Title: La chimera e la sfinge :
Authors: Ramacciotti, Valeria.
Date: 1987
Publisher: Slatkine,
Physical description: 165 p. ; 22 cm.
Language: Italian
Contents: I decadenti e la Gioconda : ambiguità e polivalenza di un simbolo -- La chimera e la sfinge -- Dal "jardin d'hiver" al "jardin des supplices" -- Sul "Don Giovanni" di Barbey d'Aurevilly -- Il tardo impero : un mito decadente.
Notes: Includes quotations in French.
Subject headings (LCSH): Archetype (Psychology) in literature.; Comparative literature--Themes, motives.; Decadence (Literary movement); Decadence (Literary movement)--France.; Decadence in literature.; French literature--19th century--History and criticism.; Myth in literature.; Mythology in literature.; Structuralism (Literary analysis)