The Backward Look: Memory and Writing Self in France 1580-1920
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- Synopsis
- "Theories of memory and fictional recreations of the remembering mind have occupied a central place in French literature since Montaigne. The author investigates the shifting relation between cognitive or ""scientific"" memory and emotional or spiritual recollection in a series of major writers from the 16th to the 20th centuries. Her study focuses on the 18th century, where the interplay between memory and imagination and the link between self-knowledge and self-presentation are shown to be exceptionally fertile. The philosophical, scientific and fictional writings of Diderot and the novels and autobiographical works of Rousseau are central to this ground-breaking work, which should be of interest to all readers concerned with the specificity of the French literary tradition."
- Copyright:
- 2000
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 206 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781351198509
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781351198516, 9780367093877, 9780367093877, 9781900755313, 9781900755313, 9780367093877, 9781351198516, 9781900755313
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Date of Addition:
- 06/13/20
- Copyrighted By:
- N/A
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Language Arts
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.