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• catalog abstract "The Shaping of Text pays homage to the work of the late John Porter Houston, who wrote extensively on style, rhetoric, and narrative and poetic techniques in Western European literature. It is appropriate that the essays in this volume focus on the form of the literary work and the ways in which form determines meaning. William Calin's essay on the saint's life analyzes the use of antithesis as a poetic and structural device that illustrates the saint's fundamental. Understanding of the relationship between the ephemeral reality of his physical existence and the absolute, timeless reality to which he aspires. Raymond LaCharite's study of Rabelais focuses on the author's self-conscious awareness of this relationship and of Renaissance preoccupation with reading as both an act of creation and interpretation. George Joseph's study of three Renaissance poets focuses on the use of paradox as both a figure of speech and as a genre that. Serves both as a structure and as a basis for the interaction in the poetry. David Rubin's essay on La Fontaine emphasizes the ways in which the register of style in the Fables is used to set the tone and control the meaning of the language. In the chapters devoted to nineteenth- and twentieth-century literature one can see the continuing closer relationship between the book as a work of art and the reality in which it interacts. Suzanne Nash analyzes the strategy Mme. De Stael uses in writing De l'Allemagne, a book written less to present an accurate portrayal of Germany than to promote her own republican ideals for France. Ross Chambers's essay probes the question of the theme of melancholy in Romantic writing and its relationship to the social and political structures of the period; Edward Kaplan shows how a growing ethical, social concern can be seen in Baudelaire's revised Les Fleurs du Mal; Rima Reck and Edward Kaplan reflect the. Growing use of literature as a vehicle for influencing public opinion. Stirling Haig analyzes Flaubert's careful use of style and his awareness that reality is ultimately shaped by the beholder's perspective. Finnally, Virginia La Charite's chapter on Proust returns to the idea of a structure within a structure, in this case the architecture of the cathedral as a metaphor of synthesis, an aesthetic device that gives an intelligible structure to Proust's enormous but. Intricately complex, mass of details. If John Porter Houston focused on form and style, it is because he understood the semiotic nature of all things: that a writer's style is a subtle form of refined communication or, as Houston wrote, "style is an absolute manner of seeing things for Proust, a question of vision, and so constitutes the ultimate reality of literature."".
• catalog contributor b4184439.
• catalog contributor b4184440.
• catalog created "c1993.".
• catalog date "1993".
• catalog date "c1993.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1993.".
• catalog description "De Stael uses in writing De l'Allemagne, a book written less to present an accurate portrayal of Germany than to promote her own republican ideals for France. Ross Chambers's essay probes the question of the theme of melancholy in Romantic writing and its relationship to the social and political structures of the period; Edward Kaplan shows how a growing ethical, social concern can be seen in Baudelaire's revised Les Fleurs du Mal; Rima Reck and Edward Kaplan reflect the.".
• catalog description "Growing use of literature as a vehicle for influencing public opinion. Stirling Haig analyzes Flaubert's careful use of style and his awareness that reality is ultimately shaped by the beholder's perspective. Finnally, Virginia La Charite's chapter on Proust returns to the idea of a structure within a structure, in this case the architecture of the cathedral as a metaphor of synthesis, an aesthetic device that gives an intelligible structure to Proust's enormous but.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• catalog description "Intricately complex, mass of details. If John Porter Houston focused on form and style, it is because he understood the semiotic nature of all things: that a writer's style is a subtle form of refined communication or, as Houston wrote, "style is an absolute manner of seeing things for Proust, a question of vision, and so constitutes the ultimate reality of literature."".
• catalog description "Saints' stories : the literary quality of Anglo-Norman martyr hagiography / William Calin -- The framing of Rabelais' Gargantua / Raymond C. La Charité -- Paradox in Marot, Lemaire, and Ronsard / George Joseph -- Fluctuat nec mergitur : thoughts on polymodality in La Fontaine's Fables 11 / David L. Rubin -- De l'Allemagne and the creation of a French Germany / Suzanne Nash -- Nervalian mist and Baudelairean fog : an essay in textual atmospherics / Ross Chambers -- Parrot and parody : Flaubert / Stirling Haig -- Baudelaire and the vicissitudes of Venus : ethical irony in Fleurs du mal / Edward K. Kaplan -- Malraux's great exhibition : artwriting as cultural performance / Rima Drell Reck -- The archi-texture of Proust's A la recherche du temps perdu / Virginia A. La Charité.".
• catalog description "Serves both as a structure and as a basis for the interaction in the poetry. David Rubin's essay on La Fontaine emphasizes the ways in which the register of style in the Fables is used to set the tone and control the meaning of the language. In the chapters devoted to nineteenth- and twentieth-century literature one can see the continuing closer relationship between the book as a work of art and the reality in which it interacts. Suzanne Nash analyzes the strategy Mme.".
• catalog description "The Shaping of Text pays homage to the work of the late John Porter Houston, who wrote extensively on style, rhetoric, and narrative and poetic techniques in Western European literature. It is appropriate that the essays in this volume focus on the form of the literary work and the ways in which form determines meaning. William Calin's essay on the saint's life analyzes the use of antithesis as a poetic and structural device that illustrates the saint's fundamental.".
• catalog description "Understanding of the relationship between the ephemeral reality of his physical existence and the absolute, timeless reality to which he aspires. Raymond LaCharite's study of Rabelais focuses on the author's self-conscious awareness of this relationship and of Renaissance preoccupation with reading as both an act of creation and interpretation. George Joseph's study of three Renaissance poets focuses on the use of paradox as both a figure of speech and as a genre that.".
• catalog extent "161 p. ;".
• catalog hasFormat "Shaping of text.".
• catalog identifier "0838752276 (alk. paper)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Shaping of text.".
• catalog issued "1993".
• catalog issued "c1993.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Lewisburg : Bucknell University Press ; London ; Cranbury, NJ : Associated University Presses,".
• catalog relation "Shaping of text.".
• catalog subject "840.9 20".
• catalog subject "French language Figures of speech.".
• catalog subject "French language Style.".
• catalog subject "French literature History and criticism.".
• catalog subject "Literary form.".
• catalog subject "PQ36.H68 S5 1993".
• catalog tableOfContents "Saints' stories : the literary quality of Anglo-Norman martyr hagiography / William Calin -- The framing of Rabelais' Gargantua / Raymond C. La Charité -- Paradox in Marot, Lemaire, and Ronsard / George Joseph -- Fluctuat nec mergitur : thoughts on polymodality in La Fontaine's Fables 11 / David L. Rubin -- De l'Allemagne and the creation of a French Germany / Suzanne Nash -- Nervalian mist and Baudelairean fog : an essay in textual atmospherics / Ross Chambers -- Parrot and parody : Flaubert / Stirling Haig -- Baudelaire and the vicissitudes of Venus : ethical irony in Fleurs du mal / Edward K. Kaplan -- Malraux's great exhibition : artwriting as cultural performance / Rima Drell Reck -- The archi-texture of Proust's A la recherche du temps perdu / Virginia A. La Charité.".
• catalog title "The Shaping of text : style, imagery, and structure in French literature : essays in honor of John Porter Houston / edited by Emanuel J. Mickel, Jr.".
• catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
• catalog type "text".