Pathos, poetry and politics in Michel Houellebecq's fiction /

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Author / Creator:Williams, Russell, 1977- author.
Imprint:Leiden ; Boston : Brill Rodopi, [2020]
Description:vii, 299 pages ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Series:Faux titre: etudes de langue et litterature Francaises, 0167-9392 ; volume 437
Faux titre ; no. 437.
Subject:Houellebecq, Michel -- Criticism and interpretation.
Houellebecq, Michel -- Literary style.
Houellebecq, Michel.
Literary style.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11991085
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ISBN:9789004416895
9004416897
9789004416918
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"In Pathos, Poetry and Politics in Michel Houellebecq's fiction, Russell Williams examines the literary style of France's most notorious novelist. Houellebecq is frequently the focus of debate for his provocative comments about Islam and the decline of Western civilisation. This book refocuses attention on how such provocation is an integral part of the texture of his novels. Williams considers Houellebecq's writing about literature and outlines the key principles of the author's poetics, founded on an acute sensitivity to reading experience. He then explores Houellebecq's earliest poetry before mapping this poetic voice into his subsequent fiction, including Sérotonine (2019). Houellebecq's relationship with genre fiction and the crucial issue of the authorial persona that exists in and around his texts are also explored"--
Other form:Online version: Williams, Russell, Pathos, poetry and politics in Michel Houellebecq's fiction Leiden ; Boston : Brill Rodopi, [2020] 9789004416918

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