Authority in crisis in French literature, 1850-1880 /
Whidden, Seth Adam,1969-author.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A word on the text -- Introduction. Second Empire, empire of "zut" -- Authority dispersed in collaboration -- Authority under siege when parody meets poetry -- Rimbaud drowning verse in a sea of multiplicity -- At 7,000 meters without a net: the vertigo of Jules Verne's narrative authority.
Rimbaud, Arthur, 1854-1891
Verne, Jules, 1828-1905
French literature
Authorship
Authority in literature.
Social values in literature.
Literature and society