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Paralyses : literature, travel, and ethnography in French modernity /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Culbert, John
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2010]
Subjects:
Travel > Philosophy.
Imperialism in literature.
Ethnology in literature.
Travelers in literature.
Travelers' writings, French > History and criticism.
French literature > History and criticism.
Travel in literature.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The muse of paralysis
  • Horizon of conquest: Eugene Fromentin's Algerian narratives
  • Slow progress: Jean Paulhan and Madagascar
  • Frustration: Michel Leiris
  • Atopia: Roland Barthes
  • The wake of Ulysses.