Pathos, Poetry and Politics in Michel Houellebecq's Fiction by Williams, Russell

Pathos, Poetry and Politics in Michel Houellebecq's Fiction (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004416895)

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Pathos, Poetry and Politics in Michel Houellebecq's Fiction by Williams, Russell

Pathos, Poetry and Politics in Michel Houellebecq's Fiction

$151.00
Pathos, Poetry and Politics in Michel Houellebecq's Fiction by Williams, Russell

Pathos, Poetry and Politics in Michel Houellebecq's Fiction

$151.00
Format: Hardcover
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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.

Author: Russell Williams
ISBN-10: 9004416897
ISBN-13: 9789004416895
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 11/14/2019
Pages: 310
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.60d
By Russell Williams
By Russell Williams
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Russell Williams, Ph.D. (2016), University of London, is Assistant Professor at the American University of Paris. His research focuses on the contemporary French novel.

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