The «Fausts» of Gérard de Nerval: Intertextuality, Translation, Adaptation

ISBN-13: 9781788741835 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 278 str.

Stephen Butler

Opis

Gérard de Nerval's French translations of Goethe's Faust are key works in Franco-German cultural relations. This book presents a nuanced view of works that continue to be the principal conveyors in France of arguably the foremost work of German literature.

Spis treści

CONTENTS: Contextualisation: The Gradual Assimilation of Faust and Other Foreign Literature in France - Nerval's, Stapfer's, and Sainte-Aulaire's French Translations of Goethe's Faust - Nerval's Original Faustian Dramas: The Faust Fragment, Nicolas Flamel, and L'Imagier de Harlem.

O autorze

Stephen Butler holds a PhD in German Studies from the University of Manchester. He specializes in comparative literature, in particular Franco-German cultural relations in the nineteenth century, and also has an interest in the translation of English literature into French. He is currently working on a study of Amédée Pichot's French translation of Byron's Manfred.