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1 online resource (331 pages) : portrait |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS; PRÉFACE; INTRODUCTION; I.; MES ILLUMINATIONS, OR; STENDHAL ET MES TOURS DE SAN GIMIGNANO; DE L'HORRIBLE DANGER DE LA RELECTURE; II.; BURYING THE PAST; RE-READING MADAME BOVARY; " FLAUBERT LACUNAIRE "; RELECTURE DU PÈRE GORIOT; III.; SAMUEL BECKETT'S HAPPY DAYS REVISITED; SOI-MÊME ET LES AUTRES; RE-READING EARLY PRIZE WINNERS; RE-READING MIKHAÏL BAKHTIN'S TOWARD A PHILOSOPHY OF THE ACT; IV.; RETURN TO ZENDA; LIFE IS THEATRE; L'USAGE DE L'HISTOIRE; V.; RE-READING BEL-AMI; PRE-READING, READING, AND RE-READING VICTOR HUGO; RE-READING DOSTOÏEVSKY; TRAVAIL DE MEMOIRE; VI. |
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ISLANDS OF THE MINDAFTERWORD; PROUST REGAINED; SELECT PUBLICATIONS OF GRAHAM FALCONER; NOTES ON THE CONTRIBUTORS. |
Summary |
What happens when we re-read a familiar book? Does the second encounter turn us into experts, more knowing and confident in our relation to the text? Or conversely, does it expose the gaps and limits of each reading experience? Does re-reading affirm our own sense of identity, reconnecting us to earlier memories, or does it shock and destabilize, revealing discontinuities between past and present selves? Is re-reading uncanny, a discovery of the familiar in the unfamiliar, or the reverse? Do ... |
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Subject |
French literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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French literature. |
Chronological Term |
19th century |
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French language -- 19th century.
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French language. |
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French language -- Lexicology.
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French language -- Lexicology. |
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1800-1899 |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Added Author |
Falconer, Graham.
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Falconer, Rachel.
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Oliver, Andrew, 1941-
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Relecture |
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Print version: 1443837601 9781443837606 |
ISBN |
1443838187 (electronic book) |
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9781443838184 (electronic book) |
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1299647030 |
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9781299647039 |
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1443837601 |
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9781443837606 |
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