La Revue des lettres modernes

Le (de)gout de l'archive

edited by Ralph Sarkonak

Book cover: La Revue des lettres modernes

Extent: 267 pages

Publisher: Classiques Garnier

Subjects: Literary Studies

Series: Revue des lettres modernes

Series volume number: 4

Language: French

Paperback (Published)

(November 2021)

ISBN: 9782406123231

Price: $49.00

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Claude Simon’s work was inspired by archives, material traces of the past that provoke ambiguous feelings, mixing fascination and unease. The writer uses them as writing material, producing an “archive effect” that is open to the imaginary, surpassing the “reality effect.”

  • Edited by Ralph Sarkonak