Michel Leiris : writing the self

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Michel Leiris : writing the self

Title remainder

writing the self

Statement of responsibility

Seán Hand

Creator

• Hand, Seán

Subject

• Identity (Psychology) in literature
• Leiris, Michel, 1901-1990 -- Criticism and interpretation
• Self in literature

Language

eng

Summary

This is the first full-length study in English of Michel Leiris's work. Frequently cited as a central figure in contemporary French culture, Leiris was an outstanding writer whose double career as ethnographer and creative writer places him at important points of intersection within French cultural history. Seán Hand explores Leiris's active participation in some of the most striking intellectual and artistic movements of the twentieth century: surrealism in the twenties, ethnography in the thirties and existentialism in the forties. Hand locates his writing in these different contexts in relation to the major artistic, political and philosophical concepts of the period. He goes on to argue that Leiris's multi-volume autobiography La Règle du jeu stands as the model form of self-enquiry in the twentieth century. More broadly, Hand explores Leiris's continuing obsession with the notion of 'presence'. Informed by recent critical theories, Hand offers a multi disciplinary approach to this intriguing writer.--

Member of

• Cambridge studies in French, 70

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Provided by publisher

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UkCbUP

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

• Cambridge studies in French
• Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Series volume

70