Pathos, poetry and politics in Michel Houellebecq's fiction /
"In Pathos, Poetry and Politics in Michel Houellebecq's fiction, Russell Williams examines the literary style of France's most notorious novelist. Houellebecq is frequently the focus of debate for his provocative comments about Islam and the decline of Western civilisation. This book...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill Rodopi,
2020
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| Series: | Faux titre,
volume 437 |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | "In Pathos, Poetry and Politics in Michel Houellebecq's fiction, Russell Williams examines the literary style of France's most notorious novelist. Houellebecq is frequently the focus of debate for his provocative comments about Islam and the decline of Western civilisation. This book refocuses attention on how such provocation is an integral part of the texture of his novels. Williams considers Houellebecq's writing about literature and outlines the key principles of the author's poetics, founded on an acute sensitivity to reading experience. He then explores Houellebecq's earliest poetry before mapping this poetic voice into his subsequent fiction, including Sérotonine (2019). Houellebecq's relationship with genre fiction and the crucial issue of the authorial persona that exists in and around his texts are also explored"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004416918 9004416919 |
| ISSN: | 0167-9392 ; |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |
