The Sunday of Fiction: The Modern French Eccentric Book

The Sunday of Fiction: The Modern French Eccentric, In a world of increasing conformity, the modern eccentric can be seen as a contemporary hero and guardian of individualism. This study defines the modern eccentric in twentieth-century French literature and compares the notions of the eccentric in ninetee, The Sunday of Fiction: The Modern French Eccentric

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The Sunday of Fiction: The Modern French Eccentric
Written by author Peter Schulman
Published by Purdue University Press, October 2002
In a world of increasing conformity, the modern eccentric can be seen as a contemporary hero and guardian of individualism. This study defines the modern eccentric in twentieth-century French literature and compares the notions of the eccentric in ninetee
Schulman (French, Old Dominion U., Norfolk, Virginia) confines his analysis of French notions and protagonists of eccentricity to works of fiction and film, defining the types of eccentrics in 19th-century literature as a benchmark for the form. He then d

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Acknowledgments
Introduction: A la recherche de l'excentrique perdu 1
Ch. 1 Nineteenth-Century Eccentric Prototypes 11
The Anglomane 12
The Grand dictionnaire universel 14
Le fou litteraire 17
The Romantic Adventure Hero 22
The Dandy and the Eccentric 24
The Decadent Eccentric 27
Jules Verne's Eccentric Stationary Travelers 32
Fin de Siecle Eccentricity 36
Ch. 2 The Clinamen: The Discreet Eccentric 43
The Swerve 45
The Clinamen as a Metaphor for the Eccentric 47
Salavin, Duhamel's White-Collar Eccentric 49
Monsieur, Toussaint's Modern-Day Salavin 53
Echenoz's Eccentric Adventure Hero 69
Etaix's Eccentric Suitor 79
Des Forets's Eccentric Chatterbox 86
Perec's Clinamen: Eccentricity, A User's Manual 98
Ch. 3 The Eccentric's Universe 115
The Sunday of Life 115
The Amusement Park 117
The Banlieue: An Ex-centered Paradise of Movie Palaces and Cafes 123
The Vanishing Pleasures of Everyday Life 135
The Eccentric's Reactions to the New World around Us 138
Eccentric Space, Eccentric Time: The Eccentric's Hour Glass 146
Conclusion: L'excentrique retrouve 162
Notes 169
Bibliography 173
Index 185

Title: The Sunday of Fiction: The Modern French Eccentric

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Publication Date: October 2002

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Width: 6.200 cm (2.44 inches)

Heigh : 9.300 cm (3.66 inches)

Depth: 0.700 cm (0.28 inches)

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	List of Eccentrics
	Acknowledgments
	Introduction: A la recherche de l'excentrique perdu	1
Ch. 1	Nineteenth-Century Eccentric Prototypes	11
	The Anglomane	12
	The Grand dictionnaire universel	14
	Le fou litteraire	17
	The Romantic Adventure Hero	22
	The Dandy and the Eccentric	24
	The Decadent Eccentric	27
	Jules Verne's Eccentric Stationary Travelers	32
	Fin de Siecle Eccentricity	36
Ch. 2	The Clinamen: The Discreet Eccentric	43
	The Swerve	45
	The Clinamen as a Metaphor for the Eccentric	47
	Salavin, Duhamel's White-Collar Eccentric	49
	Monsieur, Toussaint's Modern-Day Salavin	53
	Echenoz's Eccentric Adventure Hero	69
	Etaix's Eccentric Suitor	79
	Des Forets's Eccentric Chatterbox	86
	Perec's Clinamen: Eccentricity, A User's Manual	98
Ch. 3	The Eccentric's Universe	115
	The Sunday of Life	115
	The Amusement Park	117
	The Banlieue: An Ex-centered Paradise of Movie Palaces and Cafes	123
	The Vanishing Pleasures of Everyday Life	135
	The Eccentric's Reactions to the New World around Us	138
	Eccentric Space, Eccentric Time: The Eccentric's Hour Glass	146
	Conclusion: L'excentrique retrouve	162
	Notes	169
	Bibliography	173
	Index	185