| Description |
155 pages ; 20 cm. |
| Series |
A Midland book, MB-74
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Midland book ; MB-74.
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| Note |
First published in 1948 under title: The clown's grail; a study of love in its literary expression. |
| Contents |
Plotinus: Philosophic love -- Saint Bernard: Divine love -- Heloise: Human love -- Corneille: The sexuality of Le Cid -- Pascal: The attraction of the abyss -- Racine: The sun in Phedre -- Nerval: The poet's uncrowning -- Lautreamont: The two monarchs -- Baudelaire: The sun and the abyss -- The 'voyou': Villon, Rimbaud, Apollinaire -- The artist: Proust and Joyce -- The pilot: Saint-Exupery -- Petrouchka -- Narcissus -- Myth -- Figures -- Love -- Man: Rimbaud and Hart Crane -- Woman: Nightwood of Djuna Barnes -- The child: Eliot and Tchelitchew -- Four quartets -- Children in the tree -- Fire: symbolism of love |
| Subject |
Literature -- History and criticism.
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Literature. |
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Love in literature.
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Love in literature. |
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