
The writer's way in France / [by] Robert Greer Cohn.
Author
Cohn, Robert Greer.
Publication
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©1960.

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Description
447 pages; 22 cm
Summary
In this book Professor Cohn offers a lucid and swift-paced account of a new, integral approach to French literature. In Part I the creative temperament is defined in terms of a subtly recognizable rhythm of human nature which appears in varying forms or "syncopations." In Part II the evolution of the rhythm is followed through changing themes, images, styles, and genres from the earliest known native origins to the crowning work of the Symbolists. Parts I and II together constitute a method, the purpose of which is to maintain a sense of direction as we move through the complexities of lively art. The method is brought to bear on extensive texts in Part III, with closely detailed studies of Rimbaud and Proust. These individual studies are offered as examples. The introduction discusses the present state of criticism; lengthy appendices are devoted to some important modes of lyric poetry and the author's epistemological concepts; and a briefer appendix takes up the idea of Progress in Art. The Writer's Way in France is a work of unusual perception, of great importance to all students of literature who are interested in fresh ideas and methods.
Subject
  • French literature > History and criticism
  • French literature > Aesthetics
  • French literature > Philosophy
  • French literature > Psychological aspects
  • Literature > Study and teaching (Higher)
  • French literature
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliography.
  • Bibliography: [431]-435.
Contents
Introduction -- Part I. The creative temperament -- Part II. The writer in time ; Obscure beginnings -- From barbarism to young culture -- The vocation -- The enlightened vocation -- In the age of reason -- From Rousseau to Proust -- Postscript to part II -- Part III. Some texts ; Tristan ; Perceval -- Rimbaud -- Proust's way -- Appendices. I. Poetry of light and radiant darkness -- II. A note on the idea of progress in art -- III. Some pre-critical concepts.
LCCN
60009751
OCLC
  • ocm01816988
  • 1816988
  • SCSB-9122495
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library