Lyric Humanity from Virgil to Flaubert

ISBN-13: 9781009225250 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 300 str.

Madison) Langer Ullrich (University of Wisconsin

Opis

Ullrich Langer investigates why lyric representation holds a particular power to address our humanity from Virgil to Flaubert.

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Orpheus in Virgil, Ovid, Seneca: three variations on lyric humanity; 2. Marot's repeated making and unmaking of death; 3. Time, pleasure, and reasoning: Ronsard's Mignonne, Madame de Lafayette's letter, and Baudelaire's passer-by; 4. Flaubert's lyric happiness (L'Éducation sentimentale, Un Cœur simple) 5. Lyrical recovery and return to the ordinary: Rouaud and Echenoz; Conclusion.