J.-K. Huysmans
Author:   Ruth Antosh
Publisher:   Reaktion Books
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9781789148725


Pages:   208
Publication Date:   01 June 2024
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Ruth Antosh
Publisher:   Reaktion Books
Imprint:   Reaktion Books
ISBN:  

9781789148725


ISBN 10:   1789148723
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   01 June 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

Table of Contents

1 Beginnings 2 Under the Influence of Zola and Naturalism 3 A rebours and Beyond 4 Descending into Darkness: La-Bas, the Abbe Boullan and the Occult 5 The Spiritual Journey Begins: Religious Retreats and Huysmans' Conversion 6 In Search of a Monastery: The Road to Liguge 7 The Final Years Epilogue References Bibliography Acknowledgements Photo Acknowledgements

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J.-K. Huysmans excels in bringing to life the author in his eccentric, sometimes disgraceful later years . . . Antosh paints in vivid detail. * TLS *


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Ruth Antosh is Professor Emerita of French at the State University of New York at Fredonia. She is the author of Reality and Illusion in the Novels of J.-K. Huysmans (1986).

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