Clowns And Angels; Studies In Modern French Literature by Wallace Fowlie
Studies In Modern French Literature
A collection of incisive essays that examines the recurring polarity between the comic and the sacred in modern French writing, tracing how authors and movements of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries balance burlesque, satire, and theatricality with moments of spiritual intensity and philosophical seriousness. The critic reads poems, plays, and novels closely, situating stylistic innovations within broader cultural, historical, and intellectual currents, and argues that understanding modern French literature requires attention to its oscillation between playfulness and moral or metaphysical urgency. The result is a lively, erudite study that illuminates underappreciated connections among writers and clarifies how form and tone convey evolving notions of human experience in modern France.
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- 186
- Original Language
- English
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