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In Le clair-obscur « extrême contemporain »: Pierre Bergounioux, Pierre Michon, Patrick Modiano et Pascal Quignard, Julia Holter proposes that a chiaroscuro aesthetic and mode of thought underlie and unite the work of four well-known contemporary French writers, studied together for the first time. Dans Le clair-obscur « extrême contemporain » : Pierre Bergounioux, Pierre Michon, Patrick Modiano et Pascal Quignard, Julia Holter montre comment la notion de clair-obscur sous-tend la pensée et l’esthétique de quatre écrivains français extrême-contemporains rassemblés pour la première fois.

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This is an impressive book. It is full of sensitive readings, rigorously argued and the product of great erudition, effortlessly ranging over a wide variety of subject areas. Quite apart from her detailed knowledge of her selected writers' oeuvres and associated secondary literature, Holter extends her scope to disciplines such as Fine Art (the centrality of chiaroscuro oblige), literary theory, sociology, etymology, philosophy and psychoanalysis, travelling backwards and forwards with ease between l'extreme contemporain and Antiquity. [...] its academic impact may [...] be considerable, since the very nature of Holter's innovative, self-created concept means that it will have a broader, more universal application to the French literature of today. - Alan Morris, Irish Journal of French Studies, 2017.

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Julia Holter conducts her research at the Institute of Modern Texts and Manuscripts (CNRS). She has taught at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris and at the University of Washington. She is also General Editor of Joca Seria’s Russian contemporary poetry series. Julia Holter est traductrice et chercheuse associée à l’Institut des Textes et des Manuscrits Modernes, CNRS. Elle a enseigné à l’École Normale Supérieure à Paris et à l’Université de Washington à Seattle. Elle dirige la Collection de poésie russe contemporaine aux éditions Joca Seria.

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