| Signs and Designs: Art and Architecture in the Work of Michel Butor Contributor(s): Duffy, Jean H. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0853237786 ISBN-13: 9780853237785 Publisher: Liverpool University Press OUR PRICE: $118.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2003 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - French |
| Dewey: 848.914 |
| LCCN: 2004445584 |
| Lexile Measure: 1840 |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6.49" W x 9.43" (1.47 lbs) 310 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - French |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the course of a writing career spanning half a century, Michel Butor has produced a remarkable range and volume of publications, including fiction, travel works, poetry, critical essays and various types of mixed-genre works which resist ready categorisation. Much of this very diverse oeuvre is marked by his life-long passion for the visual arts. This study is the first full-length analysis of the role played by the references to the visual, plastic and architectural arts in Butor's work. It addresses a wide range of issues including the role of the artwork, building or monument as narrative generator; the reflexive functions of the visual and architectural references; the interaction between visual/architectural references and intertextual citation; the role of collaboration in Butor's oeuvre; the relationship between cultural baggage and the workings of the unconscious; the tension between Butor's fascination for non-European artistic traditions and his continuing dialogue with the Western tradition. |