Overview

Full Product Details

Author:   Edward T. Larkin ,  Virginia L. Lewis ,  Hugo Walter ,  Carsten Meiner
Publisher:   Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Imprint:   Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Edition:   New edition
Volume:   139
Weight:   0.430kg
ISBN:  

9781433161681

ISBN 10:   1433161680
Pages:   242
Publication Date:   10 July 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier.

Table of Contents

Foreword – Carsten Meiner and Peter Borum: Introduction: The History and Theory of the Locus Amoenus – Maria Damkjær: Landscape on Pause: Strong Feelings and the Locus Amoenus in Nineteenth-Century British Literature – Frode Lerum Boasson: Pleasure Is Not Fun: The Locus Amoenus in Knut Hamsun – Katrine Helene Andersen: The Locus Amoenus in Nineteenth-Century Spanish Literature: From Meadows to Gardens: Doña Perfecta as a Micro-representation of a Topological Development – Pia Schwarz Lausten: In the Shade of the Chestnut Trees: The Locus Amoenus in Giovanni Verga’s Writing – Michael Høxbro Andersen: Defective Pleasant Places: The Locus Amoenus in Gustave Flaubert’s Madame Bovary – Charles Lock: Derelictions of Contentment: The Locus Amoenus in Nineteenth-Century Landscape Painting – Birthe Hoffmann: The Locus Amoenus as a (Hetero-)utopia of Human Existence in Theodor Fontane’s Novel On Tangled Paths – Julio Jensen: Locus Amoenus and the Modern Spirit. A Topos of Melancholy in Three Spanish-Language Authors: Juan Ramón Jiménez, Luis Cernuda, and Julio Cortázar – Carsten Meiner: Naturalizing Deviant Pleasure: Loci Amoeni in Zola – Contributors.

Reviews

Author Information

Carsten Meiner is Professor of French Literature and Culture at the University of Copenhagen. He earned his PhD in philosophy and aesthetics from the Université de Paris VIII in 2001. His research concerns ""commonplaces""—topoi—in modern French literature. He has authored and co-edited books in both French and English.

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions