Victor Segalen and the Aesthetics of Diversity

Journeys between Cultures
ISBN13: 9780198160144ISBN10: 0198160143 Hardback, 256 pages
Dec 2000,  In Stock

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With the appearance of Victor Segalen's Complete Works in 1995, the dramatic scope and wide-ranging implications of his reflections on exoticism were at last fully apparent. This study asserts the originality of Segalen's notion of exoticism while offering the first comprehensive study of the genesis of his aesthetics.

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  • asserts the originality of Segalen's notion of exoticism whilst offering the first comprehensive study of the genesis of his aesthetics.
  • Segalen's work is becoming increasingly established as a point of reference in a range of fields.

Reviews

"[An] impressive and timely study."--Times Literary Supplement

Product Details

256 pages; ISBN13: 978-0-19-816014-4ISBN10: 0-19-816014-3

About the Author(s)

Charles Forsdick is Lecturer in French, University of Glasgow

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