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Tristan Corbière and the poetics of irony /

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Using close textual readings from 'Les Amours jaunes', the only collection published in Corbière's lifetime, this book examines his self-contradictory style. His use of irony is shown to be a means of exploring the doubts of modern man and the spiritual void of commodity culture.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lunn-Rockliffe, Katherine, 1974- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Clarendon Press, 2023.
Series:Oxford modern languages and literature monographs.
Subjects:
Corbière, Tristan, > 1845-1875 > Criticism and interpretation.
Corbière, Tristan, > 1845-1875.
Irony in literature.
Ironie dans la littérature.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Using close textual readings from 'Les Amours jaunes', the only collection published in Corbière's lifetime, this book examines his self-contradictory style. His use of irony is shown to be a means of exploring the doubts of modern man and the spiritual void of commodity culture.
Item Description:Formerly CIP.
Previously issued in print: 2006.
Physical Description:1 online resource (236 pages).
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [221]-230) and index.
ISBN:9781383043969
1383043965