Hervé Guibert [electronic resource] : Voices of the Self
Boulé, Jean-Pierre.
Fletcher, J.,translator.
Liverpool : Liverpool University Press,
1999.
This is the first full-length study to cover the complete texts of Hervé Guibert (1955-1991), offering a thorough documentation of his literary output. The book is guided by Guibert's relation to the novel, a major line of enquiry throughout, as well as his experimentation with voices in particular. One of Boulé's main contentions is that Guibert arrives at the creation of a new literary genre, the roman faux, with the publication of his best-known work To the Friend who did not save my life . The book ends by considering the works Guibert produced after he was diagnosed as HIV positive, withi
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Title Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1: Youthful Writings; 2: Photographic Writing; 3: Towards the Novel; 4: Image and Text; 5: The 'Novel'; 6: 'Autobiography'; 7: Towards the roman faux; 8: The roman faux; 9: Thanatographical Writing; 10: The fictitious, the fake or the delirious; Conclusion; Notes to Introduction; Bibliography; Index of Names; Index of Names in Notes
This is the first full-length study to cover the complete texts of Hervé Guibert (1955-1991), offering a thorough documentation of his literary output. The book is guided by Guibert's relation to the novel, a major line of enquiry throughout, as well as his experimentation with voices in particular. One of Boulé's main contentions is that Guibert arrives at the creation of a new literary genre, the roman faux, with the publication of his best-known work To the Friend who did not save my life . The book ends by considering the works Guibert produced after he was diagnosed as HIV positive, withi
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Guibert, Hervé
Guibert, Hervé.