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ISBN-10187897209X
ISBN-139781878972095
eBay Product ID (ePID)22038500948
Product Key Features
Book TitleAurelia and Other Writings
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2004
TopicEuropean / General, General
IllustratorYes
GenrePoetry, Fiction
AuthorGerard De Nerval
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight12.2 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition23
Grade FromCollege Freshman
Number of Volumes1 vol.
Grade ToUP
Dewey Decimal843.7
SynopsisA harrowing document of a descent into madness, by France's defining poet of bohemian romanticism Aurelia is French poet and novelist Gérard de Nerval's account of his descent into madness--a condition provoked in part by his unrequited passion for an actress named Jenny Colon. One of the original self-styled "bohemians," Nerval was best known in his own day for parading a lobster on a pale blue ribbon through the gardens of the Palais-Royal, and was posthumously notorious for his suicide in 1855, hanging from an apron string he called the garter of the Queen of Sheba. This hallucinatory document of dreams, obsession and insanity has fascinated artists such as Joseph Cornell, who cited passages from it to explain his own work; Antonin Artaud, who saw his own madness mirrored by Nerval's; and André Breton, who placed Nerval in the highest echelon of Surrealist heroes. Geoffrey Wagner's translation of Aurélia was first published by Grove Press in 1959, but has remained out of print for nearly 20 years. Also included in this volume are previously untranslated stories by Marc Lowenthal, and poet Robert Duncan's version of the sonnet cycle Chimeras , making this the most complete collection of Nerval's influential oeuvre ever published in English., Admired by both Proust and Breton, this nineteenth century book was also the favourite of artist Joseph Cornell. An account of the author's passion for an actress and subsequent descent into madness, AURELIA is a document of dreams, obsessions, and insanity. One of the original bohemians, Nerval was well known in his day for parading a lobster on a blue ribbon through the gardens of the Palais-Royal, and for his suicide (1855), hanging from an apron string he called the garter of the Queen of Sheba., Aurelia is French poet and novelist G rard de Nerval's account of his descent into madness--a condition provoked in part by his unrequited passion for an actress named Jenny Colon. One of the original self-styled "bohemians," Nerval was best known in his own day for parading a lobster on a pale blue ribbon through the gardens of the Palais-Royal, and was posthumously notorious for his suicide in 1855, hanging from an apron string he called the garter of the Queen of Sheba. This hallucinatory document of dreams, obsession and insanity has fascinated artists such as Joseph Cornell, who cited passages from it to explain his own work; Antonin Artaud, who saw his own madness mirrored by Nerval's; and Andr Breton, who placed Nerval in the highest echelon of Surrealist heroes. Geoffrey Wagner's translation of Aur lia was first published by Grove Press in 1959, but has remained out of print for nearly 20 years. Also included in this volume are previously untranslated stories by Marc Lowenthal, and poet Robert Duncan's version of the sonnet cycle Chimeras , making this the most complete collection of Nerval's influential oeuvre ever published in English., A harrowing document of a descent into madness, by France's defining poet of bohemian romanticism Aurelia is French poet and novelist G rard de Nerval's account of his descent into madness--a condition provoked in part by his unrequited passion for an actress named Jenny Colon. One of the original self-styled "bohemians," Nerval was best known in his own day for parading a lobster on a pale blue ribbon through the gardens of the Palais-Royal, and was posthumously notorious for his suicide in 1855, hanging from an apron string he called the garter of the Queen of Sheba. This hallucinatory document of dreams, obsession and insanity has fascinated artists such as Joseph Cornell, who cited passages from it to explain his own work; Antonin Artaud, who saw his own madness mirrored by Nerval's; and Andr Breton, who placed Nerval in the highest echelon of Surrealist heroes. Geoffrey Wagner's translation of Aur lia was first published by Grove Press in 1959, but has remained out of print for nearly 20 years. Also included in this volume are previously untranslated stories by Marc Lowenthal, and poet Robert Duncan's version of the sonnet cycle Chimeras , making this the most complete collection of Nerval's influential oeuvre ever published in English., A harrowing document of a descent into madness, by France's defining poet of bohemian romanticism Aurelia is French poet and novelist Gérard de Nerval s account of his descent into madness a condition provoked in part by his unrequited passion for an actress named Jenny Colon. One of the original self-styled bohemians, Nerval was best known in his own day for parading a lobster on a pale blue ribbon through the gardens of the Palais-Royal, and was posthumously notorious for his suicide in 1855, hanging from an apron string he called the garter of the Queen of Sheba. This hallucinatory document of dreams, obsession and insanity has fascinated artists such as Joseph Cornell, who cited passages from it to explain his own work; Antonin Artaud, who saw his own madness mirrored by Nerval s; and André Breton, who placed Nerval in the highest echelon of Surrealist heroes. Geoffrey Wagner s translation of Aurélia was first published by Grove Press in 1959, but has remained out of print for nearly 20 years. Also included in this volume are previously untranslated stories by Marc Lowenthal, and poet Robert Duncan s version of the sonnet cycle Chimeras , making this the most complete collection of Nerval s influential oeuvre ever published in English.
LC Classification NumberPQ2260.G36A8 1996
