Signs and Designs [electronic resource] : Art and Architecture in the Work of Michel Butor
Duffy, Jean H.
Liverpool : Liverpool University Press,
2003.
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 narrativ
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Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Illustrations; Introduction; 1: Unfulfilled, Incomplete and Indefinitely Deferred: Desire and Art in Butor and Duchamp; 2: High and Low Culture in L'Emploi du temps; 3: Art, Architecture and Catholicism in La Modification; 4: Illustration, Edification and Delusion in Degrés; 5: Beyond Words: Collage, Collaboration, Text and Image; Conclusion; Select Bibliography; Index
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 narrativ
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
Butor, Michel
Architecture in literature.
Art in literature.
Butor, Michel.
Art in literature
Architecture in literature
Romance Literatures
Languages & Literatures
French Literature