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French Poetry - Literary Criticism, Literary Movements - General & Miscellaneous, 19th Century French Literature - Literary Criticism
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What Is Symbolism?

by Emmett Parker
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Overview

This book centers on the revolutionary French symbolist movement of the last part of the 19th century, translated by Emmett Parker. Peyre gets to the heart of the subject, through provocative lines.

About the Author, Emmett Parker

Henri Peyre (1901-1988) was  a prolific writer, a profound thinker, a dedicated teacher and an ambassador of good will between America and France. Author of more than thirty books, Peyre spent the heart of his career as Sterling Professor of French at Yale University.

 

Emmett Parker was a professor of French in the department of Romance Languages at the University of Alabama and  the author of Albert Camus: The Artist in the Arena (University of Wisconsin Press).

 

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Book Details

Published
December 1, 1980
Publisher
University : University of Alabama Press, c1980.
Pages
224
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780817370046

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