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This book interprets Mon Faust and explores the differences between Valery's and Goethe's treatments of the Faust figure. The author shows by close analysis how Valery opposes a Cartesian, anti-Pascalian Faust to Goethe's romantically flawed hero. The title of the project conceived by Valery's Faust, The Mind's Body-part autobiography, part metaphy



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*Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Preface. IN DEFENSE OF A PARTI PRIS, pg. ix*Abbreviations, pg. xv*One. LUST, LA DEMOISELLE DE CRISTAL, pg. 1*Two. LE SOLITAIRE, OU LES MALEDICTIONS D'UNIVERS. ACT ONE, pg. 39*Three. LES FEES, pg. 94*Four. POETIC SEMI-REALITIES: SELFPERCEPTION AND SELF-DECEPTION IN GOETHE'S AND VALERY'S FAUST, pg. 152*SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 247*Index, pg. 251

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: 3/8/2015 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780691617053, 978-0691617053
      ISBN10: 0691617058
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      Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      This book interprets Mon Faust and explores the differences between Valery's and Goethe's treatments of the Faust figure. The author shows by close analysis how Valery opposes a Cartesian, anti-Pascalian Faust to Goethe's romantically flawed hero. The title of the project conceived by Valery's Faust, The Mind's Body-part autobiography, part metaphy



      Table of Contents
      *Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Preface. IN DEFENSE OF A PARTI PRIS, pg. ix*Abbreviations, pg. xv*One. LUST, LA DEMOISELLE DE CRISTAL, pg. 1*Two. LE SOLITAIRE, OU LES MALEDICTIONS D'UNIVERS. ACT ONE, pg. 39*Three. LES FEES, pg. 94*Four. POETIC SEMI-REALITIES: SELFPERCEPTION AND SELF-DECEPTION IN GOETHE'S AND VALERY'S FAUST, pg. 152*SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 247*Index, pg. 251

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