Pierre jules theophile gautier 18111872 was a french poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and literary critic. The book was first published in 1835 the book set in perpetua type and printed by photolithography. It is there in which the author discusses art for arts sake, arguing that everything useful is ugly. In 1834, theophile gautier published his first novel. Let it not be objected that i have here adduced names iittle preface. Top american libraries canadian libraries universal library community texts project gutenberg biodiversity heritage library childrens library. Gautiers work is difficult to classify and remains a point of reference for many subsequent literary traditions such as parnassianism. In those pages the familiar argument against bourgeois philistinism, against practical utility, against the prevailing dullness, ugliness, and wrongness of daily life was set forth with much wit and that spirit of defiance which one usually thinks of as belonging to the. The plot of the book, revolves around a romantic triangle. Octavo, early 20thcentury threequarter purple crushed morocco, elaborately giltdecorated spine, raised bands, purple cloth boards, top edges gilt. It is loosely based on the life of an extraordinary french woman julie daubigny. Instead, it is an examination of a world that involves crossdressing, sexual ambiguity, and homoerotic love. Its preface was a trenchant attack upon bourgeois literary readers and critics who. Theophile gautier, helen constantine, patricia duncker.
However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Top 25 quotes by theophile gautier of 53 az quotes. French free audio book that you can download in mp3, ipod and itunes format for your portable audio player. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. What charm can anyone find in an excursion when he is always sure of reaching his destination, of having horses ready waiting for him, a soft bed, an excellent supper, and all the. This by theophile gautier, edouard toudouze is available at bauman rare books. Gautiers novel is hardly a pastoral comic romance that ends in marriage. Does this bafflingly alluring person have a secret to hide. This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. It is, indeed a golden book as close an approximation to painting in the realm of pure aesthetics as anything in words may be.
Gautiers novel tells the story of dalberta young, handsome, and artistic gentleman of france who has a fascination with women and the feminine ideal. Limited edition in english printed on japanese vellum, number 970 of copies, with 19 engravings in. The preface contains a lengthy essay on the subject which is the seminal document. The preface contains a lengthy essay on the subject which is the seminal document of the aesthete school of romanticism. He is seeking a language that can express a truth that is not partial and therefore embeds in the novel the mythic figure of the androgyne to evoke a theory of perfect expression, or the androgynous discourse. It is an ineffably beautiful tableau, heady, intoxicating, dionysiac, conceived in ecstasy. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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