Signs and Designs: Art and Architecture in the Work of Michel Butor - Couverture souple

Duffy, Jean H.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0853237883 ISBN 13 : 9780853237884

Editeur : Liverpool University Press, 2003

Synopsis

In the course of a writing career spanning half a century, Michel Butor has produced a remarkable range and volume of publications, including fiction, travel works, poetry, critical essays and various types of mixed-genre works which resist ready categorisation. Much of this very diverse oeuvre is marked by his life-long passion for the visual arts. This study is the first full-length analysis of the role played by the references to the visual, plastic and architectural arts in Butor’s work. It addresses a wide range of issues including the role of the artwork, building or monument as narrative generator; the reflexive functions of the visual and architectural references; the interaction between visual/architectural references and intertextual citation; the role of collaboration in Butor’s oeuvre; the relationship between cultural baggage and the workings of the unconscious; the tension between Butor’s fascination for non-European artistic traditions and his continuing dialogue with the Western tradition.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jean H. Duffy is Emeritus Professor of French at the University of Edinburgh.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Liverpool University Press
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0853237883
• ISBN 13: 9780853237884
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 310
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• Personne responsable: non disponible