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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451498703321

Autore

Rigaud Margaret

Titolo

Henri Michaux [[electronic resource] ] : poetry, painting, and the universal sign / / Margaret Rigaud-Drayton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Clarendon Press

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005

ISBN

1-281-34594-6

9786611345945

0-19-153516-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (194 p.)

Collana

Oxford modern languages and literature monographs

Disciplina

700.92

840.91

Soggetti

Language, Universal

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Oxford, 1999.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-176) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Illustrations; Abbreviation; Introduction; 1. Michaux between France and Belgium; 2. Self and Other; 3. Dreaming of a Universal Language; 4. Writing in Another (French) Language; 5. Writing and Painting Vision; 6. Natural Signs between Writing and Drawing; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Henri Michaux is widely recognized as a major twentieth-century French poet and painter. Although his fascination with universal languages has attracted critical attention, it has up until now been treated as a marginal concern. This study argues that Michaux's ideas on universal languages are central to an understanding of his works. - ;Henri Michaux is widely recognized as a major twentieth-century French poet and painter. Although his fascination with universal languages has attracted the attention of several of his critics, it has up until now been treated as a marginal concern. Henri Mich