Michel Tournier | Michael Worton | Taylor & Francis eBooks, Reference

ABSTRACT

This volume of essays brings together critical analysis and commentary on the literary work of Michel Tournier.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter |34 pages

Introduction

part One|66 pages

Surveying the work

chapter 1|13 pages

Michel Tournier Being a Novelist *

chapter 2|7 pages

Christiane Baroche The Perpetual Temptation of Impossible Cures in the Work of Michel Tournier *

chapter 3|11 pages

Françoise Merllié Relations between the Sexes in the Work of Michel Tournier *

chapter 4|21 pages

Michael Worton The Genesis of Fiction: Origin as Theme and Problem in Tournier's Work

chapter 5|12 pages

Kirsty Fergusson Metaphysical Desires and Ironist Devices in the Works of Michel Tournier

part Two|88 pages

Scrutinizing the work

chapter 6|23 pages

Lynn Salkin Sbiroli Learning and Unlearning: Tournier, Defoe, Voltaire

chapter 7|20 pages

Arlette Bouloumié Germanic Variations on the Theme of Phoria in The Erl-King (the influence of Nietzsche, Bach and Mithraism) *

chapter 8|13 pages

William Cloonan History and Legend in Tournier's Works

chapter 9|15 pages

Colin Davis Authorship and Authority in The Wind Spirit

chapter 10|15 pages

Mireille Rosello Art and Impertinence in The Midnight Love Feast

part Three|11 pages

An Interview

chapter 11|9 pages

Talking shop: Michel Tournier in interview with Michael Worton