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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Cover Page; Title Page; Contents; Introduction; Selected Quotes; Image Gallery; 1 Spring; 2 Youth; 3 My Mother; 4 The Day of September 27; 5 Acquasanta; 6 Dindiki; 7 Joseph Conrad; 8 Francis Jammes; 9 The Radiance of Paul Valéry; 10 Paul Valéry; 11 Henry Ghéon; 12 Eugène Dabit; 13 Christian Beck; 14 Antonin Artaud; 15 Le Mercure de France; 16 La Revue Blanche; 17 Goethe; 18 The Teaching of Poussin; 19 Lautréamont; 20 Arthur Rimbaud; 21 Three Meetings with Verlaine; 22 Literary Memories and Present-day Problems; 23 Preface to Vol de Nuit; 24 Preface to Some Recent Writings by Thomas Mann |
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25 Preface for a French Translation26 Letter-Preface to the Poems of Jean Lacaze; 27 Justice or Charity; 28 Courage; 29 Truth; 30 Two Imaginary Interviews; 31 Leaves; 32 Autumn Leaves; Bibliographical Index; Index; Copyright Page |
| Summary |
This collection of reflective essays forms a?spiritual autobiography? of André Gide, a key figure of French letters André Gide, a literary and intellectual giant of twentieth-century France, mines his memories and personal observations in this collection of essays. Gide's reflections and commentary masterfully showcase his delicate writing style and evocative sensibility, yielding new insights on writers such as Goethe and contemporaries Joseph Conrad, Nicolas Poussin, Arthur Rimbaud, and Paul-Marie Verlaine. Through it all, Gide skillfully investigates humanity's contradictory nature and struggles to resolve the moral, political, and religious conflicts inherent in daily life. This ebook features a new introduction by Jeanine Parisier Plottel, selected quotes, and an image gallery |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Gide, André, 1869-1951.
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| SUBJECT |
Gide, André, 1869-1951 fast |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1306636434 |
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9781306636438 |
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9781453240427 |
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145324042X |
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