Description |
x, 323 pages ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
The divided self -- The artist as archetype -- I. Beginnings -- II. Goethe -- III. Rousseau -- IV. "I" As hero: The confessional novel, 1785-1869 -- Art as experience -- The sacred fount tradition -- I. Romantics -- II. Apprentices to art -- III. Tapping the sacred fount -- Art as religion -- The ivory tower tradition -- I. The universe of Roderick Usher -- II. Demons, dandies, and divines -- III. Esthetes and exiles -- The novelist as creator / Honorʹe de Balzac -- The ideal of detachment / Henry James -- The quest for self / Marcel Proust -- The return from exile / James Joyce. |
Subject |
Fiction -- History and criticism.
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Fiction. |
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Artists in literature.
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Artists in literature. |
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