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Author Dunaway, John M., 1945-

Title The metamorphoses of the self : the mystic, the sensualist, and the artist in the works of Julien Green / John M. Dunaway
Published Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, [2015], ©1978

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Description 1 online resource (126 pages)
Series Studies in Romance languages ; 19
Studies in Romance languages (Lexington, Ky.) ; 19.
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Journal and Autobiography: The First Two Selves; 2. The Pilgrim's Descent: Le Voyageur sur Ia terre; 3. Self-Discovery in L'Autre sommeil; 4. Escape and Deliverance in Le Visionnaire and Minuit; 5. The Violence of the South: Moïra and Sud; 6. The Concept of the Third Self; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; O; P; R; S; T; V
Summary American writer Julien Green's (1900--1998) origins, artistic motivation, and identity was a source of mystery and confusion even for those that most fêted him. The first non-French national to be elected to the Académie française, Green authored several novels (The Dark Journey, The Closed Garden, Moira, Each Man in His Darkness, and the Dixie trilogy), a four-volume autobiography (The Green Paradise, The War at Sixteen, Love in America and Restless Youth), and his famous Diary. In this study, John. M Dunaway begins with an examination of the autobiographical context of Julien Green's wor
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Green, Julien, 1900-1998 -- Criticism and interpretation
SUBJECT Green, Julien, 1900-1998 fast
Subject Psychological fiction, French -- History and criticism
Self in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- French.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Gay & Lesbian.
Psychological fiction, French
Self in literature
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780813162669
0813162661