Edmond de Goncourt and the Novel

Naturalism and Decadence
Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-90-420-1646-0
Verlag: Brill | Rodopi

Buch, Englisch, Band 264, 253 Seiten, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 220 mm

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Edmond de Goncourt’s four solo novels are not simply extensions of the Goncourt brothers’ joint project, but attempts to deviate from the Naturalism with which their name had come to be associated. By analysing paratexts, the relationship between documentation and fiction, as well as plot devices and themes, this study links the evolution of Goncourt’s fiction to wider literary debates surrounding Naturalism, Decadence and the renewal of the novel in fin de siècle France. In bringing Goncourt’s writings to an English-speaking public, it will be of interest to students and scholars of the literary history of late-nineteenth-century France.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Romanische Literaturen Französische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
References
I. Introduction
Towards a New Novel
II. Paratexts
Titles: Novel Transformations
Prefaces and Literary History
III. Facts and Fictions
Documentary Processes
Les Frères Zemganno: Author as Acrobat
La Faustin: Origins and Heredity
Chérie: Female Documents
IV. Language and Forms
Plot Development
Textual Voices
Language and the Literary Field
Natural and Artificial Expression
V. Conclusion
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index