A mazing of the text
Subtitle: the search for signification in the labyrinth of French poetics
By: Margaret M. Bolovan.
Series: Currents in comparative Romance languages and literatures ;; vol. 75
Publisher: P. Lang; Lang Publishing, Incorporated, Peter
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
Subjects: French poetry -- History and criticism.; Labyrinths in literature.
Description: "A Mazing of the Text explores the multifaceted nature of the labyrinth as manifest in selected French Texts from the sixteenth to the twentieth century. Works by Joachim Du Bellay, Theophile de Viau, Saint-Amant, Thomas Corneille, Jean Racine, Stephane Mallarme, and Marguereite Yourcenar are examined in light of the metaphorical reflective capacity and the pluridimensional quality of mythic signification."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-188) and indexes.