Ornament, fantasy, and desire in nineteenth-century French literature /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Imprint: | Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [1992] |
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| Retention: | Retained for Eastern Academic Scholars' Trust (EAST) http://eastlibraries.org/retained-materials |
Table of Contents:
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- An Introduction to Ornament
- Pt. I. Romanticism
- Chapter 1. The Enchanted Hand: Schlegel's Arabesque in Nerval
- Chapter 2. Lace as Textual Metaphor in Nerval's Sylvie
- Chapter 3. Trills, Frills, and Decorative Frames for the Object of Desire
- Chapter 4. The Evil Eye: Ornamental Vision as the Sublime
- Pt. II. Symbolism and Decadence
- Chapter 5. Trompe l'Oeil in the Poems of Mallarme
- Chapter 6. Aboli Bibelot? Excess, Void, and Objectless Desire
- Chapter 7. Ornament and Hysteria: Huysmans and Rachilde
- Conclusion
- Appendix
- Notes
- Index