On Gide's PROMETHEE: Private Myth and Public Mystification

Hardback

Main Details

Title On Gide's PROMETHEE: Private Myth and Public Mystification
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Kurt Weinberg
SeriesPrinceton Legacy Library
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:162
Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 152
Category/GenreLiterary studies - general
Literary studies - fiction, novelists and prose writers
ISBN/Barcode 9780691646640
ClassificationsDewey:843.912
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 19 April 2016
Publication Country United States

Description

Through a careful rendering of the text, deciphering its hidden ironies, Mr. Weinberg sees Promethee as a modern allegory, a parable wrought of allusions, symbols, and images drawn from classical antiquity and calvinist theology, and a multi-leveled sotie a miroirs. Originally published in 1972. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-